What is your goal for shining shoes?

I was just wondering what your stance on shining shoes are. Today, I decided to shine and condition a few pairs of shoes. Right now I am about to start on my third pair. I personally go for the clean new look. I dont particularly need to see myself in the shine, but having them look new and shiny are just my speed.

So...

Do you all buff to a high gloss shine, or take it to looking very neat and tidy?

I tend to be compulsive so even though I say I just want a decent shine - I usually go overboard.

I often go a while between polishing my shoes. But when I do it I do it properly.

This is my clean and tidy session for three pair of Dr. Martens...

Its not a great picture, but I thought i would just show you and see what you all thought.

I tend to compulsively shine my shoes frequently and quickly, to keep them clean and tidy. I keep an extra horsehair brush in the car and at the office for emergency buffing and shining. Mirror shine occurs less often, when I have extra time to be extra compulsive. Shell cordovan shoes are clearly at an advantage here - much easier to maintain that mirror shine on a day-to-day basis.

Hmmm ... I wonder what a badger hair shoebrush would be like

I only like a super shine on my ol' Bostonian's. Other than that, just clean and tidy.

IsaacRN said:

take it to looking very neat and tidy?

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This.

Every once in a while I will bully the cap.

what's "clean and tidy" for one, could easily be another's "mirror shine". how annoying an answer is THAT?!

neat and clean is a good goal for all manners of dress and hygiene.

"...f***in' mirrors. Excuse my language." - Frank Vincent, Goodfellas

good grooming attracts those with similar tastes..and it's Lincoln wax for me..

Isaac, I am sending you a crate of shoes. Please put a high finish on them and return them when you are done. Thanking you in advance.

Damn, you do nice work.

Most of the time it's 'Clean and Tidy' once I leave the door onward to work, but once there I like a 'Mirror Shine' if I have the time (I do keep a shoe-shine kit at work just for this occasion...it's just the 'old soldier' in me...'spit & polish...snap, crackel, pop'. ), and my schedule is not too full.

“Shoetini: 4oz GQ Fashion, 1oz Cool Attitude, a splash of indulgence, a twist of temptation; shake over ice, strain into a trendy pair of shoes and garish with lots of accessories”. CBJ

I'm just happy to see the leather

The Count of Merkur Cristo said:

Most of the time it's 'Clean and Tidy' once I leave the door onward to work, but once there I like a 'Mirror Shine' if I have the time (I do keep a shoe-shine kit at work just for this occasion...it's just the 'old soldier' in me...'spit & polish...snap, crackel, pop'.

), and my schedule is not too full.

“Shoetini: 4oz GQ Fashion, 1oz Cool Attitude, a splash of indulgence, a twist of temptation; shake over ice, strain into a trendy pair of shoes and garish with lots of accessories”. CBJ

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I gotta second this. Crusty Drill Instructor here!

Billbickman said:

I gotta second this. Crusty Drill Instructor here!

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Joe:
Thanx for the 'shout-out', support and for sharing.
I was on the 'trail' (senior drill sergeant), at Fort Jackson, SC (Dco, 2-39 [Rabid Dogs], Inf Regt, 4th Basic Training [BT] Brigade), from 90-93. I had 4th platoon...the 'Terminators';

"Platoon, Attention (and my platoon 'sounds-off' with...)"!!!!

"Terminators...the best by far...smoking all others like a cheap cigar. Motivated, Dedicated...Boom (lean back & lean forward)...that's our style...been that way for a
long, long while...
Kill at Will Hooah!!!"

and it was a great and experience. I learned more about my leadership abilities, met many soldiers from different demographic backgrounds and acquired the technical and mental knowledge that provided me 'with a unique set of skills' required to train IET soldiers in a BT environment (and being ready to take their place in today’s Army).

"Come here soldier...yeah I'm talking to you. You better get 'locked in tight'!!! CBJ

johnniegold said:

Isaac, I am sending you a crate of shoes. Please put a high finish on them and return them when you are done. Thanking you in advance.

Damn, you do nice work.

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I think the flash makes the work look a bit shinier than they actually are. Thank you though..

rushchairman said:

what's "clean and tidy" for one, could easily be another's "mirror shine". how annoying an answer is THAT?!

neat and clean is a good goal for all manners of dress and hygiene.

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I like to think that my "clean and tidy" IS a mirror shine.






... but who am I kidding.

I don't dress up often but when I do I want to look my best, therefore, a mirror shine is an absolute must

When I was in ROTC Mirror shine since Clean and Tidy.

The Count of Merkur Cristo said:

Joe:
Thanx for the 'shout-out', support and for sharing.
I was on the 'trail' (senior drill sergeant), at Fort Jackson, SC (Dco, 2-39 [Rabid Dogs], Inf Regt, 4th Basic Training [BT] Brigade), from 90-93. I had 4th platoon...the 'Terminators';

"Platoon, Attention (and my platoon 'sounds-off' with...)"!!!!

"Terminators...the best by far...smoking all others like a cheap cigar. Motivated, Dedicated...Boom (lean back & lean forward)...that's our style...been that way for a
long, long while...
Kill at Will Hooah!!!"

and it was a great and experience. I learned more about my leadership abilities, met many soldiers from different demographic backgrounds and acquired the technical and mental knowledge that provided me 'with a unique set of skills' required to train IET soldiers in a BT environment (and being ready to take their place in today’s Army).

"Come here soldier...yeah I'm talking to you. You better get 'locked in tight'!!! CBJ

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Opps...correction...I was 'on the trail' from 93-95 (my God...my memory is failing me. Must be suffering from CRS [Can't Remember Squat]).