gnatty8
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Is Kiwi neutral a good polish to use?
It'd be fine. There are better options out there, Meltonian and Saphir to name a couple, but Kiwi neutral will be fine.
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Is Kiwi neutral a good polish to use?
Do you know how reliable The Shoe Mart is to buy from? I've been looking at their Alden 404, which the site seems to say is fully stocked. However, I've read a bunch of reviews of the site that say that often they will claim to have sizes in stock, only to charge you, then send you an e-mail about how it's actually backordered and then you wait around for weeks on end.
I love shoemart and have not had any problems dealing with them. They have not charged me until shipped. If you are uncertain just pick up the phone and call them.
I love shoemart and have not had any problems dealing with them. They have not charged me until shipped. If you are uncertain just pick up the phone and call them.
Alright, I can trust the recommendations of a SF member
Whoa...."Aniline pull-up" and "Chrome Excel" are different leathers? I thought they were the same, but Shoe Mart has them listed as separate options.
What are the differences again? Better in materials/colors/durability?
OK I actually do have a question here (Chromexcel-related, actually). I have a pair of 403s -- Chromexcel Indy Boots -- and am having a bizarre problem with the tongue on the left boot.
From reading previous posts... this is a very common situation. You can either send it back to Alden or take it to a local cobbler and they will stitch the tongue in place.
I have a pair of black Indys and when I was breaking them in, the right tongue did the same thing as yours. I was able to solve the problem by carefully breaking the tongue in for the first week or so. I just made sure when I laced, that the tongue was leaning just a bit (in my case) to the left. I also made sure I laced the top two crosses pretty tight; tight enough to keep the tongue from moving much. I would then go about my day, but in the beginning, I would unlace, realign the tongue and then re-lace tight again. The first couple of days I was doing this quite often (often enough to catch the tongue before it had time to move much), after that it started to stay longer, until now, I have no problem with it. Basically what I did was to create the right break and creases in the tongue to hold it in place, and I didn't give it a chance to break-in the wrong way. If you catch it early, this should work. Otherwise, your looking at having the tongue tacked to the boot.
I wouldn't. The Leydon last is fairly narrow.
It'd be fine. There are better options out there, Meltonian and Saphir to name a couple, but Kiwi neutral will be fine.