dwhee87
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There's a leather shop in Cumming that I had re-sole and recondition a pair of boots for me. The guy did a nice job on them. He also makes custom holsters and such.
We were allowed to use edge dressing on our club, cuff case, speed ring. We had the old U.S Calvary flap holsters for our 1911. But those Cocrahn jump boots…..kiwi and elbow grease. I made a pretty good lick shining others boots for $5 a pair. When I was stationed at Ft. Leavenworth, I was assigned Salute battery also. Wearing a chrome helmet liner in 105 degree summer would fry your egg, but we had it to do.Yes sir, plus your leather gear (holster, handcuff case, club carrier, turtle shell) @1991. They finally went to all black nylon gear, but those old leather 1911 holsters looked good shined up. A can of kiwi, old t shirt, lighter and a couple ice cubes.
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I was USAF, we had a couple of guys that would wear their shined boots for guard mount then when they got on the posting bus would change or if they had the time would switch them real fast and put them in their car before getting on the bus.That was back when men had a lot of dignity and took pride in their appearance. Seems not so much anymore. Ear rings, cartoonish tattoos, nose piercings man buns and all. Times change. You know that little spring in your step right after a new haircut ? I would imagine that just adds to it, make a fellow strut a little bit. Uncle Sam made all us MP’s a shoe shine boy when I was in. A grunt could get away with boots that looked like they were shined with a Hershey bar…….MP’s ? Lord no, ours had to look like glass every day. It didn’t matter if you scuffed them last night fighting a drunk, had to look like glass the next guard mount.
That looks like H22's sept his was just old wood not finished. I think his grandaddy made it.The first "project" Dad ever turned me loose with his tools and no supervision... don't laugh.. I was 6.
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He used it till he couldn't wear cowboy boots any more.
Cloth diaper makes a good dust rag to polish furniture too. That's what I use.A cloth baby diaper put a shine on a pair of combat boots and our dress shoes that you could almost see thru, we bought the baby diapers at the PX just down the street from our company area they had them stacked high on the counter there.
Cloth diapers are great for grease rags in the workshop, polish rags for wood finishes, and for the best gun cleaning rags.Cloth diaper makes a good dust rag to polish furniture too. That's what I use.
Cotton T shirts work well too...hate the feel of cotton balls...just like foamCloth diapers are great for grease rags in the workshop, polish rags for wood finishes, and for the best gun cleaning rags.
And spit while drinking beer does a number! I think the hops is the key...Cotton T shirts work well too...hate the feel of cotton balls...just like foam
I see them in the airports across the county. I often stop and watch if I have time. Shoe Shining is art. I was pretty good at it in the military. To this day, I still enjoy breaking out the shine kit and sitting on the couch watching a Braves game and shining my work shoes over a cold beer. Reminds me of living in the barracks.When I was growing up near the small town of Selma NC we had a shoe shine man who shined shoes for many people on the side walk just outside my cousin's barber shop. The shoe shine man was always there except on the days when it rained during the warm months that's how the old man made part of his living.
The old guy had a shoe shine stand with a seat on it you just stepped up and sit down on the seat and the old fellow went to work on your shoes. He applied shoe polish with his fingers being careful not to get any shoe polish on you pants leg or socks. The man had several polishing cloths that he used to shine your shoes. People used to gather around and watch the old guy as he worked his shining cloth. As he worked he made that cloth pop like a small firecracker while applying the trade that he knew best. Watching the old man quickly shine a pair of shoes and the popping of the shining cloth was entertaining for lots of folks back in the day.
The old fellow charged 25 cents to shine your shoes and when he was through your shoes had a shine on them that lasted for many days. I have seen the old guy many times when I was a boy sitting there on his shoe shine stand waiting for a customer which usually didn't take very long. Many of the people who were customers of my cousin's barber shop would come out after a haircut and hop up on the shoe shine stand for a quick shoe shine before going back to work or home.
Just about every small town and some big towns had a shoeshine man who shined shoes for the public on the sidewalk when I was growing up. The shoeshine man is a thing of the past now fading away as time moved on to a more modernized world. I have not seen a shoeshine man in any town in several decades. Every now and then when I was a boy a TV station would show a shoeshine man who was very popular with the public, some of the shoeshine guys would shout out as they worked they truly enjoyed their trade of shining shoes.
When they finished with the shine they would always say, twenty-five cents please and thank you Cap'n, and come back again soon. Just about every shoe shine man I ever saw was a man of color, I never saw but a couple of white men who shined shoes on the sidewalk of the towns when I was growing up.
Anyone else remember the shoeshine man in years past?
Yes sir! My Pawpaw taught me that you can read a mans soul through his shoes. I have learned through the 49 years of life since he said that, he was right!Reading through this thread again I`m noticing an old style pride and character in you folks, in the care you take in your footwear, which tells me you take pride in yourselves.
Here`s to you, Gentlemen.
Yes sir! My Pawpaw taught me that you can read a mans soul through his shoes. I have learned through the 49 years of life since he said that, he was right!
I use to help frame houses with my uncle during the summers and after school and he always told me when it was time to buy my school clothes, 'make sure you splurge on the 'dogs', the most important item that you wear'.
Reading through this thread again I`m noticing an old style pride and character in you folks, in the care you take in your footwear, which tells me you take pride in yourselves.
Here`s to you, Gentlemen.
Probably explains why the one and only good shoe repair place in Warner Robins, Hart's Shoe Shop went out years ago. That plus probably retirement for Mr. Hart.Most of the affordable shoes and boots aren’t even leather and are mostly glued together.