Boot Polish

[N80]

Kiwi in the can, not the bottle. Elbow grease. And having graduated from the Citadel:

The Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina

I can tell you all sorts of little polishing tips and rituals...but some of them border on the bizarre....like using a little bit of lighter fluid to ignite the toe for just a second and then polishing briskly with a clean t-shirt. It either makes them unbelievably shiny...or ruins them.

During inspections, the inspecting officer would hold two fingers out, about waist high and expected to be able to see them distinctly refelcted in the toe of your shoes.

But who am I to be giving shiny shoe advice. I was constantly in trouble for dingy brass and 'groady' shoes.

 

[Bird]

Yep, I used the Kiwi in the can (paste) on my uniform shoes for quite a few years, but I sure did like it when I changed to shoes of a synthetic material and only had to wipe them off with a damp cloth.

 

[N80]

We were allowed to wear the plastic shoes to class and drill etc, but not to inspections (I know, I know, its a strange place) so we had inspection shoes and class shoes.