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Shoe Care Products for Leather Boots and Shoes
The footwear accessories that decide how long a good pair lasts: socks, spare laces, replacement insoles and the tins that keep leather fed.
Socks Are the Bulk of It
Set expectations honestly: most of what sits on this page is socks. Bamboo blends make up the largest share of them, with wool and cotton work pairs alongside, and there is a fair spread of novelty prints for anyone who treats socks as the one place to have some fun with an outfit.
That is not filler.
A sock is the layer between a foot and a boot, and it does more for comfort across a long day than most people give it credit for. Bamboo shifts moisture and stays cool, wool holds warmth even when damp, and a thicker cotton work pair gives a bit of padding where a heavier boot rubs.
Spare Laces Before You Need Them
A snapped lace is the cheapest reason in the world to lose a day's use out of a boot. Waproo covers the traditional end with hiker laces in 120cm and 150cm, a leather lace in brown and a waxed cotton one in black. Steel Blue runs a nylon lace in seven colourways, including a few brighter ones that people buy to tell two identical pairs apart.
Length matters more than colour here. A work boot with eight or nine eyelets wants the longer lace, a lower dress or casual boot the shorter, and each listing states the length rather than leaving you guessing at the counter.
Insoles and Shoe Care That Buys You Years
Replacement footbeds are the quiet upgrade. Blundstone has its Aircell and Comfort Air insoles, Steel Blue its Ortho Rebound platform, and Ariat makes Pro Performance footbeds in round toe and wide square toe for men and women. Swapping a flattened footbed for a fresh one costs a fraction of a new pair.
The shoe care end runs to polish, cream, conditioner and a waterproofing spray. R.M.Williams covers colour-matched boot polish along with a leather conditioner and two brushes, and Blundstone adds a renovating cream in three shades for the rustic and oiled finishes a hard wax tin would sit badly on.
Two odds and ends round it out. There are plastic boot jacks for pulling a tight elastic-sided pair off without wrecking the heel counter, and sock protectors for anyone who spends the dry months picking grass seeds out of their socks at the end of every walk.
Order Footwear Accessories Online
These all travel well in the post, and once an order gets past $175 the freight is on us anywhere in Australia. Colours and lengths are stated on each listing, so a lace or a footbed can be matched to the boot already in the cupboard without a second trip. The Parafield showroom carries the same gear on the shelf.
Accessories are what keep a good pair of boots going, so it is worth knowing where the rest of the footwear range sits. These are the parts of it people come back for:
