Actually, I have been....(now undoubtedly lost in the ether of cyberspace--the thread that is, not Ron)
Avel is the manufacturer of both Saphir and Medaille D'Or. Medaille D'Or is the higher line which uses turpentine as a base. Saphir is water based. Both use a higher percentage of beeswax than most other polishes on the market. By comparison, Kiwi is 90% Stoddard Solvent. Allen Edmonds is re-labeled Collonil (German), and is also very good.1. Tell us the ways in which the Saphir products are superior to those in common use in North America?
As for the leather 'drying out', it does not happen from the outside, but rather from the inside. Cleaning/conditioning/polishing concerns the 'finish' of the leather, not the leather itself. If an upper cracks (dry rots), it happens from perspiration, not the elements. This is the reason for wooden shoe trees - to absorb perspiration from the linings and not allow it to ruin the more vulnerable flesh side of the uppers.
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