Brings back memories of spit-shining jump boots in the Army. Good times.

This principle also can be applied for wood polishing which apples to clogs that is a foot wear constructed from wood. Fun fact: the first ever photograph of the earliest daguerreotype was the man having his shoes shined at the Boulevard du Temple, Paris.

i tried to do this recently and my shoes looked dull and lifeless despite my vigorous brush work. my shoes thank you in advance!

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

We'd love to hear how you get on with these expert tips!

My shoes thank you.

I've watched this several times picking up hints and techniques.

Absolutely brilliant 😀 😀 Shoe shining is an art 🖼️ 🖼️ ❤️ ❤️ This video brought me back to my school days. Early Sunday evenings, I will polish my black shoes to a fabulous shine and get my pristine uniform ready: grey skirt, white shirt and tie ready for Monday ! And now 😅 my shoes go to my neighborhood shoemaker to be shined 😅 Excellent video 👍 👍

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Glad to hear you enjoyed the video!

Great video! From a leather professional here 😊. you did a great job! Everything was spot on. Thank you so much for making this video. I can’t tell you how many men do not know how to polish shoes properly. I can’t tell you how many men don’t wear shoes and tennis /sneakers. I so wish more men would be wear suits and nice shoes. I miss the day when we would wear our best when we would go out to dinner or would traveled by plane.

Great to see Jack again. Very good video.

Simply fascinating gentlemen! Thank you very much! Great work here and beautifully presented! Lisa

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Thank you Lisa, glad to hear you enjoyed this video

I think a group photo should be made of all of your wearing those funky platform shoes that have plastic goldfish floating in clear plastic heels.

This is why l really love KZread, l never know what will show up on my main screen, l have watched this channel in the past and liked what l saw. Don’t watch all the time, but this episode caught my eye

Yearn makes one of the most beautiful balmorals!

Thank you for the informative video

I'm watched the whole thing and it was worth it haha

Thank you! Last video with Anders I asked you if you could do this video!

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

We thought you'd enjoy this one! 🙌

More Jack Collins please👍🏼

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad to hear you enjoy my presence on the channel - Jack

Right from the start I like this video. Those chiseled toe oxfords with the nice patina or marble stained leather are just the kind of shoes I like. Took me awhile to figure out why a wider shoe with a wider vamp with a more pointed or chiseled toe box looks better on me. Okay....not to restart the video. Thank you.

Great video guys. I took a lot away from all the tips and techniques that Anders had. Jack had some great questions to lead into what I took away. Where can I buy the PB polishing cloth that Anders was using? Thanks again for a very informative video!!!

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Jack here - thank you! You can reach out to Paul Brunngard as the cloth doesn't seem to be visible online. In the meantime, a cheap cotton T-Shirt cut into strips can be a great alternative (and is what I use!)

@billyclemens

Ай бұрын

@@gentlemansgazette Thanks so much Jack. The T-shirts are what I currently use and I like the Gildan brand for it. The PB cloth looks to be much thicker. I'm going to email PB to inquire about them. Again, thanks for taking the time and the great advice,

Very interesting. One huge mistake I’ve been making is not wearing a suit and tie while shining my shoes. Stand by for updates. Thank you for the information. Very helpful.

@NeilABliss

Ай бұрын

Indeed, most guys shining shoes are wearing green underwear and green t-shirts.

impressive

Love this video, bit OTT but hey ho, it’s fun!

The leather is a SKIN, all skin has pors. Then coats to fill the pors ,when the pors are filled you can work on the shine.

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Correct! That's the process shown in the video 🙂

The Camera man likes looking at that shoes tho😂😂

@Olyfrun

Ай бұрын

The camera work is all over the place! Very discordant with the general style and polish (no pun intended) of the Gazettes' regular fare.

@dandiehm8414

Ай бұрын

@@Olyfrun Perhaps because they are in London and the GG's noprmal video production is in Minnesota. They may have had more limited resources.

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

When the cameraman is the proprietor of a shoe store, it makes sense! 😉

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

@@Olyfrun As the video production team are in the USA and Jack is in the UK, we're currently improving our overseas video production! In this instance, we're very grateful to Arterton for both hosting us and assisting with the video production.

Really fantastic video. Does anyone know if the shine products featured are available in the United States (resale or shipping)?

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Arterton sells what you saw in the video and ships worldwide!

Just in time as I was shining my combat boots.

@NeilABliss

Ай бұрын

Shining combat boots?! I don't know about you but my officers would have killed me for that.

Ahem... I learnt this at school, but made a beeg difference was not water but spit...I used get it to a few layers as the gentleman suggested it leave it over night then give it rub up the next morning, with a few dabs of spit it does work wonders....😊😅😂...

Is there a GG how to condition video?

I suspect even champions would eschew wearing suits and silk neckties while polishing shoes... Thank you for the great, champion-quality information and instruction, though!

My shoe polish is a hard polish. Can that be layered as well? Never heard of layering when it comes to shoes

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Absolutely! If it's a hard polish in a tin, the principles outlined in the video can be applied

Question... question. How about using Dumben saddle polish...🤔... As a leather nourisher...😮.

Please tell us what brands are these two amazing shoes! I think the left one is Yearn? What's the right one?

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Both are from Yearn, just slightly different designs

Im a single woman- why why WHY am I watching this?!

@troy4298

Ай бұрын

I mean, being a woman doesn't stop you from having shiny shoes

@Tetelestai-cw8qy

Ай бұрын

Because you're single

@user-hq6ou2je6n

Ай бұрын

The same reason I watch things meant for women? It’s interesting.

@WineShaman

Ай бұрын

@@Tetelestai-cw8qychicken or egg?

@nokomarie1963

Ай бұрын

Why do men want insanely shiny shoes? It's a mystery!

If you have a new shoes that have had light cracking of wax from a shine that's been pre-applied either by the store or shoemaker. Should you still follow this process or should remove the surface layer waxes first, if so how do you go about this?

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Typically speaking, a little light cracking of the existing polish can be removed by first brushing the shoe(s) with a horsehair cleaning brush, then applying some form of rejuvenating cream. These creams aren't as harsh as other chemicals that can be used to strip the polish, and they won't harm the color of the leather either

how much does he charge?

It's a pity that the Paul Brunngard products on their e-shop are only available for delivery within Sweden. Pretty shortsighted ...

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Arterton (who hosted us) sells Paul Brunngard and ships worldwide 🙂

@Czechbound

Ай бұрын

@@gentlemansgazette Thank you. I'll check it out. Greetings from Prague CZ

“Now go home and get your f***ing shinebox”

U just gotta keep buffing them shoes cos it works a little elbow, grease helps 😊😅😂...

But how on earth do I buy your wonderful products?

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Shoes, polishes, and other shoe care items featured in the video can be purchased from Arterton (worldwide shipping is available)

Do you dilute the alcohol?

@peterpeper4837

16 күн бұрын

He said several numbers like 5, 10, 40% . Those are alcohol to water solutions

You would post this video a couple of days after a polished a new pair of monk straps.

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

We polished those shoes so good we were able to use them as a crystal ball! 😉

So we had all those tools there on the desk, but only really used a cloth.

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Which tools on the table were you most interested by?

@Krfification101

Ай бұрын

@@gentlemansgazette Honestly, I would have loved to learn the proper use for all of them. but I was most intrigued by the wooden carved handle that had been shaped at either end for some eldritch purpose or other.

SCHINE SHOES ARE OUT, MATT IS OK.

Ahem.. Some years ago I hada a problem whether to go for pilots licence 10,000 hours or become a shoe shine... 😊😅😂.

Lástima que decidieron cerrar el canal en español. Inglés no sé y los subtitulos de KZread son molestos. Adiós.

@RAA10382

Ай бұрын

Wow. Really? I introduced the Spanish channel to my father (one of the stylish men I know) and he loves it. Raphael please don’t tell me this is true.

@Diegof_M

Ай бұрын

@@RAA10382 Es verdad. Decidieron cerrar el canal en español. Dijeron que acá se podía ver, pero para alguien que no maneja el idioma no es lo mismo. Los subtitulos en ocasiones no van bien sincronizados y es molesto.

@RAA10382

Ай бұрын

@@Diegof_M Que lastima.

@nokomarie1963

Ай бұрын

La pena.

He completely ignored Mister Miyagi's wax on wax off technique.. 🤷‍♂

MY GOSH I hated these transitions out of the blue; they were talking about the shoes, than they're shown for like about milliseconds and then they turn to show they talking again on a wild angle. Sorry, but the editing was somehow uncomfortable. Like, bro, 1 sec on a frame? I can't watch this anymore

I'm always bemused when gentlemen polish their shoes whilst wearing suit and tie. Seems to be de rigueur these days.

@WineShaman

Ай бұрын

I insist on my valet wearing a suit when he polishes my shoes.

@Aestheticaye

Ай бұрын

@@WineShaman That's the underlying moral of the story. A gentleman never polishes his own shoes.

@radaceknight

Ай бұрын

It would have been more believable if another guy wearing leather apron was polishing the shoe of the guy with the suit and tie.🤣

Subject and guest were amazing! Unfortunately, the video wasn't enjoyable without Raphael and Preston. The segment with the guy sniffing the wax was quite ridiculous, and the cameraman seemed lost. However, it's alright; success comes and goes, and quality can fluctuate. Could you please share the brand and model of the wax he used?

@dandiehm8414

Ай бұрын

I found nothing ridiculous in the video, and I dound it quite enjoyable (and I also love Raphael's and Preston's videos)

@gentlemansgazette

Ай бұрын

Jack here - thank you, I think? 😅 It's certainly a learning curve to go from writing videos to appearing in them, and I'm enjoying the opportunity to grow these skills. Naturally, I started as a GG fan, so am also happy to see Raphael and Preston on screen. Hopefully, others will find enjoyment as we continue to explore more types of style content. Anders used the Spitshine wax from Paul Brunngard, available to purchase from Arterton.

I've never been a fan of mirror-shined toe caps because the rest of the shoe never looks like that, so it makes the polisher look very lazy. Plus, why draw attention to just the toe, anyway? This has never made any sense to me. That's why I never buy toe capped dress shoes. Either make the whole shoe look that good or don't bother.

My valet does my shoes