ALDEN
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preach Chris, shoe trees & routine maintenance are so under-rated. protect your investment, unless of course your goal is to wreck your goods.
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Personally I don't feel that there is a need to apply any wax/polish to shell cordovan after every 15 wear or so. I much prefer the color to age naturally. But then again, I'm not after highest possible shine. I only apply a thin coat of venetian creme once in a year or two. Other than that, I just brush dust / wipe dirt of after use (and keep the shoes in shoetrees when not using them).
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joona, i don't think any leather requires wax/polish after 15 or so wears. shoetrees or letting your shoes "air out" & cleaning your shoes/boots works wonders.
i clean with a shoebrush, but that's just cause old habits die hard & it's just easy to give my shoes a dusting off at the end of a day & then leaving them out to air out & them put them away in their boxes in a day or so after letting them "dry". just my process sure for every guy there is a different process
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honestly i find shell cordovan one of the easiest leather to take care of. because of how they're being processed, there's so much oil in the leather already, so care would be reduced to the minimal. for me it's just maybe biannual polishing and waxing, saphir reno, wax, and deer bone and buffing after..
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Very nice old chap!
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Was wondering if someone can help with sizing issues. I should start by saying that I have fairly wide feet.
Generally I wear a 42 in european size (equivalent to 8.5/9 US).
I recently bought a pair of Viberg Boots in size 8 in the 110 last that fit well.
I am planning to buy a pair of Alden and decided to go for a model in the Barrie last.
Was thinking of taking a size 8.5D.
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So fucking nice
