But the trade has slowed over the years. The occasional shoe shiner can be seen at an airport terminal. But WOSU reports on a Columbus man who has brought back to life the old tradition of shoe ...

The boots on his feet are jet black, and boy, do they shine. They're several years old but look new -- the mark of someone with a little self-respect, Lopez says. For years, shoe shining was just ...

“Fathers don’t teach their sons anymore how to shine their own shoes,” he said. The 74-year-old Philadelphia native began shining shoes when he was 10 years old and estimates he’s shined ...

David Begnaud is a CBS News contributor and previously served as the lead national correspondent for "CBS Mornings," based in New York City. Analisa Novak is a content producer for CBS News and ...

Tuohy, a professional shoe-shiner of 20 years, has seen it all — and can trace ... Apply some to a cotton rag or old T-shirt and lightly rub it in, in circular motions. For harder leathers, Tuohy ...

where Shine King, 338 N. Central Ave., has been doing business a block south of the Green Line since 1970. David Thurman has been shining shoes for 48 years, since he was an 11-year-old.

Shoe shine hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through ... shined more in the fall and winter,” he said. The prices are as old-fashioned as the process. Baker charges $5 for shoes, $6 for boots ...

Palmer revives old, worn out shoes ... Palmer is likely one of the last standing Black-owned shoe shine and repair shops left in the state. "It took me over 40 years to master this.

I personally use old cotton T-shirts cut into strips to apply ... Preparing to put on a brand new pair of leather shoes doesn't warrant a full shoe shine. According to The Shoe Snob, conditioning ...

An 80-year-old man who has shined shoes for airline passengers has become an MBE in the New Year Honours. John Grey, the head shoe shiner at Virgin Atlantic's clubhouse at Heathrow, has polished more ...