Allen Edmonds Belt Before & After Saphir 

@@marions7423 great idea. I just shy away from it because it just doesn’t personally appeal to me as much. I’ll have to do my research to increase my knowledge first! Thanks for watching.

Marcel Joseph 👊🏼😁👍🏼

Nicholas Casale - thank you... no, I’m sorry really don’t have much on suede other than the “Shoe Showcase: Mezlans! Woven Oxfords shine & Suede Rovigos” video, but even that video really has nothing on restoring the suede nap. I’m sorry, it’s something I haven’t really dealt with yet.

M Legend - you may want to check out my “leather talk“ videos. I struggle with that as well. I just got the Renovateur recently, and shortly after Phil from Ashland sent me Tanners Blend, so I’m using both. Sometimes one, sometimes the other, sometimes both on the same product as here. I’m experimenting and gathering data. On one hand, Saphir Renovateur is spoken very highly of by many of the best shoemakers, cobblers, and polishers in the world, but Tanners Blend is according to Phil Kalas, who owns Ashland leather company, and also WORKS at Horween Leather company, is the actual compound they use on leather they produce at the Horween tannery. The Saphir is definitely thicker viscosity than the Tanners Blend, so that is slightly more appealing to me. Although the Tanners blend feels like it might penetrate into the leather deeper, and that is attractive to me. So… I don’t know!! So I really definitively cannot say which one is better. But here is my major belief, I think you’re going to get 80% of the benefit by using SOMETHING on some REGULAR schedule. I think the last 10 or 20% of the benefit is by getting the best product. I think we honestly sometimes spend too much time effort and energy arguing about which product is best. It’s like when I was in Katate, people would argue whether Karate is a better form of self-defense, or kung fu is or boxing. Just learning to fight is probably going to save your butt more than whether you fought the attacker back with kung fu or boxing. Make sense?

Robert Powers ;

No, Kung flu is the better

ianmedium - that’s an interesting point 🤔 although the exterior is going bump up against sharp objects and abrasion.

Lucky Strike - I do have Allen Edmonds Oxblood shoe polish for my McAllisters... I guess the simple answer is because almost all of the high end shoemakers, polishers, and cobblers say that Saphir polishes are the best, and when I tried them I fell in love.

I’ve never had that problem. Just make sure you don’t use too too much polish, make sure you brush the leather well, and I’d let it sit at least overnight before wearing to be sure.

June R - Saphir makes a lot of different leather and shoe care products like conditioners, cream polishes (thinner than paste wax, heavy in pigment, deeper leather penetration but fuller shine) as well as paste waxes and special harder waxes for mirror shines. Check out www.hangerproject.com.

sirthom I just felt it didn’t require the cleaner. I’m sure it couldn’t hurt.

I don't know that salsa music made me want to go polish my belts too. 😉