Anyone here have experience with shoes with crepe soles?do they last in our hot and humid weather?

Fancy some loake kalahari

I have a few colleagues who use Clarks desert boots with crepe soles. Seems to be ok.

I'd be more concerned about it being glued and not stitched.

For the price it's not that bad.the Clark's desert boots is almost the same price here

Anyway,got a slightly used pair of loake Savoy (1880 line) for rm250 from eBay

Finally got my black Friday haul =)
Time to work on the shine

This post has been edited by sebastianX11: Dec 17 2016, 11:56 PM


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besides herringsshoe, any others online store can get a pair of good leather shoe.....must be reliable 1 lar....tq

I got mine at pediwear, recommended by the forumer here in this thread.
Their service is good, I just wished they had send it in double box

tq

I have a pair of Carmina stuck at customs now and DHL is requesting me to provide the GST registration number of my company (presumably because I put my office address as the shipping address). I don't think I want or should involve my company in this. Has anyone experienced this before?

Also, customs added on excise/import duties of about 2% on top of the 6% GST (so total tax/duty payable is about 8%). And DHL also charges RM 53 for duty processing. That totals up to RM 200... damn. I remember the last time I bought Carminas I got charged RM 130+ (no import duties).

This post has been edited by QuickFire: Dec 19 2016, 10:41 AM

I am new to dress shoes. I just bought a black Loake oxford shoes. How should I take care of it? Should I buy mink oil or the polish from bata? And the other day someone recommended this product from Germany. I need advice from sifu here. thanks

https://www.collonil.com/en/soft-practic-1057.html

Brush before and after wear. Wipe with damp cloth if too dirty for just brushing. Cream every month or so to maintain the colour and slightly condition it(like the link you posted). Conditioner(mink oil, Saphir Renovateur, Bick4 etc) 1-2 times a year if you want, very very lightly.

Wax polish if you want your shoes to shine(like the one you get in Bata).

I use Saphir for almost everything but no problem to mix brands (cream, polish, conditioner).

What's the cheapest way to get saphir? Can share? tried a lot but most don't send to Msia bcos of regulation

This post has been edited by sebastianX11: Dec 19 2016, 02:33 PM

Nice haul bro...Looking good
Wear it with style and confidence!

Sorry but just wondering ..wont carminas form Wj & Co over at Bangsar be less of a hassle /cost less @RM18xx?

Thanks!

Mostly get my Saphir stuff from eBay.

have you look at http://www.afinepairofshoes.co.uk/ ?
Not sure if they post it to Msia but that's where I got mine. There was a 25% off on BlackFriday sale.

I have bought a pair from WJ before.

Reasons for buying online:
Much bigger selection of shoes
Customised MTO
You can add on metal toe taps
Still cheaper than WJ even with taxes

WJ sells it for RM 1880. With the ringgit being in the dumps now it's actually quite close to the price online+GST, but generally I think it is still cheaper.
Including taxes mine would be around RM 1,750 and that includes shoe trees...

I am confused of 'brush before and after wear'. Do you mean using horse brush to dry brush it?

Thanks for the info QuickFire -much appreciated

Yes. I keep a brush specifically for this near where I put on my shoes. I do it while my shoes are on my feet.

Is it the same as that LV sneakers that was posted in the Sneaker thread