How Much of a Shine?

[well-kept]

Originally Posted by RJman

Until LVMH can find a way to produce champagne in China.

At which point it'll contain so much antifreeze it won't be useful for anything else.

 

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by contactme_11

I like my shoes so shiney they reflect like mirrors and blind the eyes of the sartorially weak minded who walk among us.

+1. I want lowflying aircraft to bank because their pilots are blinded by the glare.

 

[Cantabrigian]

When I polish my shoes, I try to get them as shiney as possible. That doesn't last very long and I tend not to worry too much about that.

 

[Teacher]

Originally Posted by well-kept

At which point it'll contain so much antifreeze it won't be useful for anything else.

No, lead.

 

[TCN]

Bah, mirror shines are for military cadets.

 

[edmorel]

Just like my shoes polished and clean, no shine, no glare, in the same way that I don't like a rigid military like crease on my pants or shirt sleeves and in the way that I like my sportcoats to seem like I grabbed it from the bed or from a pile on my closet. Like everything "easy".

 

[gdl203]

Mirror shine only for black tie as far as I'm concerned. Otherwise a clean but matte shine.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by well-kept

At which point it'll contain so much antifreeze...
Olga prefers to call it "Artisanal Moonlight Juice".

 

[well-kept]

Originally Posted by RJman

Olga prefers to call it "Artisanal Moonlight Juice".

Aged twenty years.

 

[whoopee]

I shine to a mirror finish but usually go multiple wearings without polishing, so the shoes end up being more "soft spoken", which I am fine with.

 

[Farhad19620]

The Berluti or JL shine for me only, the shoe must have a gleam to them if they are going on my feet.

You can tell the difference in a the quality of the shoe shine from Berluti, EG's or the JL's against that of some cheaper shoes.

 

[Artisan Fan]

Depends on the setting...I like a mirror shine for formal meetings but the soft spoken look works especially well on brown shoes ime.

 

[JayJay]

Originally Posted by edmorel

Just like my shoes polished and clean, no shine, no glare, in the same way that I don't like a rigid military like crease on my pants or shirt sleeves and in the way that I like my sportcoats to seem like I grabbed it from the bed or from a pile on my closet. Like everything "easy".
I don't like a crease in my shirt sleeves.

 

[lee_44106]

Originally Posted by Farhad19620

The Berluti or JL shine for me only, the shoe must have a gleam to them if they are going on my feet.

You can tell the difference in a the quality of the shoe shine from Berluti, EG's or the JL's against that of some cheaper shoes.


First time I've heard of that. However, wouldn't corrected grain leather be the most shiny?

 

[Kent Wang]

Originally Posted by Teacher

No, lead.
No, GHB.