Any Recommendations on a Shoe Shine Box?

Soapy Smith · Oct 18, 2015

My Grandfather passed away last March and I rescued his collection of horse hair brushes and shoe care items from the trash (these are REALLY good brushes). I'd like to get a wooden shoe shine box that has plenty of room. I've looked at the Florsheim cedar box and it seems small. Anyone have any recommendations on a good box? I'm tired of keeping stuff in Ziplock freezer bags and on shelves/in drawers.

Thanks.

dfollett_98 · Oct 18, 2015

Hi Soapy:

I have seen a number of shoe shine boxes with the "shoe holder" (for lack of a better term), a clasp to hold the box together and plenty of storage room in thrift shops and antique stores. They normally run from $15 to $20 on the left coast. I hope that helps. Happy hunting!

Don

dpm802 · Oct 18, 2015

Amazon to the rescue: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=shoe+shine+box

And shoot a PM to "marktheshoeshineboy" who is a member here. If anybody knows the anwer to this question, its him.

Soapy Smith · Oct 18, 2015

Thanks. I did the Amazon search myself and all the boxes seem to be "kits". I just want the box. I don't need the rest of the stuff. I will check around thrift stores and see what I can find.

dpm802 · Oct 18, 2015

Soapy Smith said:
Thanks. I did the Amazon search myself and all the boxes seem to be "kits". I just want the box. I don't need the rest of the stuff. I will check around thrift stores and see what I can find.

Yes, I know they're mostly kits, but you can always chuck the contents and just use the box.

Another alternative ... if you know somebody who is into wood-working, they could bang together a custom box for you in short order.

August West · Oct 18, 2015

I still have my Grandfathers kit and box. Best Wishes!

http://www.shoetreemarketplace.com/Valet-Shoe-Shine-Box-Empty-p/5819.htm

http://www.shoecaresupplies.com/Shoe_Shine_Kit_p/shine-box-empty.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Cedar-Shine-Valet-Empty/dp/B00Q1KOQEO

The Count of Merkur Cristo · Oct 18, 2015

Soupy:
If you're looking for a box (vintage or otherwise),...have a look on 'the Bay'! :thumbsup:

Viewmore: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1311&_nkw=shoe+shine+box&_sacat=See-All-Categories&rmvSB=true

On the other hand, since my Army days I've always used a empty .30 cal ammo box as my shoe-shine box. :ihih:

[FONT=&amp] "I would say that a good [bulling] is exactly like a good wine. [The shine is]...going to stay and last a long time". Christian Louboutin[/FONT]

Soapy Smith · Oct 18, 2015

I think that second link may do the trick. I like the cedar and the box looks big enough. The valet size (in the recommendations area) is about the size of the Florsheim box that seemed a bit small.

Thanks!

August West said:
I still have my Grandfathers kit and box. Best Wishes!

http://www.shoetreemarketplace.com/Valet-Shoe-Shine-Box-Empty-p/5819.htm

http://www.shoecaresupplies.com/Shoe_Shine_Kit_p/shine-box-empty.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Cedar-Shine-Valet-Empty/dp/B00Q1KOQEO

LogisticEarth · Oct 19, 2015

Personally, I just use a toolbox. It's way more practical. Doesn't have that "vintage feel" but it works. The "shoe holder" on shine boxes is pretty useless. It was more for mobile shoe shiners to polish someone else's shoes. For working on your own, it serves no purpose.

If you want vintage, get a vintage metal or wooden toolbox. Skip the stereotypical "shine kit".

ByMyBeard · Oct 19, 2015

Build your own?

Sgolia · Oct 19, 2015

Soapy Smith said:
My Grandfather passed away last March and I rescued his collection of horse hair brushes and shoe care items from the trash (these are REALLY good brushes). I'd like to get a wooden shoe shine box that has plenty of room. I've looked at the Florsheim cedar box and it seems small. Anyone have any recommendations on a good box? I'm tired of keeping stuff in Ziplock freezer bags and on shelves/in drawers.

Thanks.

Hey Soapy, I know what you're going thru! I carried around my shoe care tools in a supermarket bag for years. :thumbdown

Here is a nice size shine box I got, handmade and handsome, and it's the only one where you pull the shine cloth upwards!! So easy! http://www.americanshineco.com/shop-mens-shoeshine-supplies/complete-shoeshine-kit

Deltaboy · Oct 20, 2015

Go to the Art of Manliness website and look up their shoe shine box plans. I built one out of scrap lumber that big enough for all my stuff.

oc_in_fw · Oct 20, 2015

Watching with interest.

blantyre · Oct 21, 2015

I second ebay - I got a very nice vintage box with a cast iron stand on the lid and a shoe butler. It's large enough for 4 or 5 brushes, several tins of polish, spare laces and a few rags and odds and ends. The whole thing was about $25.

Alacrity59 · Oct 21, 2015

Not at all traditional but I use a Rubbermaid Roughneck tote for my shoe shine box. I have several 11 Liter ones that hold other items, first aid kit, camping tent pegs and tie downs, hones in water, etc. etc. They come with a 10 year warranty and stack well.

Rudy Vey · Oct 21, 2015

I build my own from Mahogany with a Cedar liner. Looks just like a huge humidor, filled with all my stuff for shining shoes.

Not Sure · Oct 21, 2015

Rudy Vey said:
I build my own from Mahogany with a Cedar liner. Looks just like a huge humidor, filled with all my stuff for shining shoes.

I like that idea, the cedar liner. I picked up this fairly new, but slightly stained on the inside bottom box at Goodwill for US$4.99. One easy rectangle of aromatic closet waferboard puts me in SS boxes for decades.

Soapy Smith · Oct 22, 2015

Ended up buying an old Kiwi box like the one in the photo above on eBay from a seller the next city over for $16. Came with more polish, more brushes and not enough room for all my stuff LOL. Going to have to prioritize and organize. SMH :a52:

Cuttingboard · Oct 28, 2015

I use a Gerstner International tune up case.

Soapy Smith · Nov 10, 2015

Cuttingboard said:
I use a Gerstner International tune up case.

That's just beautiful! A bit pricey for what I'm looking for but that would hold everything from the polish tins to the stand up bottles of leather honey. Very nice!

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