The Silverfox
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Good morning, gentlemen
Ok, so in an effort to make their shoe-trees lighter for traveling and such as well as more convenient to use (and possibly for lower production costs), Crockett&Jones' shoe trees are not made of cedar, and they are also not raw wood, but coated with something.
They claim these shoe trees will absorb as good as cedar (though not have the aromatic effect cedar would) and that the coating on the wood will not prevent the trees from absorbing perspiration.
What are your views on these shoe trees compared to the full-scale raw cedar-trees sold by other makers? Are they as effective as the traditional trees, or are they a glorified version of the plastic-trees that only maintain the shape without helping the long-term health of the leather?
Basically, are these C&J trees good enough to trust that handgrades will stay beautiful for years and decades??
Thank you in advance
Ok, so in an effort to make their shoe-trees lighter for traveling and such as well as more convenient to use (and possibly for lower production costs), Crockett&Jones' shoe trees are not made of cedar, and they are also not raw wood, but coated with something.
They claim these shoe trees will absorb as good as cedar (though not have the aromatic effect cedar would) and that the coating on the wood will not prevent the trees from absorbing perspiration.
What are your views on these shoe trees compared to the full-scale raw cedar-trees sold by other makers? Are they as effective as the traditional trees, or are they a glorified version of the plastic-trees that only maintain the shape without helping the long-term health of the leather?
Basically, are these C&J trees good enough to trust that handgrades will stay beautiful for years and decades??
Thank you in advance