When's the last time you wore shined shoes?

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.

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

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.

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. :wink:

High School, 1967.

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.