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Alden shoe : what type of leather ?
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:15 am
by bastoon
It seems that there are two type of leather in shoe manufacturing: greasy leather and smooth leather. (cuir lisse et cuir gras in french)
And you have different polish according to the leather.
What about alden boots ? Have you ever heard about this subtility ?
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:58 pm
by ob1al
According to the mainsite they are "Heavy, full grain brown waxhide".
There are loads of threads regarding the care of Aldens in the archives - Pecards, polish and so on. Personally, I used regular shoe polish and standard pecards on mine.
Al
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:51 am
by bastoon
Hi Ob,
when you say "regular", does it mean : " common polish like you can find in all supermarket ?"
a friend of mine who works on a deluxe shoes shop told me that using a wrong polish can make some spot on the leather...
Personnaly, i was planning to use a common chocolate polish on my Alden...
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:52 am
by ob1al
Yeah, just regular show polish - I use KIWI brown polish.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:54 am
by bastoon
thanks
