Venetian Shoe Cream

**How I Care for Them:** Venetian Shoe Cream x1 and Saphir Medaille d’Or Leather Lotion x1. Saphir and CF stead recommend Saphir Dubbin can be used as well.

I own and have owned many leather and horsehide jackets; new and vintage. I also used to do leather work in my hippie days: so I know leather pretty well. This cream is recommended by Horween, the premier leather tannery company in the US. If they recommend it, that means something. It is usually co...

6. Apply product. I use VSC for smooth leathers, Saphir Cordovan cream for Shell Cordovan, Collonil Leather Gel for non-smooth leathers and Bick 4 for my steel toe Red Wing work boots (not pictured).

Bought based on recommendations from another website. I used the neutral color on my black and on my tan colored red wing iron rangers. I really do like the finish. For reference, the black pair is almost brand new, the brown pair is a couple months old. No before pictures, but this stuff did improv...

**Conclusion** I really like the shoes and I think they are a solid choice at this price range, specially for those in the EU like me for whom importing shoes from the US is a pain. You can get some good discount codes for these.

As always, you should test all leather conditioners on a small, unnoticeable part of one of your shoes before you go whole-hog and slather it all over the vamp and the toe. Venetian Shoe Cream is recommended by Horween Leather Company for use on their chrome XL leather. Grant Stone Shoe Company also...

If you are wanting to keep it moisturized without changing the color, Bick 4 or Venetian Shoe Cream (if you want some shine). They will both look like they darken when they first go on but dry back to almost the original color. The one exception is a natural veg tanned leather (looks like pinkish skin) which will darken a small amount the first few times you put anything on it since its completely untreated or dyed.

Very little odor; less than other shoe creams/leather conditioners. More liquid-y than others, too. I heard second-hand that someone who works at Horween (makers of most cordovan leather) recommends this cream specifically above other products for cordovan leather. Also the packaging says it's suita...

On my pair from the first run the kudu had a nubuck texture. I applied venetian shoe cream and it really made the green pop. I don’t have them any more to post pics though.

For leather boots this is one of the best products I have ever used. I initially purchased it because I saw it reviewed in a Youtube video, and I was not disappointed. I'm a fan of leather boots, especially the hiking/work boot style, and after cleaning the boot with saddle soap and a brush, I apply...