Shoe Shine

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Do you polish your shoes? I am wondering if it is a lost practice. I used to polish my shoes when I was a child, but anymore it seems like I usually wear canvas or suede shoes. We have a shoe shine kit wooden box that has a raised foot on the top, that is on a slanted angle. You keep the polishes and brushes inside and step on the wooden sole to have your shoe polished. My husband was in the military and had to keep his boots and shoes shined, he would brush and buff those buggers - but never while they were still on his feet. His polish was a thick black waxy gunk that was in a tin. The last time we were at a military base we saw that they had a booth set up in the PX for shining the boots. The boots would be dropped off for later pick-up, I do not recall the price off hand but do remember thinking THAT is outragious! I am thinking it was in the neighborhood of $15 a pair! The polish I used as a child came in a bottle with a sponge tip, and you brushed the liquid polish/color onto the shoes. I used to use white the most as I liked to cover up the smudges on my leather Nikes.