Caring for your leather shoes

Leather care is very important so your shoes last for many years of wear. 

I use a variety of nurturing leather care - we have our Leather Butter made locally from organic coconut oil and beeswax.

We also use a high quality clear polish called Avel Leathercare which is world renown for its uses on leather. 

Alternatively you can use a clear leather cream to keep them fed, in good condition and waterproof. 

Whichever you decide - simply apply evenly with a cloth all over the uppers, being careful not to get any on the suede as it will mark. 

Take care to rub into the stitching and particularly around the sides of the soles to keep them waterproofed, this will maintain the colour too. 

You can use other coloured polish on your shoes but this may change the colour of the shoe so will need testing first. 

If I have blackened the sides for you please apply a black polish along the sides of the soles then use a shoe polishing bush to buff them, this will make them shiny and will seal the sides too. 

When your shoes get caught in the rain please dry them naturally with newspaper inside to draw out the moisture. Do not apply any direct heat, it is not good for the leather to dry quickly as it may become brittle and the soles may delaminate.           

We repair every single pair of shoes we make. When they need some TLC just send them back and we will give them a new lease of life.

It’s important to send them for a resole just before you wear through the rubber to the leather sole.

It’s best to send them when you reach to about 2mm from the thick leather inner sole.