Working Shoe for Young Exec - Part 2

[easyprint]

Kiwi and burn the kiwi to shine it

 

[likehotbutter]

Polishing with Saphir neutral wax. Not mirror shine standard yet.

You got use cream? Pigmentation around the vamp seems worn and lacking compared to the toebox.

 

[josephkjc]

You got use cream? Pigmentation around the vamp seems worn and lacking compared to the toebox.

Nope. This is a new pair. It's blue museum calf, hence the uneven colour. I am not sure if I use navy cream on it, will the cream affect the museum calf pattern hence didn't get any cream for it

 

[donald83]

Guys i checked out the websites of pediwear, herring and robinson shoes. Looking at some Loakes. Anyone has experience in buying from those webistes before? Pediwear has Birkenstock too so maybe can get Loake and Birkenstock together

 

[terras14]

Polishing with Saphir neutral wax. Not mirror shine standard yet.

Nice work. But really wonder how many polish to het those mirror shine standard. Polish shoe can no need go gym already

 

[EquinOoX]

on the topic of supporting local brand, llyr or ed et al is better? Im gonna buy from one of them

 

[TUV2008]

Nice navy blue... One of my MTO was supposed to turn up this way but the final color was way off. I am a sucker for navy blue and really like this pair you have.

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[darthsid11111]

Guys i checked out the websites of pediwear, herring and robinson shoes. Looking at some Loakes. Anyone has experience in buying from those webistes before? Pediwear has Birkenstock too so maybe can get Loake and Birkenstock together

When buying Loake don't buy "polished" leathers. Buy only the shoes which use calf in their descriptor for leathers.

"Polished" is a nicer way of saying corrected grain.

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[josephkjc]

Guys i checked out the websites of pediwear, herring and robinson shoes. Looking at some Loakes. Anyone has experience in buying from those webistes before? Pediwear has Birkenstock too so maybe can get Loake and Birkenstock together

Bought from Herrings before. Very fast delivery and good customer service, answered my email queries promptly and reached Sg within e week.

 

[josephkjc]

Nice navy blue... One of my MTO was supposed to turn up this way but the final color was way off. I am a sucker for navy blue and really like this pair you have.

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Thanks. Really like the navy museum. One more for you

 

[josephkjc]

Nice work. But really wonder how many polish to het those mirror shine standard. Polish shoe can no need go gym already

True. Think will be weird if I polish it shinier and wear it with jeans.

 

[urbanturban]

My experience for mirror shine is that it probably takes more than 25 coats to get a good shine and more and more later to add to the mirror effect.

Anyway, how shiny you want it to be depends on the entire outfit.

 

[jonleelk]

Guys i checked out the websites of pediwear, herring and robinson shoes. Looking at some Loakes. Anyone has experience in buying from those webistes before? Pediwear has Birkenstock too so maybe can get Loake and Birkenstock together

Herring uses DHL, thus fast shipping but will kenna gst + $20 admin fee if more than S$400.

Robinson uses normal registered mail. 2 weeks to reach, but will likely siam gst. On and off they give 20% store wide discount. The last one was on 31 Jul. Free shipping if more than 150UKP.

 

[thundermarch]

Guys i checked out the websites of pediwear, herring and robinson shoes. Looking at some Loakes. Anyone has experience in buying from those webistes before? Pediwear has Birkenstock too so maybe can get Loake and Birkenstock together

I have bought from Pediwear a few times for Crocketts. Have found them to be very nice guys, responsive and sincere.
They typically ship via royal mail which tends to escape GST. But no harm reminding them once you place an order, because if you buy more than 1 pair, it will exceed their weight cutoff and they switch to DHL / Fedex, one of these. And you'll definitely be dinged with GST then.

 

[-nzy90]

My experience for mirror shine is that it probably takes more than 25 coats to get a good shine and more and more later to add to the mirror effect.

Anyway, how shiny you want it to be depends on the entire outfit.

25 coats is alot. Now at 4 layers already took me 10min per shoe. Still got a long way to a mirror shine.

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[urbanturban]

25 coats is alot. Now at 4 layers already took me 10min per shoe. Still got a long way to a mirror shine.

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Very good effect.

 

[TUV2008]

Was at septieme shop recently saw their collections quite nice, saw one customer's pair waiting for collection like Berluti patina really nice.

Their price of sub 800 also reasonable for a GyW.

 

[koburn]

Was at septieme shop recently saw their collections quite nice, saw one customer's pair waiting for collection like Berluti patina really nice.

Their price of sub 800 also reasonable for a GyW.

Might as well get Carmina.

 

[urbanturban]

Septieme has patina done on their RTW shoes not Carmina though.

 

[All in a Day]

Was at septieme shop recently saw their collections quite nice, saw one customer's pair waiting for collection like Berluti patina really nice.

Their price of sub 800 also reasonable for a GyW.

The mark-up on SL shoes compared to their EUR prices is horrendous, made worse by the weak EUR.

If you really want to get a pair, make it a patina pair and not the RTW ones.. would feel less of a rip-off.. at least for me.