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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 6:25:23 GMT -5
#*%! from Shinola? I forgot that there ever was such a product.
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Post by flybypipe on Feb 5, 2019 6:53:01 GMT -5
I never knew there really was Shinolla.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 7:00:49 GMT -5
I vaguely remember the product. I believe that’s where the phrase “ you don’t know 💩 from Shinolla “ came from👍
PS I just Googled Shinola and found this on Wiki..........
” Shinola is a defunct American brand of shoe polish. The Shinola Company, founded in Rochester, New York in 1877 as the American Chemical Manufacturing and Mining Company, produced the polish under a sequence of different owners until 1960. It was popular during the first half of the 20th century and entered the American lexicon in the phrase, "You don't know shite from Shinola," meaning to be ignorant. The brand name was acquired by the retail company Shinola in 2011 “.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 5, 2019 10:31:36 GMT -5
I remember using it as a young man. I had all the standard colors. I may still have a tin or two. Black, brown, and cordovan. If you wore leather shoes you had to have it. I wonder why they went under?
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Post by kxg on Feb 5, 2019 12:25:24 GMT -5
Ha! I have a tin of the brown Shinola (I'm sure the shoe polish is long since dried up) that I bought only because that was one of my late father's favorite sayings. I keep it around as it reminds me of him and of the importance to know one from the other.
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Post by Legend Lover on Feb 5, 2019 12:34:54 GMT -5
I'd never even heard of the saying. Now I do.
Around these parts the similar saying was, 'they don't know their arse from their elbow.'
... And no, that wasn't autocorrected.
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Post by Dramatwist on Feb 5, 2019 12:43:13 GMT -5
I'd never even heard of the saying. Now I do. Around these parts the similar saying was, 'they don't know their arse from their elbow.' ... And no, that wasn't autocorrected. ...same idea...
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Post by sperrytops on Feb 5, 2019 12:58:21 GMT -5
There is another Shinola that exists today. Based in Chicago. They make leather goods, and just started making watches. I hear the watches are overpriced.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 5, 2019 14:01:10 GMT -5
There is another Shinola that exists today. Based in Chicago. They make leather goods, and just started making watches. I hear the watches are overpriced. But the extra money goes to support industry in Detroit and a Texas billionaire.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2019 14:43:35 GMT -5
There is another Shinola that exists today. Based in Chicago. They make leather goods, and just started making watches. I hear the watches are overpriced. The movement for Shinola watches of Detroit are made in Switzerland and assembled here in Detroit. The movement is of high quality, yes a bit overpriced. That’s why the Chinese have cloned the brand. If you purchase a Shinola watch on eBay, I would not “ garontee “ it’s made here in Detroit. Buyer beware!!
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Post by toshtego on Feb 5, 2019 14:53:34 GMT -5
I remember using it as a young man. I had all the standard colors. I may still have a tin or two. Black, brown, and cordovan. If you wore leather shoes you had to have it. I wonder why they went under? Because they did not know shite?
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Post by sperrytops on Feb 5, 2019 15:35:53 GMT -5
I remember using it as a young man. I had all the standard colors. I may still have a tin or two. Black, brown, and cordovan. If you wore leather shoes you had to have it. I wonder why they went under? Because they did not know shite? Or shinola.
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Post by sperrytops on Feb 5, 2019 16:15:05 GMT -5
There is another Shinola that exists today. Based in Chicago. They make leather goods, and just started making watches. I hear the watches are overpriced. The movement for Shinola watches of Detroit are made in Switzerland and assembled here in Detroit. The movement is of high quality, yes a bit overpriced. That’s why the Chinese have cloned the brand. If you purchase a Shinola watch on eBay, I would not “ garontee “ it’s made here in Detroit. Buyer beware!! It seems Shinola's movement are made by Ronda. Until recently they sourced most of their parts from China. They are slotted in at the low end of price of swiss mechanical movements. Here's a link to some info: www.thewatchforum.co.uk/index.php?/topic/104717-rondas-mechanical-eta-alternative/Article discusses them as a ETA-2824 replacement. This movement was reliable but at the time the most common Swiss mechanical movement. But the 2824 was manufactured in Switzerland. Not so sure about Ronda. Interesting thing about swiss watches is that they have fine differentiations between swiss made, swiss movt, or some other moniker: Swiss Made - then the entire watch was assembled in Switzerland such that at least 50% of the total component value is Swiss, and the movement is a certified Swiss Movement. Swiss Movement - then at least 50% of the component value of the movement is Swiss and the movement was assembled and inspected in Switzerland, however the rest of the watch and final assembly are not Swiss. Assume final assembly in China. Swiss Movt - then it might be either a Swiss Movement, i.e. finished in Switzerland, or a Swiss Parts Movement (aka Swiss Ebauche Movement), i.e. finished and assembled outside of Switzerland but using Swiss parts. For the US market the movement itself may be labeled 'China'. Swiss Parts Movement - then some Swiss parts were used in a Chinese assembled movement. The movement will almost certainly be labeled 'China'. Swiss Comp - i.e. Swiss Components then some Swiss components have been included in some part of the watch, not necessarily the movement. The watch backs of Shinola watches say 'Swiss and Imported Parts' whatever that means, Not bashing Shinola per se as other fashion (not precision) watches do the same thing, but most 'fashion' watches have a habit of all using the same lower end movements, swiss or not, and trying to extract some brand value out of the consumer that is unwarranted. At 800-1400 dollars a watch Shinola need to tell us a little more about their movements.
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Post by AJ on Feb 5, 2019 17:25:28 GMT -5
I remember using it as a young man. I had all the standard colors. I may still have a tin or two. Black, brown, and cordovan. If you wore leather shoes you had to have it. I wonder why they went under? They went under because Kiwi brown and black polish, on the shoes of soldiers, passed inspection. For those of you that are too young to remember, The USMC used to issue brown boots that had the smooth side of the leather on the inside of the boot and the rough side was on the outside of the boot. Many a poor mud Marine spent untold hours using Kiwi brown polish to make those boots shine enough for the Sergeant to see his face on the toe. Shinola couldn’t produce the desired shine. Kiwi gained market share, the rest is history. AJ
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 5, 2019 20:26:26 GMT -5
I have an Edox Swiss Made Chronometer. Probably the nicest thing I own that I never wear. But it is flawless. And keeps great time there on the winder. I have about 35 watches and the only one I wear is the Garmin activity tracker.
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