# When's the last time you wore shined shoes?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 18, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-wore-shined-shoes/814415 "2018-05-18T18:18:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-wore-shined-shoes/814415/41 "2018-05-22T00:56:56Z")

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A few years now, I’ve been working from home. I didn’t put a high gloss shine on them, but I’d clean, condition, and put a nice subtle gleam to them about once a month, and give a quick dust every time I wore them.

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**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-wore-shined-shoes/814415/42 "2018-05-22T01:18:05Z")

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My work boots get scuffed and banged up pretty often. I polish them up every couple of months to keep the leather from deteriorating

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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-wore-shined-shoes/814415/43 "2018-05-23T11:05:41Z")

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I don’t spit shine them, but when they start to look ratty, I give my shoes the full Kiwi treatment. I buy decent quality shoes, and if you take care of them, they last a good, long time. I think the Red Wings I’m using today I bought in 2011, and they’re my normal daily shoes.

The last time I spit shined anything would have been mid-September 1996, when I ETS’d from the Army.

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-wore-shined-shoes/814415/44 "2018-05-23T15:30:38Z")

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I have a couple of pairs of shoes that I polish from time to time when they need it. Black combat style boots, Dr. Marten Mary Janes, stuff like that. My boots really need polishing. Thanks for the reminder. 😉

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**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-wore-shined-shoes/814415/45 "2018-05-23T17:11:37Z")

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High School, 1967.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-you-wore-shined-shoes/814415/46 "2018-05-23T18:42:33Z")

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I’ve got a couple pairs of Allen Edmonds that I wear just on special occassions (funeral, wedding, Christmas party, etc.). Each has it’s own tin of Kiwi and I shine them up before I leave the house.

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