Leather Conditioner Bad For Burnished Calf Shoes?

[JLibourel]

My Kingsleys, purchased almost four years ago, are developing a nice patina, as are my other chili A-Es, better so far than my Harrisons, but I've only had the latter 2 1/2 years. Sort of wish I had bought the Park Avenue in brown Eversnow--much more handsome than the later brown version that they have just discontinued. However, I so rarely wear dress bals that I'll probably make it just fine through my remaining years in this old world of woe and dread without a pair of brown Eversnow PAs.

I have, by the way, used A-E's Leather Lotion on a variety of their shoes with no discernible ill effects.

 

[grimslade]

Have you ever used it on your spectators?

 

[Orgetorix]

What is (was) Eversnow?

These are my brown PAs, picked up almost new from Ebay about three or four years ago. They've patinated nicely. I suspect they may have been a special order, as they were made with the poron cushion insoles that I don't think were ever standard equipment on PAs.

 

[stills999]

To followup on previous post, I contacted AE about the original question of the post but they never responded. Thanks for the comments.

 

[stills999]

Ok, I actually did get a response from AE ...seems that the conditioner is not harmful, just redundant.

"The premium polish does contain a conditioning agent along with the a carnauba wax base and a shoe cream. The Premium Polish is a an easy one step process. "

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by stills999

Ok, I actually did get a response from AE ...seems that the conditioner is not harmful, just redundant.

"The premium polish does contain a conditioning agent along with the a carnauba wax base and a shoe cream. The Premium Polish is a an easy one step process. "

So... then ask them why they _do_ recommend conditioner for their "custom" calfs...

 

[greekgeek]

Originally Posted by grimslade

Is it really supposed to be antiqued? My recollection of my Kingsleys was that they were very "aniline-ish" in color, much more so than my brown Harrisons and Eversnow PAs, which have developed a really nice patina that the Kingsleys never did. But it could be that I misremember those as "burnished."

This is an extreme example of what I think of when I hear AE burnished calf. Several other examples are similar if more subtle.