December 18, 2020
I never understood why people do a full shoe shine regime on a brand new pair of shoes. I can understand wanting a cap shine but what goes on in the mind to apply conditioner? A conditioner is something that is used to rejuvenate leather. Brand new leather does not need rejuvenation. It needs break-in i.e. softening of the leather. Conditioners are often made concentrate and can actually do their own damage when used improperly. […]
June 2, 2020
I have not been a fan of Allen Edmonds for about 15 years now. Since the day their new stock came in at Nordstrom (while I was selling there) and I could see that they had cheapened the outsole and insole of their new collections, at the same time while raising the price. For me, that day marked the demise of the brand, and in my opinion, it has only gotten worse since then. Prior […]
April 27, 2020
Two great giants have teamed together to create a special collection of shoe care. Last Winter Crockett & Jones decided that using the French based shoe care powerhouse, Saphir, as their core polish and shoe care accessories offering was the way to go. And so they teamed together to create C&J branded Saphir Medaille D’or shoe care range for the C&J shops and collection. This was a huge move for both companies in the efforts […]
April 8, 2020
Shoe Care might actually be the biggest and most popular subject in the shoe industry. Back when I used to post a lot more about it, as I was a ‘professional’ shoe shiner in London, the vast majority of my emails were about polishing one’s shoes and how to either do it well or how to reverse things that had gone wrong. In fact, I got so many emails on the subject that I simply […]
July 19, 2019
The problem with mirror shines is that when they get a bit worn down i.e. cracked, they can make you feel like your shoe is ruined but its never the case and is nearly always a quick fix if you know the tricks to doing so and have good quality products backing you up in your efforts. I am a peesonal fan of the French made shoe care industry and Saphir is at the top […]
February 19, 2019
To read more about the London Super Trunk Show 2019, please click HERE For those that may not realize, there is shoe polish and then there is SHOE POLISH. The French Shoe Polish Powerhouse, Saphir, would fall into the latter category making what is often considered the finest shoe polish there is. And for good reason too. You won’t know this without ever having first-hand experience with it, but when comparing the products of […]
July 13, 2018
The Shoe Snob Summer Sale starts today! We are excited to announce that we are now on sale at www.theshoesnob.com. There is 20% OFF all accessories (excluding bundles deals) so now is the perfect time to stock up on all your shoe care products and the shoe trees you were thinking about. Happy Shopping! Justin, ‘The Shoe Snob’
March 21, 2018
To read more about the London Super Trunk Show 2018, please visit the following link: https://www.theshoesnobblog.com/2018/02/london-super-trunk-show-2018.html Saphir is one of the leading premium shoe care product manufacturers in the world. The French brand is owned by Avel Group, who in turn is owned by a larger group that also owns brands like Dasco, Terrago and La Cordonnerie Anglais under their branch. Well known for both the high quality of care and protection of the products, as well as […]
September 27, 2016
Dear Readers, A while back, I asked all of you for donations in order to help hire someone that could relieve some pressures off of myself so that I could get back to working hard on the blog and continuing writing important posts that sometimes take me at least 4 hours to complete. Some of you donated to which I am eternally grateful and we raised a little bit of money that went to helping […]
July 20, 2016
Today we commence our bi-annual sale on The Shoe Snob accessories offering. Every single-product is discounted at 15% off. Bundled deals though are not further discounted especially as some of them are already saving you more than 15% as is, such as our all of our shoe tree bundles. Due to the success of our new Alderwood shoe trees (as shown in the picture below), it has been difficult to keep up with stock levels, […]
