Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

First of all,

Thank you for the comments and reading up my blog over the past few months (coming close to a year since I started this blog). It is the most wonderful time of the year and I am blessed to receive this Christmas present from my sister. She knows I am a leather lover so it wasn't difficult to let her decide to get this for me, I suppose.

It is a Zuny Elephant.

" Zuny is a design company that provides with simple, genial and innovative leather-made home accessories, inspired by the designer’s creativity and imagination. Zuny is meant to enrich your surroundings and provide a perfect gateway for releasing annoyances and pressures from work and frustration. Zuny’s goal is to "Make your life funny and easy". 

Zuny places emphasis on designer’s tailored techniques and valuable ideas. Thus, instead of a mass manufacturing production, typical of today’s goods, they give special attention to each of the Zuny products with their own characteristics and hand-made processes."


Very nice piece of work. And the details on the leather is very nice!

Nice details

And while I was out for Christmas Lunch, saw this BIG Zuny Teddy Bear. And the price tag? SGD$1,000+++

That's all folks!

Wishing everyone A Happy New Year coming ahead and stay Healthy, stay Wealthy.

:)

Red Wing Beckman with change of laces

Well the original laces was the best looking. But I did not take good care of it and had to get replacement laces. Couldn't find the flat type so got a round laces from the local Red Wing store instead.

New pair of Red Wing!

Im so excited! Finally bought my 2nd pair of Red Wing. Its not cheap but its certainly worth the money. Love the comfort (except the first few days) and the leather quality.

To all you guys at Red Wing, Minnesota on the banks of the Mississippi River. And to Anne 080525. :) Great work

Cleaning + Oiling + Evolution of Red Wing Gentleman Traveler 9013 (Beckman) Chestnut

thats quite a mouthful for a title. Anyway, its been sometime since I showed pics of my RW Beckman 9013. And its way too dirty after so many months of wearing without any proper cleaning.

Again on a sunny Sunday morning, I used the Obenauf's Leather Cleaner to do some cleaning first.

Dirty boots with stubborn black stains

As you can see, the transition from a dirty pair of boots to a not-so dirty pair of boots. (common, its a boots, not a dress shoe! :p)

As you can see, the tough stains got a lot lighter! I'm really glad its able to be removed using the leather cleaner. I wasn't really expecting a miracle but this is pretty good result as well!

Getting the Obenauf's LP ready. Put the boots and the LP under the sun to warm them up a little. Oh, and do remember to wait for the leather cleaner to dry up first before applying the LP. :)

Damn! I just love the Beckman Chestnut color. 

Let 'em soaked up the LP under the warm sun.

Leather bracelet

Bracelet and my thin wrist

A rare sunny morning during a monsoon season

Here in Singapore, its the monsoon season and it pours everyday without fail, just a matter of when.

Luckily its a bright sunny morning on a Sunday!

Time to sun and air my Red Wing GT, the insoles, the Clarks DB and a pair of Allen Edmund shoe trees.