Kirby, I wish you, your familly and all the viewers of this channel all the best in the year 2020. I hope this channel will grow even more and have a bright future. Thank you for educating people who want to take care of their wardrobes and be more elegant!
I went never polishing and wearing $90 dress shoes from Macy's for 2 - 3 years until my toes literally came out the bottom, to having 4 pairs of Allen Edmonds and making them shine. I'm surprised I enjoy it as much as I have, and how much looking down to see something beautiful throughout the day improves my mindset. I was already very into watches, but never cared about shoes. Better late than never, thanks for the vids, they're very helpful.
Your channel and several others have cost me a small fortune in shoes and polish of the last year or so. Its all good though, I find it relaxing and rewarding to sit for an hour or so and polish up a pair of shoes and clear my mind of work and other unimportant things. I will comment though on this video whist ASMR videos appear to be a popular media, I much prefer hearing you explain what you are doing and why.
Timely! I popped down to Northampton this morning to visit the factory shops of John Lobb, Crockett & Jones, Jeffery West and Joseph Cheaney. Now I have six more pairs to shine.
I guess I've been doing it wrong. I just brush the debris off and then use the brown kiwi shoe polish from Walgreens and then buff those bad boys like there's no tomorrow! Lol. Great video Kirby.
Happy New year man Hope you and your family have a peaceful and prosperous year Thanks for all the effort and time you invested in producing so much useful and no-nonsense content last year
A man after my own heart. I always wear my suit when polishing my shoes. While my wife and her mother accompany me with guitar and drums in the background.
Hey Kirby, this 2019 I discovered the shoe world, and with that this channel. It's been an amazing jurney learning about shoes and how to take good care of them. I wish you the best for this 2020, and have no doubt that will keep connecting through your channel. PD: about this video, I like it better when you speak!! Nice shine though
In bootcamp I was the guy who would pay my shipmate to polish my boots, lol. I just don't have a knack for it, I guess, but I still appreciate to learn from a pro! Happy New Years, Kirby!
Hi Kirby, I have been following you for quite some time now. I love your channel and recently became a client of yours acquiring some of your products at "The Hanger Project" I want to thank you for being an outstanding banner of traditions of elegance that matter. I grew up with a father who was very devoted to British style and customs. It is very refreshing to have found your channel and your company. I want to wish you, your family, your channel and your business a very happy and prosperous 2020!
I have a question. I seem to always get a build up of wax in the holes when polishing brogue Shoes. If I try tapping it with the brush hard enough to remove the wax from the holes it damages the finish. Do you have a video on how to avoid this or could you make a video detailing the solution to this problem. Thanks and I love your videos! You have changed the way I look a shoes forever!
Haha, I didn't read the description - at first I thought it was Kirby; then I realised the fingers and grip posture looked different. "Hold up, is this... Caleb..?" *checks description* "Ohhh..." xD
Hello Kirby, are you using black color mirror gloss on this shoe? I was wondering how it works on lighter shoe colors while there are few mirror gloss colors available.
2:55 "Less is more, too much will make it sticky" Not only that, but if it's a well worn shoe with creases and crinkles, the neutral cream can leave a white residue when it dries, and you'll need to use a lot of elbow grease to brush it off - or you'll simply have to clean it. Learned that the hard way, using an applicator brush - using fingers, like here, makes it easier to apply the correct amount.
Your work on youtube is just amazing. Made people like me to give even more attention to details. Please keep it up. Between, I noticed u dont have a double monk shoe in your collection. Is there any particular reason ?
Hi kirby love your channel, hear in the UK trousers are worn to hang down longer thus covering the back of the shoe so applying a mirror shine isn't needed
Why using fingers? There are different brushes for applications? Fantastic, but I just don't have the time do do this. There must be another easier way? Thankyou.
Why mirror polish the toe and not the whole shoe? I'm new to this and was looking for advice on maintaining my new dress shoes. The channel is awesome.
Great question! If you were to apply enough wax to the whole shoe to provide a mirror shine, the wax would crack as soon as you started walking. You should only mirror shine the areas of the shoe that do not bend or flex, like the toe and heel. If you have any other questions please let us know.
i had the exact same feeling and i'm not even 2 minutes in the video. the way way he brushes and holds the shoes, his touch is just different from what kirby usually does.
As we mention in the video description, in this video I am detailing the process that goes into mirror shining a pair of brogues using our shoe shine service, which is done by our resident shoe shiner, Caleb Malinowski. That is why you can see him performing the actual shining in this video.
@@kirbyallison My bad...I jut went straight to the video...and it says "I am going to walk you through......" and it's your voice....anyway Have a good new year :)
Hi Kriby, how long does the mirror shine generally last? Can you mirror shine a shoe and store it in its soft bag for a few weeks without affecting that shine? Thanks!
hey Kirby. a question, whenever I mirror polish I find a line around the base of the foot where I have all the wax built up for the mirror, and then a section of non-mirror leather between the mirror polish and the welt. how do I avoid this?
Hi Kirby, I used your presidential shoe shine guide last year. Worked great. I don't use my shoes on a daily basis, so the shine has held up. I want to maintain my shoes - do you suggest using the renomat first and then the conditioner? Or can I just start with the conditioner? Thanks!
Avery-John Domingo Renomat sounds like a product that strip the shoe 👞 from vaxes and should not be used to much. Start with a soft wax, if that does not work. I would probably go with the renovature as Kirby starts of with, even tough I personaly dont do spit shine, but maybe 2 layers of soft vax and 2 layers of hard wax. Kirby usually finish of with a tine layer of soft vax. I usually only do: - brush - renovature - shoepolish and the edge - soft vax all over. - soft vax only at toe and heal. - hard vax all over and edge. - hard vax at toe. It is good enough for me, I do not want them to shiny! -
Funny, I have been shining my tan shoes with black wax residue on my shine cloth for years. I didn't realize that it doesn't discolor the shoe and was really being lazy more then anything else--guess I beat you to the punch there Kirby old boy!
Awesome job, Caleb. Always love some good shoe polishing porn 😂. Also Happy New Year, gents! Is the Black Yak Hair brush on schedule to come out later this month? Lawyer friend of mine can’t help but brag about the ones his firm gifted to him and his colleagues a while back and it’s growing irksome haha.
It is actually the Dark Brown Mirror Gloss so it has very little pigment in it, but just enough to provide a bit of contrast which is what Caleb was going for.
As we mention in the video description, in this video I am detailing the process that goes into mirror shining a pair of brogues using our shoe shine service, which is done by our resident shoe shiner, Caleb Malinowski. That is why you can see him performing the actual shining in this video.
It is not meant to be misunderstood as me doing the shoe shining. As we mention in the video description, in this video I am detailing the process that goes into mirror shining a pair of brogues using our shoe shine service, which is done by our resident shoe shiner, Caleb Malinowski. That is why you can see him performing the actual shining in this video.
It may well have been. This video was detailing the process of how we mirror shine shoes in our shoe shining service. The shoes in this video are a real customer's pair of shoes, and therefore are probably well worn.
Aww Poterhouse. Look at the wax buildup on those shoes. I want that wax stripped off of there and I want them creamed and buffed with a fine shammy and I want them now chop chop.
I guess it’s all personal taste...I love a well maintained, clean and polished shoe, but the mirror finish has no appeal to me. But I watched the video anyways.
I spent a decent amount of money on horse hair brushes based on these videos thinking there was a real difference to be made. I did one shoe using it & the other with a regular cheap shoe brush & I couldn’t see any difference whatsoever between them. The other suggestions are all genuinely good I need to say - saphir was a good find - but details like this diminish the otherwise valuable advice.
It is not meant to be misunderstood as me doing the shoe shining. As we mention in the video description, in this video I am detailing the process that goes into mirror shining a pair of brogues using our shoe shine service, which is done by our resident shoe shiner, Caleb Malinowski. That is why you can see him performing the actual shining in this video.
Kirby, I wish you, your familly and all the viewers of this channel all the best in the year 2020. I hope this channel will grow even more and have a bright future. Thank you for educating people who want to take care of their wardrobes and be more elegant!
I went never polishing and wearing $90 dress shoes from Macy's for 2 - 3 years until my toes literally came out the bottom, to having 4 pairs of Allen Edmonds and making them shine. I'm surprised I enjoy it as much as I have, and how much looking down to see something beautiful throughout the day improves my mindset. I was already very into watches, but never cared about shoes. Better late than never, thanks for the vids, they're very helpful.
An excellent tutorial. I shall pass this on to my manservant.
What are you doing hiring a manservant who can’t shine shoes properly, my good sir?
@@Fluffisnoterm He came with the estate.
Your channel and several others have cost me a small fortune in shoes and polish of the last year or so. Its all good though, I find it relaxing and rewarding to sit for an hour or so and polish up a pair of shoes and clear my mind of work and other unimportant things.
I will comment though on this video whist ASMR videos appear to be a popular media, I much prefer hearing you explain what you are doing and why.
That was so shiny, I saw my OWN reflection in them.
Timely! I popped down to Northampton this morning to visit the factory shops of John Lobb, Crockett & Jones, Jeffery West and Joseph Cheaney. Now I have six more pairs to shine.
I guess I've been doing it wrong. I just brush the debris off and then use the brown kiwi shoe polish from Walgreens and then buff those bad boys like there's no tomorrow! Lol. Great video Kirby.
Ricky Roop
Probably a lot better then most people 😃
And performed in a suit. I sit at the table and I have shoe product on me, my clothes, the table, the dog, etc. Impressive. Happy New Year.
Thanks for everything this year Kirby. Happy Holidays.
Happy New year man
Hope you and your family have a peaceful and prosperous year
Thanks for all the effort and time you invested in producing so much useful and no-nonsense content last year
Love Kirby,fan Kirby
👇👇👇
We love kirby!
A man after my own heart. I always wear my suit when polishing my shoes. While my wife and her mother accompany me with guitar and drums in the background.
Hey Kirby, this 2019 I discovered the shoe world, and with that this channel. It's been an amazing jurney learning about shoes and how to take good care of them. I wish you the best for this 2020, and have no doubt that will keep connecting through your channel.
PD: about this video, I like it better when you speak!! Nice shine though
In bootcamp I was the guy who would pay my shipmate to polish my boots, lol. I just don't have a knack for it, I guess, but I still appreciate to learn from a pro! Happy New Years, Kirby!
I polished shoes in return for them making my bunk. I never got the hang of hospital corners.
This is theraputic....great content sir.
Hi Kirby, I have been following you for quite some time now. I love your channel and recently became a client of yours acquiring some of your products at "The Hanger Project" I want to thank you for being an outstanding banner of traditions of elegance that matter. I grew up with a father who was very devoted to British style and customs. It is very refreshing to have found your channel and your company. I want to wish you, your family, your channel and your business a very happy and prosperous 2020!
What happened to the leather mat, I love the looks of it
loveee this video wow
Can you make a video on how to wrap the high shine cloth around your fingers?
Tommy and his shine box would be proud
I have a question. I seem to always get a build up of wax in the holes when polishing brogue Shoes. If I try tapping it with the brush hard enough to remove the wax from the holes it damages the finish. Do you have a video on how to avoid this or could you make a video detailing the solution to this problem. Thanks and I love your videos! You have changed the way I look a shoes forever!
Agreed!
Great technique Kirby just like the Japanese champs!!!
Haha, I didn't read the description - at first I thought it was Kirby; then I realised the fingers and grip posture looked different. "Hold up, is this... Caleb..?" *checks description* "Ohhh..." xD
Hello Kirby, are you using black color mirror gloss on this shoe? I was wondering how it works on lighter shoe colors while there are few mirror gloss colors available.
Kirby my man Happy New Year to you and your family. God Bless.
Good day, and well done.
Quick question: what is the name of that water bottle gadget. Would love to buy myself one of those?
Thanks for the tutorial.
2:55 "Less is more, too much will make it sticky"
Not only that, but if it's a well worn shoe with creases and crinkles, the neutral cream can leave a white residue when it dries, and you'll need to use a lot of elbow grease to brush it off - or you'll simply have to clean it. Learned that the hard way, using an applicator brush - using fingers, like here, makes it easier to apply the correct amount.
Wouldn't mirror gloss neutral be better than black?
Beautiful!!
Well done!
Nice,wonderful!
Hey Kirby is that Black Mirror Gloss that you using on those Walnut Allen Eedmonds, what a beautiful shine
Happy new year Kirby
Your work on youtube is just amazing. Made people like me to give even more attention to details. Please keep it up. Between, I noticed u dont have a double monk shoe in your collection. Is there any particular reason ?
Wow I messaged Kirby about producing this exact video before the Holidays. I didn't get a response but I guess the message got through.
I’m still searching for this mirror shine.
What do you do about polish in the brogue holes?
I have that exact pair, should have let you use for "demonstration" since I live in DFW lol
Feel free to drop by and we can put them through the exact shine process! Email caleb@hangerproject.com if you are interested.
Thankyou👍🏼
Hi kirby love your channel, hear in the UK trousers are worn to hang down longer thus covering the back of the shoe so applying a mirror shine isn't needed
Why using fingers? There are different brushes for applications? Fantastic, but I just don't have the time do do this. There must be another easier way? Thankyou.
Hi Sir ,
What leather is that
Please let me know
What is the name of the Allen Edmond brogue? The Strand Cap-toe Oxford?
I’m curious why you chose the black mirror polish rather than the clear. Dies it add a deeper colour tone?
I was wondering the same thing.
Why Black Mirror Gloss?
Cool
What was the purpose of going back over the toe cap one last time with the lighter wax (non-mirror shine)?
Dennis Taylor
He does it that way, because it then "melts" the harder waxed just a tiny bit.
@@Myrslokstok Thanks! I haven't done a spit shine since my Navy days a lifetime ago.
2 questions. Is the chamois a must when using the mirror wax? Where did you get that water flask?
You seem to have used a black mirror gloss on brown shoes. Is this preferable to the other colours saphir does?
Any advice on polish in the pores?
Why mirror polish the toe and not the whole shoe? I'm new to this and was looking for advice on maintaining my new dress shoes. The channel is awesome.
Great question! If you were to apply enough wax to the whole shoe to provide a mirror shine, the wax would crack as soon as you started walking. You should only mirror shine the areas of the shoe that do not bend or flex, like the toe and heel. If you have any other questions please let us know.
Would using latex or nitrile or any other type of polymer glove react negatively with the chemicals in the conditioner or cream polish?
What's the lil bottle of solution is for? And what's in the bottle?
Does your Yak hair brush serve the same purpose as the goat hair at the end? I own the former, but not the latter.
For some reason I'm not convinced this is Kirby....prove me wrong and Happy New Year
i had the exact same feeling and i'm not even 2 minutes in the video. the way way he brushes and holds the shoes, his touch is just different from what kirby usually does.
As we mention in the video description, in this video I am detailing the process that goes into mirror shining a pair of brogues using our shoe shine service, which is done by our resident shoe shiner, Caleb Malinowski. That is why you can see him performing the actual shining in this video.
@@kirbyallison My bad...I jut went straight to the video...and it says "I am going to walk you through......" and it's your voice....anyway Have a good new year :)
Where can i get that lil bottle from? Thanks for your response..
Hi Kriby, how long does the mirror shine generally last? Can you mirror shine a shoe and store it in its soft bag for a few weeks without affecting that shine? Thanks!
Yes. Even if they get a touch scuffed by the fabric, 30 seconds of buffing with a damp chamois will clear it right up.
hey Kirby. a question, whenever I mirror polish I find a line around the base of the foot where I have all the wax built up for the mirror, and then a section of non-mirror leather between the mirror polish and the welt. how do I avoid this?
Matthew Elliott great question, is also like to know
If shoes are that clean and nice pre-polish, what's the big deal?
How long it takes once you start puting the mirrow shine?
HI Kirby, would you suggest using different colour mirror gloss for different colour shoes or just use the neutral for all of them?
It certainly makes a difference to use the different pigment colors.
Hi Kirby, I used your presidential shoe shine guide last year. Worked great. I don't use my shoes on a daily basis, so the shine has held up. I want to maintain my shoes - do you suggest using the renomat first and then the conditioner? Or can I just start with the conditioner? Thanks!
Avery-John Domingo
Think he has a video about that, you probably try with waxes first.
@@Myrslokstok So is the renomat a last resort? Just noticed now on my shoes that the toe cap wax i applied is starting to crack.
Avery-John Domingo
Renomat sounds like a product that strip the shoe 👞 from vaxes and should not be used to much.
Start with a soft wax, if that does not work. I would probably go with the renovature as Kirby starts of with, even tough I personaly dont do spit shine, but maybe 2 layers of soft vax and 2 layers of hard wax. Kirby usually finish of with a tine layer of soft vax.
I usually only do:
- brush
- renovature
- shoepolish and the edge
- soft vax all over.
- soft vax only at toe and heal.
- hard vax all over and edge.
- hard vax at toe.
It is good enough for me, I do not want them to shiny!
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Did you use black mirror wax?
No saddle soap?
do you need a goat hair brush for the final polishing or can you still use the horse hair brush?
Great question! The goat hair brush is very soft so it will not scratch the mirror shine as a horse hair brush would.
Doesn't say what color shoe cream is
Using black color for the mirror gloss? Is that because you wanted those areas a little darker?
archipelago93
Dark brown yes he was after the antic look.
Funny, I have been shining my tan shoes with black wax residue on my shine cloth for years. I didn't realize that it doesn't discolor the shoe and was really being lazy more then anything else--guess I beat you to the punch there Kirby old boy!
was the color of that pate de luxe light brown?
Yes, it was the Light Brown.
How long did it actually take for that mirror shine
Probably 30 minutes
Hey Kirby, what color cream polish was that?
Wondering the same? Cognac or Light Walnut?
It is the Light Brown Cream which goes great with the Walnut Allen Edmonds.
If you only use a Stri-Dex pad, you can achieve the same results.
Awesome job, Caleb. Always love some good shoe polishing porn 😂. Also Happy New Year, gents! Is the Black Yak Hair brush on schedule to come out later this month? Lawyer friend of mine can’t help but brag about the ones his firm gifted to him and his colleagues a while back and it’s growing irksome haha.
Always black mirror shine?? Just for more patina?
It is the Dark Brown Mirror Gloss and the Light Brown Pate de Luxe Wax. The Dark Brown adds a nice depth of color to the toe and heel of the shoe.
@@kirbyallison Thanks for the reply Kirby. Would neutral work as well for black and brown shoes or what would you recommend?
Kirby Allison That’s a great idea as I already have dark brown Saphir Mirror Gloss. I will try it on my Liverpool boots.
What, no edge dressing?
Am I the only one who found it odd when he used black wax??
It is actually the Dark Brown Mirror Gloss so it has very little pigment in it, but just enough to provide a bit of contrast which is what Caleb was going for.
Is this Kirby? It seems like a different technique is used.
As we mention in the video description, in this video I am detailing the process that goes into mirror shining a pair of brogues using our shoe shine service, which is done by our resident shoe shiner, Caleb Malinowski. That is why you can see him performing the actual shining in this video.
One must wonder why this was put in my recommendations section
Is this really kirby the way he does stuff is different in the video
It is not meant to be misunderstood as me doing the shoe shining. As we mention in the video description, in this video I am detailing the process that goes into mirror shining a pair of brogues using our shoe shine service, which is done by our resident shoe shiner, Caleb Malinowski. That is why you can see him performing the actual shining in this video.
Sorry if the message came out sounding mean I didn't mean it in that way sir😁. I was just wondering if you changed up your technique or something.
That left shoe looks defective. Did anyone notice the eyelets positioning and the peak atop the upper eyelet?
It may well have been. This video was detailing the process of how we mirror shine shoes in our shoe shining service. The shoes in this video are a real customer's pair of shoes, and therefore are probably well worn.
He only uses his bare fore finger to apply all the conditioners and wax (except mirror polish), interesting.
Aww Poterhouse. Look at the wax buildup on those shoes. I want that wax stripped off of there and I want them creamed and buffed with a fine shammy and I want them now chop chop.
I guess it’s all personal taste...I love a well maintained, clean and polished shoe, but the mirror finish has no appeal to me. But I watched the video anyways.
i always wonder why not get patent leather if wanting a mirror shine?
A study table please, yours makes a bad impression on what otherwise is a classy video.
I spent a decent amount of money on horse hair brushes based on these videos thinking there was a real difference to be made. I did one shoe using it & the other with a regular cheap shoe brush & I couldn’t see any difference whatsoever between them. The other suggestions are all genuinely good I need to say - saphir was a good find - but details like this diminish the otherwise valuable advice.
Kirby huh???
It is not meant to be misunderstood as me doing the shoe shining. As we mention in the video description, in this video I am detailing the process that goes into mirror shining a pair of brogues using our shoe shine service, which is done by our resident shoe shiner, Caleb Malinowski. That is why you can see him performing the actual shining in this video.
@@kirbyallison lol I know , was just trying to be funny. Love the videos bro!
What happened to spit and polish without numerous products.Waste of money in my opinion.