FLorsheim Penny Loafers Quick Shine Before & After
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- čas přidán 29. 04. 2019
- In this video I do a quick shine up on an old dingy pair of Goodyear Welted Florsheim Penny Loafers I was gifted.
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*NOTE* I probably was in error saying these shoes are Goodyear Welted. They are more likely Blake Rapid stitched? One of my viewers brought this to my attention.
When I was young, my Sunday church teacher use to wear penny loafers. They were beautiful.
I think they are a timeless classic shoe.
Excellent video! I have a pair of the same shoes! Nice to hear someone like you that has a deep interest in these shoes!!
Good job. The shoes "bloom" in your hands.👍🏽
great job as usual😊Keep 'em coming.
Nice job on this video. One minor note. The shoes seem to be hand sewn moccasins. Although there is a “welt stitch” it is not a GYW. A midsole is cemented and Blake stitched to the moccasin and then an outsole is cemented and a Rapid stitch is used to secure the outsole to the midsole. It does create a welted look but this construction gives the shoe more flexibility. If we circle back to AE, the Randolph with its leather insole is a GYW. But a Cavanaugh, a true moccasin, is not. The 1994 Florsheim was definitely more like the Cavanaugh construction wise.
Wow, thanks!!
Looks great
Did you know Robert that you don't have to spice up your videos with music? People are increasingly watching videos of brushing and polishing shoes, they love the sound and don't think it is boring at all.
Sjef - yes, I know exactly what you mean…
On the other hand, I rather like his choice of music.
Nice job Bob. Another fine job! Not sure how old the shoes are but they look brand new now. Nice video and good job!
I love your dog.
Nice work...
yes I would have moisturised before cream polish too, I'd get a cover sole on them if the front of the outsole isn't worn down too much to get a bit more out of them.
Awesome video once again! Can you do a video on how to shine Shell cordovan shoes please? I have a pair of Penny Loafers from Allen Edmonds ( the Patriot model I think ) that I got from Ebay and I will like to make them shine but I'm not sure if they take the regular shoe shining or if there is a special treatment for those, any help and tips will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Thanks ! I was wondering why you were applying conditioner after polishing, until you said you should have done it first :). Anyway, just got my Berkeley penny loafers out of storage, thanks for the insight regarding corrected leather.
You're welcome! CG leather does have its advantages and disadvantages
I love your shoes, Robert.
Thank you!
You're welcome. They must feel very comfortable with and without socks.
By odd coincidence I was in a thrift store a week ago and picked up a pair of large Florsheim Travel Trees, made by the Rochester Shoe Tree Company.
And in another coincidence, while looking for some decent derbys to use as beater shoes I came across a pair of Florsheim penny loafers for $10; either oxblood or burgundy. I don't know my shoe colors very well.
Maybe I'll go back tomorrow and pick them up.
Hey Bob, I had a pair of burgundy Brooks Brothers penny loafers, they looked like corrected grain leather. I took acetone to them, they came out brown instead of burgundy, so I polished them brown, and they came out great. I see you put saddle soap to these and had similar results. If they were corrected grain, did I screw them up?
shouldn't you get the dirt and dust off the shoes first?? i know your washing them but it just makes sense
It is a funny brown. But you made them look brand new. Do you think they would take dyeing cordovan?
Robert, I would love to know what you think of Dollar Tree brand shoe polish. It's only a dollar (frugal value) and I have had good results with it. Would love to see a review from you.
Don Peterson - hmmm... never heard of it!! That’s one area where I don’t like to skimp. Saphir that I use is quite expensive... the Mirror Gloss is like $26 a can, but if do you think about it, that $26 tin that I bought has already lasted me 6 months or so. So even if your cost of shoe polish is double or triple, it’s really only a few bucks per year more. I just don’t trust the cheaper polishes because of the ingredients in them and what they will do to leather. If you’re going to cut cost of shoe polish, they are probably going to use cheaper materials which can harm the leather. So even though it makes them “shiny”... at what long term cost to the shoe?
The two tones could be in error. the previous owner could have possibly ran out of brown shoe polish and then switched over to another color.
Never thought of looking at thrift store for shoe trees I've been using the wrong ones and it actually miss shaped the shoes. Is there shoe trees for boots? Also I found out from Bedo's leaderworks that you can color the bottom of your soles with shoe dye if you're not replacing the soul. But you have to use a mild sandpaper first.
I struggle to find shoe tree for my narrow feet without spending significant money. I have purchased generic cedar trees and carved or hand planed the trees into the proper shape for each of my shoe types (removing incorrect pressure points).
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