Dress Shoe Finisher’s Toolkit

This page lists tools commonly used tools for finishing of dress shoes and boots by hand.

Tools

• Abrasives
  • Sandpapers
  • Glass Scrapers
• Embossing
  • Crow Wheels
  • Seam Detailers
• Burnishing
  • Spirit Lamp
  • Edge Irons
  • Waist Irons
  • Bevel Irons
  • Seat Irons
  • Glazing Irons
  • Bottom Glazers
  • Heel Irons
• Coloring
  • Paint Brushes for Dyes
• Cleaning
  • Plunger Cans for water and solvents
  • Shoe Brushes for smooth leathers, nubuck, and general cleaning
  • Cloth

Chemicals

• Acetone
• Soap
• Shoe Polishes
• Shoe Creams
• Leather Conditioners
• Edge Dyes
• Shoe Polishes
• Edge Waxes