LoveMyHats2
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Whateer you do, never put a liquid white on suede or neubuck or even calf. It will not give satisfactory results in the first place, and may well have some vintage afficionado 50 years from now trying to remove it and cursing you.
All my Black and White shoes are vintage NOS when I first purchased them, the B&W wing tips are vintage Bostonian (1960's), B&W Lace up Continental style shoes with dressy tassle laces are from 1980's, made in Italy, the B&W Continentals are NOS Florshiem, (1970's), the medium tan wing tips are NOS vintage Dexter, (1960's), and the Two toned medium tan and canvas wingtips are from J. Peterman Co., they were pre owned but never worn, prior owner stated he owned them for about 8 years and sold them to me, unworn. I do own other non vintage type of dress shoes that actually are vintage, E.T. Wright and Cole Hann and perhaps some 25 other pairs of dress and casual shoes. However these are the more "vintage" shoes that I wear for their style.
you are a Good Vintage Man! I appreciate your shoe-buying philosophy
OK, this is what I get for recommending something I had not tied myself yet. After making that post about Lincoln's cream, I thought I'd attack my spactators and white bucks. I cleaned them both off with the eraser, but there were still some scuffs on the bucks. I then applied the Lincoln's, and I think I got a little carried away. The result was that while they look very nice, there's a lot of white poweder flaking off. So . . . I'm thinking that maybe I'll brush them off, and if necessary clean then with saddle soap, as recommended above.
There is some decent cleaners for a suede shoe, be it white or any other color, I just do not recall who makes it? Not made by "kiwi" or any normal used products, and when I see the word, "bucks", I think you are saying buckskin which is about the same as a suede leather. I know the shoe shop where I have shoes repaired has this product, I will look into it and let you know what brand it is. The repairman there is old school cobbler that can actually make a pair of shoes if you bring him the lasts to use. Knows leather repair, cleaning and what NOT to do to leather. Each time I have had him do anything to shoes for me, he always hands them back to me looking great. When I have a shoe issue, he is the expert. His Father started his business in the early 1930's and when his Father passed, the business was taken over by the Son, whom has worked there since about 1960. They have all the older model sewing machines and the machines that make everything you can think of for shoes, soles, and any leather repairs, dyes, cleaning. Part of his ethics is to return a pair of shoes in top conditioned leather wise and well polished. I have a pair of shoes to pick up from him this weekend and will post here what he did to them, simply amazing.
Isshi has a shoe repairer going strong at 90. He started in the 1930s from memory. There are two famous Polish Jews called the Perkel brothers in Sydney who are also around 90 and still making bespoke shoes.
fun quizz: guess who these are made by:
i do not like that tan leather.
answer:
misleading question.