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    Oxblood again

    In a recent post I was asking about oxblood coloured shoes with a kilt. Today I realized I needed some shoe polish in that colour. At the store I was told that Kiwi has discontinued oxblood and replaced it with cordovan. The sales person took a rag and dipped into the polish to show me the colour and it was a deep purple instead of a rich red.
    Does anyone make oxblood shoe polish anymore?

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    A quick Google search turned up hundreds of vendors and thousands of cans of the 'discontinued' Kiwi polish. Might give one of those vendors a try.
    Rondo

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    yep you can still get oxblood polish - its just slightly less common
    I tend to alternate 1 polish of dark tan for every 3 or 4 of oxblood to deepend the colour
    as like you say it can go a bit pink/purple if not careful

    Popularity of cherry red DMs means its stilla out there.

    Mac

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    You might try Meltonian or Cavalier. They sell polish in little, shallow, glass jars with metal lids. I have a Meltonian oxblood in my collection. It can't be over 20 or 30 years old.
    I changed my signature. The old one was too ridiculous.

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