Hunter December 2024 | Bootblack’s Eye ViewIt was a slower night tonight. From talking to a lot of the crowed a lot of peope were having to do christmas work parties before they came, and others wanted to do rubber underground before they came…Buck Moon·Dec 15·1 min readFollowbootblackingbootblacks eye viewleatherleathermen
LFW Hunter 2024 | Bootblacks Eye ViewWow. In contrast to my last hunter, this was an insanely busy night. I had a rolling que and, unfortunately, had to leave before I could work on a lot of guys. This being a special hunter for London f…Buck Moon·Jul 5·1 min readFollowbootbootblackingbootblacks eye viewleather
Treating a bad case of mouldTreating mould on leather can be tough if you don’t catch it early enough. Unfortunately, one of my own shirts had succumbed to it. It’s been a little too small for me the past year, so it…Buck Moon·Apr 3·1 min readFollowbootblackingleatherBlogBootblacking 101
Holly King OutfitWith the London gear social rolling around, I wanted to do something special. It’s an idea that’s been rolling around in my head for a little while now, and I’m glad I was able to pu…Buck Moon·Dec 18·1 min readFollowleatherleathermenBlog
Gear social, Sep ’23 | Bootblack’s Eye ViewTonight had a theme of firsts. For starters, I got to work on my first ever pair of pony play boots. They were a lovely piece of kit and I was overjoyed to be working on something unique. The second w…Buck Moon·Sep 18·2 min readFollowbootblackingbootblacks eye viewbootsleather
Leather social Aug 23 | Bootblack’s Eye ViewThis was a fin shift. I worked pretty solidly from 4pm to 8pm and it just flew buy. There is a refrain amongst a lot of bootblack titleholders that bootblacks are the story keepers of the leather comm…Buck Moon·Aug 6·1 min readFollowbootblackingleatherLondon leather socialBlog
May Gear Social | bootblack’s eye viewSo I have taken a bit of a break from bootblacking in the last 2 months. I find this is helpful to do from time to time. It is a lot of work and because I do it mostly at social events, and It’s…Buck Moon·May 22·2 min readFollowbootblackingleatherLondon leather socialBlog
Leather Social | Bootblack’s Eye View, February 23So it’s February and I had fun doing not just boots but also trainers. Seems tonight a lot of people were going for a more informal combo of leathers and cottons that included a lot of trainers …Buck Moon·Feb 6·2 min readFollowbootblackingleatherleathermenLondon leather social
Gear social | Bootblacks Eye View, January 23Tonight was fun. I finally got back to doing bootblacking after a little break over the past 2 months and oh my word it’s good to be back. It felt fun again and i very much was able to manage ti…Buck Moon·Jan 16·1 min readFollowbootblackingleatherleathermenLondon leather social
