Use with cotton T-shirt scraps only.
Other fabrics not recommended for spitshine.
My dad still has a nice foot stool kit for polishing shoes. He used to do that. I’ll be glad to take that along with the Kiwis and polish some shoes, either mine or my son’s. They don’t seem to exist anymore!
Shinola!
I wasn’t in the military, but I have always liked to polish shoes and boots. I enjoy seeing the fruits of my labor.
I have a new tune of kiwi and a brand new pair of dress boots corcoran’s! Have I mentioned how much I hate this stupid speak to text Lord help me I’d like to throw this thing out the window sometimes!
In the Summer of 1957, my oldest Brother made a shoe shine kit in Vacation Bible School. He died of a heart attack a few years back.
Not sure how I got it but it is in my storeroom right now. There is at least one tin of Kiwi in it. I haven’t used it in many years so it probably no good but not sure.
I’m guessing that the proportion of folks who shine their shoes on a regular basis has gone way down over the last 30 years. Society is much more at ease with casual dressing than they were when I grew up.
Polo Shirt, Sweatpants & Sketcher walking shoes at the airport is no longer that shocking. Sometimes even in church.
But what about those poor birds being made into shoe polish? Aren’t the New Zealanders upset?
I can remember when there were shoe shine stations on the street.
A Black guy ran the one in my home town. He could literally make the rag pop as he buffed the shine.
Oh wait, maybe they use the fruit instead. My bad.
Barbasol also remains!
A buff is enough!
Did BCT at Fort Knox.Lemme tell ya...”Georgia red clay” isn’t limited to just Georgia.That stuff was a b*tch to remove from our boots after it dried.
Sphir. Better. Costs more, smells fantastic. Better for leather. I still use Kiwi when i run out of saphir. Not available in stores. Kiwi is Cheaper. Not better.
Shine your shoes to Johnny Cash singing (the original 1956):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBMhsH8xlMs
I still use it. Nothing better.
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I still have a tin of kiwi brown, use it to touch up wood scratches on tables. I looked in my closet and discovered none of my shoes really need polishing, they’re suede (microfiber) or some other soft material. Living in Florida doesn’t require real shoes!
I remember my grandfather polishing his shoes, man, they shone. I still have his shoe brush that he used at the end to buff. It’s so solid and well made, over a hundred years old now, never lost a bristle.
Ustah take out the ole Zippo and light the polish liquefying it and then apply it.
Very cold water in the tin cap added to the final finish