My grandpa would shine his shoes every Sunday for church and I miss the sound of him brushing the shoes so much it hurts. This reminds me so much of that and really brought back great memories of him. I know it's not the usual comment but thanks for what you do.
@@VETIVER thank you so much, I still own his kit and it's very well taken care. He did it every Sunday without fail for over 70 years and I continued for him after he passed. Your videos have brought me great joy, memories, and comfort. Again thank you for what you do. Your work is very impressive and skilled. My grandpa would have loved watching your videos I'm sure of it.
Kind of in the same vein as P. Carr’s poignant comment, my father died in 1970 when I was eight years old, and he had been very ill for a few years before his death, so my memories of him are few and seem to grow dimmer with the passage of time. However, I DO remember that he taught me three skills: how to fly a kite, how to trim hedge bushes, and--how to shine shoes. For many years I didn’t bother to shine my shoes but about 15 years ago I started to pay more attention to my dress, and shining shoes became a part of my routine. Almost immediately this activity took on a meditative, ritualistic, near-spiritual quality for me. I remember my father telling me to make liberal use of the horsehair brush, “the shoe shiner’s best friend,” he said. He told me that he personally preferred a softer shine on his shoes, rather than a hard, bright mirror-finish obtained by use of the buffing cloth. The brush-shine was what he liked, and he taught me to use a back-and-forth motion coming in at a somewhat steep angle calculated to make the bristles contact the shoe stiffly, almost as if they were ‘hitting’ or ‘stabbing’ the shoe--but not violently. He explained that this technique made the polish harder and more protective. Much later I learned that my father had briefly worked as a shoe shine boy during his high school days, so apparently his instruction was the product of some experience. I now regard shining shoes as a rare way I can honor and memorialize my dad, a man who lost his life at so young an age (38).
its very unwise to put shoepolish on cordovan shoes, and if you do so, use the smallest amount of polish and only twice a year max, what we are looking at here is terrible on cordovan leather.Cordovan shines up rather easily and the leather is sort of fatty already, this means that you do not have to apply polish as frequently as like you would on calf leather shoes. 1 or 2 times polish a year is really enough. When applying the polish, use a little bit and finish by using a horsehair brush. Cordovan benefits a lot from extensive brushing, even without the use of a wax. Brushing a cordovan shoe for a couple of minutes will bring it back to life!
@@peterhgalloway There was Colour clearly missing and he used Saphir Cordovan cream which is specific for cordovan leather. Nothing wrong with what he did.
Just an observation from watching a few of your videos... when you say “another pair” referring to the second shoe after the first one is done, what an English language person would say instead is “the other shoe.” When you say “another pair,” to an English language person, what that means is a totally different set of two shoes. It doesn’t mean the “other shoe in this pair.” You could also say “the second shoe.” Hope that makes sense and is helpful.
Ben Pryor Oh Thanks for advice!! I’m not native.. so I was confused. Thank you very much! I will edit next video :) and you can always give advice to me :) Thanks for comment Ben Pryor!!
I watched this again.... BEAUTIFUL restoration! Cordovan is awesome, I have a pair of AE's that are almost exactly like these, but the Alden looks nicer!
A propósito de la limpieza y abrillantado que se hace en los pueblitos (qué en México se llama "bolear"), recuerdo un parque donde la docena de personas que boleaban el calzado lograban un abrillantado en buena parte del zapato, tipo espejo. La técnica era hacer la limpieza normal y aplicar la grasa (que era la que tenía la tinta del color del calzado) y la crema (que era la que no tenía color). El punto es que aplicaban dos o tres pasadas con esta última y al final se enredaban en dos o tres dedos la tela de algodón y frotaban en círculos aplicando unas pequeñas, muy pequeñas gotas de agua fría. Imagino que eso hacía que el cambio de temperatura de la crema que se incrementaba al frotar, súbitamente se enfriara con el agua, cristalizándola. El resultado era espectacular.
Thank you for the clear and straightforward video. I am trying to get some shell cordovan shoes on ebay and I am waiting to see if I win so I can order my deer bone kit =)
If you want the text to be more lisible you should use a black with white outline typography~ You did a beautiful work by the way Edit : OH I didn't see it was an old video, I'm sorry for the comment
VeTiVer, would you recommend restoring a used 990 shoe and using it as your own? I’m a little worried about the ripples in the leather and if they will become bothersome for me since I didn’t break the shoe in. Is there any risk of creating worse looking ripples by doing this? Thanks for the awesome restoration video.
Hola, una pregunta. Cuáles son los productos que utilizas para todo ese proceso de limpiar y restaurar los zapatos? Qué lindos que quedan, excelente trabajo 🌻
Melissa en este video los zapatos son de cuero de una parte del caballo. Es un cuero que dura mucho y se pueden restaurar fácil limpiando y usando el hueso. El cuero de vacuno tiende a durar menos y usar otros procesos.
Me llevo todo el día pero un domingo desde las 9:00 am hasta las seis pm estoy libre y podría hacerlo si conociera el nombre de todo ese material que ni los zapateros lo conocen.
Great video, you really brought those shoes back. Were these shoes cordovan in color or were they made of shell cordovan leather. The way you smoothed out the creases suggests the latter but I wanted to make sure. Beautiful job, for sure.
How i know witch shoes i put in wather and witch noth ? last video you put one shoe in wather and afther you strech and this pair without ? its about the leather ore color of shoes you choice the method ? thx for comming answer 👨🏻👍🏻
because Delicate cream is soft and light. so i Did. but I will use bone first at the next cordovan video. Thanks for comment & advice !! Harrison Wedgeworth!
Although I respect all the craftsmanship you displayed, the before and after shots are not completely comparable. In all the ‘after’ shots you leave the wooden shoe trees in, whilst in the before shots you don’t. That gives a significant difference in the shape of the shoe without having done anything to it. To show the true and honest result of your work, I would suggest to leave the shoes trees out in both shots.
A ver si los comentarios y sugerencias llegué al señor que hace el tutorial ya que no hablo inglés pues vivo en España y mi pregunta es que productos son y donde comprar ya que el resultado es fantástico agradezco infinitamente la respuesta un saludo gracias
June Kim 코도반 말고 shell이라고 불리는 가죽은 없는거로 알고 있습니다 ㅎㅎ 코도반가죽이라고 불리는건 많으나 보통 저렴한건 코도반 색상으로 염색된 제품을 약간 편법을 사용하여 코도반가죽이라고 하는거고 진짜 말엉덩이 가죽은 shell cordovan을 붙일 수 있습니다. 이베이에서도 cordovan이라 쓰인건 소가죽이 많아요
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