How To: Shine Your Shoes

The Rake Magazine's Editor, Tom Chamberlin, provides a simple guide to shoe shining without any of the fuss. Video by Marcus Ebanks.
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[@enterusername7746]

Don’t forget to sit in your Mahagoni Office wearing suit, tie and a gold watch, while polishing your shoes. It is mandatory.

[@oskarek57]

Jealous too much? Too bad for you.

[@thomasheidstra1268]

Standards, Sir. Standards!

[@TheEldarGuy]

I'm often in my tracky-daks and old t-shirt while polishing in the laundry. I still polished my shoes.
Whatever makes you feel comfortable.

[@shaunhagan1610]

Tom is correct about people don’t make much of an effort today. The benefit to this is it is now easier than ever to stand out and look good.

[@lusinemichele7721]

Shoe shining is a new art for me , thank you tom, I learnt a lot from you how to properly polish shoes

[@w4447]

I no longer buy new shoes. I go to second hand and thrift stores looking for a old pair of good quality shoes. The last pair I got was a toe cap in brown and bought them for 5 bucks then brought them home. They needed some TLC but I broke out my shine kit and started the process. Shined them gave them the love they needed and they look great now. People there is a way to look good and enjoy nice things. You just have to do the work and be willing to put in sweat equity. I got a pair of floorshiem loafers the same way. I took them to the cobblers to have them polished and have them half soled. Now I have a great pair of quality loafers at a reasonable price.

[@tcn0199]

Love ya’ Tom, but why remove the trees?

[@paulmcgee1867]

Christmas idea! An apron!

[@Popunkwillneverdie]

Seriously shoe shining ????? ..... I don't do that anymore it's too posh apparently

[@richardsmegma5081]

Spanner!