For many years I have been a big fan of Cherry Blossom Shoe Polish....in particular the Ox Blood colour.

Recently I acquired a small sample of Kiwi Shoe Polish and found it to be just as good as Cherry Blossom.

Prices are remarkably similar.

Should I change my allegiance to Kiwi, or stick to the tried and tested Cherry Blossom Shoe Polish?

use dog poo instead......its free

Should I change my allegiance to Kiwi, or stick to the tried and tested Cherry Blossom Shoe Polish?

Find another hobby?:D

Take a chance on the Kiwi. Go wild. :D .

get a life:rolleyes:

Stick with what you know....

Though we are a Kiwi household so you could always pop round for a sniff and polish if feeling naughty.

Stick with what you know....

Though we are a Kiwi household so you could always pop round for a sniff and polish if feeling naughty.

You are so understanding........that will be the only offer I'll get tonight :)

And sadly the next sentence is the most exciting offer I'm likely to make tonight...

Could stretch to a free buff up ;)

I'd go totally mod-con, and get the Cherry instant polish, just to balance up with the Kiwi, on the occasions when you need to wipe and go ;)

Strix, SamC................:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Welcome to the Asylum...:hihi: :hihi:

Get some suede shoes. :thumbsup:

This will be one of those threads you'll regret :hihi: This will be linked to other place i'm sure :hihi:

Get some suede shoes. :thumbsup:
lol..........

Another thought crosses my mind..........at your age is it worth buying a new tin of polish :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Get some suede shoes. :thumbsup:

owdlad, me old friend, I 'ad some. That's what I tested the Kiwi on......:hihi:

Brought 'em up a treat...........

get a life:rolleyes:

Yeah, get a life Shoe.
Theres more to life than polishing your shoes, anyway what you doing using polish.
You were in the front line of the big war, did'nt they teach you to use spit and plenty of elbow grease.

Get a life old timer or spend the rest of your short days looking at your reflection in your shiney shoes.:help:

Actually, wax polish stops your socks from getting wet, a principle which I'm sure the forum knitting group will approve of :thumbsup:

Yeah, get a life Shoe.
Theres more to life than polishing your shoes, anyway what you doing using polish.
You were in the front line of the big war, did'nt they teach you to use spit and plenty of elbow grease.

Get a life old timer or spend the rest of your short days looking at your reflection in your shiney shoes.:help:

I was in the Big War alright ..it 'appened last week when the missus asked me to polish the outside step :(

Actually, wax polish stops your socks from getting wet, a principle which I'm sure the forum knitting group will approve of :thumbsup:

But my customers don't all like wearing Ox Blood coloured socks, especially in business or sales meetings

I know why you get through so much polish (http://www.aleather.com/talk_fashion/L7064-BPU-OX.jpg) :D

Be still my beating heart........wow, I'll have to review my sales brochure.....:hihi:

May I recommend the use of Tuxan Renovating Shoe Creme at this juncture. I, too, have had difficulty in obtaining genuine Ox-Blood wax products and so "ventured a ha'porth" on the Tuxan in a shade catalogued as "Bile Bean".

Whilst the colour is not an exact match for the Cherry Blossom, I'm convinced your wifes sixteen eyelet Doc Martens will come up a treat once the creme has had opportunity to mix with the blood of a few hippies, giving that vermillion lustre so beloved of 1970's skinbirds such as your good lady.

Have you been cleaning Tony and Joe's shoes again? :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Have you been cleaning Tony and Joe's shoes again? :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Licking them more like...:hihi:

Wear trainers - it's the future!!!

Have I upset you in some way, cycleracer?.......:hihi:

And yes, I know you are going to the Caribbean this year...:hihi:

I didn't think people cleaned shoes anymore. I normally throw mine at the wall and the dirt falls off them. Works with underpants too if you were wondering ;)

I didn't think people cleaned shoes anymore. I normally throw mine at the wall and the dirt falls off them. Works with underpants too if you were wondering ;)

I did Jake the Peg's shoes regular at one time..... on offer .....3 for the price of two :hihi:

I did Jake the Peg's shoes regular at one time..... on offer .....3 for the price of two :hihi:

The extra one was my helmet.... Motorcyle helmet I mean. :D :D :D

The extra one was my helmet.... :D

Don't like Spiderman and Robbo catch you talking 'shop' on the forum

Shoeshine :-

Just ignore all the previous flip answers and please follow this good , practical advise .
The answer is of course to use Kiwi on one shoe and Cherry Whatsit on the other . Then , over a period of time you could compare the result , day by day , week by week , month by month . A little notebook to record your observations would be an ideal purchase .
Admittedly , the whole idea falls flat if you only possess one leg [ and therefore only one foot ] as I suppose you might fall flat , too , if you only had one usable limb to walk on . ; all I can suggest , if that's the case , is using the rival products on just half of your one shoe .
Whatever the case , good luck with your research into a fascinating subject and may your cherry always blossom .

Shoeshine :-

Just ignore all the previous flip answers and please follow this good , practical advise .
The answer is of course to use Kiwi on one shoe and Cherry Whatsit on the other . Then , over a period of time you could compare the result , day by day , week by week , month by month . A little notebook to record your observations would be an ideal purchase .
Admittedly , the whole idea falls flat if you only possess one leg [ and therefore only one foot ] as I suppose you might fall flat , too , if you only had one usable limb to walk on . ; all I can suggest , if that's the case , is using the rival products on just half of your one shoe .
Whatever the case , good luck with your research into a fascinating subject and may your cherry always blossom .

Fareast, I am used to the SF gadfly element, and my mind is totally focused on shining shoes. Indeed I always ignore flip answers. Let them laugh. Let them cavort. Let them insult and cause itching on the nether regions of my Herculean body, for I care not. :hihi:

I am wont to say thanks for the suggestions from deadheadfred and your good self.

I have researched the reflectivity and enhanced productivity offered by the dhf product. Whilst the advice from dhf was perfectly possible to achieve colour wise, there were three downsides which precluded his method from regular consideration.

The first problem was the reduced reflectivity index exhibited between the hours of 7.30am and 9.00am on cloudy days walking to work at my small prefabricated shed at the rear of High Street, Ripponden. No critism could be made with the basic polish in any way at all, but the additives diminished the shoe shine slightly in my opinion. And with polish, exact colour and reflectivity indices are paramount. Reputations have been built upon it. Thus I have dismissed the advice as a route to customer satisfaction.

The second problem is that Ripponden has very few hippies these days, and lots of hippos. Doc Martens aren't built to tackle the likes of those peeps safely. (See H.S.E Compliance Regulation 1004/2005/Pages 14-16.)

And last but not least, my wife wears the Doc Martens 24 hours a day and having to wash the duvet cover and fitted bedsheets in the nearby river was a major task every day over the trial period.

In respect to your own suggestion, Fareast, I think you have led me to a possible light under the Yellow Duster Flag to start a further research project.

Whilst I am personally fully compliant with the "Legs/Number of When Sober/Health Advice/Boot and Shoe Polishers Masonic Lodge No.3312 (South Ripponden District/1975) most of the time during daylight hours (Sunday Lunchtimes Excepted) I am often legless after 8.00pm weekdays.

I put this down to the full bodied orange juice I mix with the very expensive Russian Shoe Polisher's Ruin ( £2.09/bottle at the "Aristotle Rest" Off-licence, Slurpmouth. Berkshire..Order over the Internet only)

I think I will take the risk nevertheless, and formulate the plan upon which I may conduct said research.

I will let you know in due course if your theory is successful, and ask your permission to publish my results on the Internet.