SHINE YOUR BOOTS: AN UNBOXING FOR THE FIELD BOOT BY CARLOS SANTOS 

I enlisted in the Navy yesterday. If I get stationed at a command that wears leather boots I'll be sure to have the best looking boots thanks to your videos.

Portuguese craftsmanship 🇵🇹💪🏻👍

We want to see them on!!

Now those boots were made for walking, Nice!

Carlos santos is a phenomenal shoe maker such high quality. I treated myself to the carlos santos for pediwear wyer boot! I absolutely love them.

How cool are those boots? I love how you took a brand new boot to a higher level. You’re amazing! Btw, I thought the music complimented that particular boot perfectly.

Good looking boots. Always a joy watching you shine. Thanks for sharing Preston.

My honor to be featured in your channel Preston. Thank you 🙏

Excellence as always! Thanks for the inspiration for me to put in that extra time to make the difference between good enough and great shine job on my shoes.

Definitely a nice and unique boot. I like that it’s not too on the fancy side. A boot should be a boot at the end of the day. I’m sure you’ll keep them nice and shined but I think with just some basic care (conditioning) and letting a more natural patina take effect they would look great as well.

Beautiful dress boots man. I’m from SD also. Really nice

Wow! I can never afford something like that. One can only dream. It's beautiful.

Another fantastic video

Those are beautiful boots and great job on the Shine

You are a true Master and an Artist at what you do and I watch your work with great interest.

Love your boots and as usual they look 10 times better after you finished with them!😎

Awesome boots!! I loved how you tended to new shoes. It shows how much you care for shoes, old or new.

i really love your videos very professional

I will try this alternative mirror shine next time. Sounds faster than the usual way.

One of your best videos yet. Love this channel.

Killer shine brother! The finger application of the wax is the way to go👌

Great video. This brand needs more exposure.

Fantastic looking boots. I'm with you, love the combo of suede and calfskin

love the tip of using an ice cube to get cold water to harden the waxes... Thanks.

beautiful boots, thank you for sharing the tips and insights. That is very generous of you.

Thanks for introducing a different approach to the mirror shine.

Recently I've been speaking to you about this subject. Thank you so much for this tutorial

Beautiful presentation! Great job! Love your channel.

Wow! Nice boots! Nice shine!

ASMR. Excellent.

My brother those boots are killers wend you put your touch the look great thanks for sharing 🤙

It’s awesome that you’ve optimized your mirror shine time compared to an hour+ like in the past

Hi Preston! In addition to the way you polish all these fine shoes, I love your watches! That’s a lovely vintage Seiko Turtle 🐢! I’m a big Seiko fan myself, snagged me a skx013 before the discontinuation announcement.

Great shoes to start & even better how you enhance the beauty of them ..... my only fear would be getting any polish / wax on the suede 😬

Very nice work

Well done! That's a fascinating pair of boots. Makes me wonder if I can find something like those in used shoes listings.

Beautiful boots! Wear in good health!

Outstanding!

HELLO, PRESTON!! Those are very unique boots, kind of pretty. I'd enjoy seeing a fashion show, with how different outfits work with all your various shoes and boots! I like how the toe area is a touch darker than the body of the boot. Very nice, Preston! 🎩

While these boots are not to my personal taste I do appreciate the craftsmanship and skill that have gone into making - and shining - them, so thank you for sharing this experience

Liked!

Great shine Preston! I love Carlos Santos especially for lace up designs. However, I feel that buying them as an alternative to the Galways from E.G. is not a great idea. Sure C.S. is about 1/4 of the price, but unless you're buying it on an extreme discount to get a "feel" for the style, I think those boots serve only as a $400 setback. But I respect your decision. As another Carlos Santos customer I can certainly say those boots will serve you well in the meantime.

Fantastic x

Amazing you make it so easy

Yak brush??? Wow!!! How do you decide to use that vs pig or horse? Thanks

I like your channel, super information that you share. A question I have for a mirror shine will neutral wax be fine for both black & brown shoes??

Amazing job 🔝👏👍💖

You must have bought these from thenobleshoe. I have purchased from Kostas before. Will do so again.

Hey Preston. Love your videos! I've learned so much from you, and shoe shinning is becoming a bit of an obsession for me now lol. I notice you apply renovateur on the vamp and tounge, let it sit, then buff. Have you had any problems with white residue ocurring along the crease of the vamp after walking around for a bit following a polish? I'm following your techniques, and taking extra care not to get any hard waxes along the creases on the vamp, yet I still get white residue from only using renovateur. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?

You should show the reactions when the owners pick up there shoes

So you don’t strip the factory finish before shining new shoes?

What exact products did you use on these cap-toe boots? I am interested in duplicating the same with my Thursday Boots in the color Brandy.

I’ll probably be the only one commenting on the packaging (marketing nerd here), but that box was lovely, and the way everything was placed also beautiful. I’m just not sure what the bubble wrap was for. Unboxing something should of good quality be an experience in and of itself. Well done, Carlos Santos branding/marketing people.

Great video as always! Thanks for sharing quality content. I so however believe that it is not a good idea to Mirror Shine shoes straight out of the box and before a few wears. The leather 's pores on new shoes will be very open since they haven't received any conditioning yet (or barely any). Applying shoe cream is always a good idea, it hydrates the shoe, but shoe wax and especially mirror shine wax is not made to penetrate the shoe but rather stay on the surface to protect the leather. By applying was too early you it may penetrate the leather and damage the shoe. Cheers!

Ok genial

Hi, I found that wraping the cloth over several fingers while polishing works much better than just one or two fingers. Please try it out.

Preston, what the best way to look after the suede on these boots please.

Preston is a g.

Your parents did a Fantastic job raising you 👌🏻

Just purchased the same field boot from Kostas but had the leather grain rather than suede. How often would you use Renovateur please.

gloves for applying neutral wax polish? why not wear gloves for saphir cream also?

Beautiful work, as always Preston I have a question were did you get those “boot trees” I can’t find any. The only ones I can find are short made just for shoes. Those taller ones would make conditioning the “shanks” of boots much easier. Thanks

Hi Can you please tell me from where you got these shoe trees- thanks

Mongolian yak hair eh? Nice but does it compare favorably with say, the perineal fur of the snow leopard? The downy ear tufts of the endangered spotted owl? Let’s not start cutting corners now Preston. Your boots deserve only the best :). (You got a Nice pair there :) great video. )

How will you protect the suede when cleaning these boots. Surely getting polish on it would be bad?

Have a pair of chromexel AE Higgins Mill boots. Is there a way to subtly alter the existing brown color toward #8 shell cordovan without changing the chromexel texture?

How are these wearing? What are your thoughts on the suede quality, doesn't seem to have the rich texture you sometimes see on suede but perhaps is the lighting. I'm considering these bit there are so many options. Mil gracias

Hey Preston! I love your videos. On a pair of boots like these, with both calf skin and suede, I've had this impression that the waterproofing spray for suede shouldn't come in contact with the calf. Am I wrong about this? If not - what method do you employ treat the suede?

Make a video on double monkstrap brother

Show us how to die or repaint a book binder shoe like a burgandy Johnston & Murphy captoe

So this time you applied wax first and then only cold water and friction or you kept on adding wax?

Hi, I am interested in getting a cedar boot trees for my boots as the ones you show in this video, but can’t find them. Can you please advice. Thanks

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Have you worn them yet? How do they feel?

Hello! I stumbled upon a sale off a pair of dark brown Oxford Allen Edmond "Park Avenue" shoes which caught my eye. Now the thing is that the right shoe was on display and when the left shoe was brought out for fitting, there is a noticeable difference in coloration between the two. Would this be something that can be somewhat swiftly remidiated by colored shoecreams and waxes or will I have to stick it out for a long time until they gradually become more similar because of similar exposure to light? (they are heavily discounted but I don't want to go months being annoyed by the difference in appearance. Cheers and thanks in advance!

Could you do a video shining doc martens?

I have a question. So did you put the layers of wax on first and then used the ice water once you were done or were you doing a combination of both? I’m new to shoe shining and am trying to learn as much as I can. Thanks

Any advice on getting a good mirror shine on old tan coloured brogues? I recently did my partners, but the toe caps keep getting darker, but not that shinier.

Nice

Can you do a similar video with your Thursday boots. A lot of the shoes you use see very classic an easier to get that shine than say a more rugged boot. I just cat imagine how you get similar on the likes of the Thursday boot. Leather just seems different or am I wrong

Thank you for the great video's. Because of your channel my wife is angry with me ! reason: I just purchase 3 pairs of AE shoes. I just have one ? what is the difference between polish and wax? or is there a difference? thanks for all of your info on L.P.C.'s(leather personal carriers) Charlie

Why didn't you apply cream polish?

Great boors! Mirror shine is like an elusive thing for me. I have tried and can’t get. I’ll try this technique.

Nice job as usual Preston! Did you treat the suede at all?

Music turned creepy at the end. Ghosts.

my shoes color was fully damaged.. how can i get parmanent color like before...

Is that faux toecap?

Can you tell me which wax polish did you use? Thanks

This is a honest question: Do you have a separate closet or room just for your shoes?

I'm looking for souls that slides on the dance floor. Leather is the only thing that works for me, and that is very hard to find these days.

is the bottom sole the same as what Thursday Boots puts on their Captain and President range?

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Can you provide more info regarding the Mongolian Yak brush? Brand name etc

How are these boots holding up over the years?

So now you're supposed to wear them?

Where do you buy the shoe tree ?

Do you work on ladies shoes Preston?

I noticed you switched brushes

Preston, you must have been a shoe in an earlier lifetime!

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