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U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2025 – Qualification
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U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2025 – Qualification

2025-07-14
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Time to qualify to the U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2025, with the finals taking place at the large shoe event New York Super Trunk Show on October 4. The contest and the event are organised by The Shoe Snob, Shoegazing and Kirby Allison in collaboration with sponsors Saphir shoe care and Bridlen shoes. The shiners will battle for glory, medals, shoes, shoe care products plus now also with $800 in the prize pool, given by Saphir.

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Super Trunk Sweepstakes 2025
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Super Trunk Sweepstakes 2025

2025-04-10
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We are very happy to introduce the Super Trunk Sweepstakes, a raffle where you can enter to win some fantastic prizes from the contest partners – great shoes, leather goods, overshirts and shoe care products. Total value of the prize pool is almost £3,000 (€3,200 / $3,500)! Winners will be announced at the London Super Trunk Show on May 10, visitors there can also double their chance of winning by registering a second entry. Learn all in this article.

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World Championships of Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina 2025 – Qualification
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World Championships of Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina 2025 – Qualification

2025-01-22
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Now the road to the finals of the World Championships of Shoe Shining and the World Championships of Shoe Patina 2025 starts, with the qualifications. The contests are organised together with the shoe care company Saphir and the shoe brand Bridlen, with finals at the London Super Trunk Show on Saturday May 10. Contestants will battle it out for glory, medals, shoes, shoe care products plus now also with £600 / $750 in the prize pool of each contest, given by Saphir.

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World Championships of Shoemaking 2025 - Call for competition
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World Championships of Shoemaking 2025 – Call for competition

2024-09-22
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Time for the sixth edition of the World Championships of Shoemaking, where the final takes place during the London Super Trunk Show on May 10 2025. In the prize pool we have £6,000 (€7,200 / $7,800), handmade shoemaking awls, and a chance to be showcased in shoe stores around the world. This year a double monk strap is to be made for the competition. Here’s all the info about the contest.

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U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2024 – Qualification
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U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2024 – Qualification

2024-06-16
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We now open the qualifications to the U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining 2024, with the finals taking place at the huge shoe event New York Super Trunk Show on October 5. The contest and the event are organised by The Shoe Snob, Shoegazing and Kirby Allison in collaboration with sponsors Saphir and Bridlen Shoemaker. Apart from the shine contest where finalists will have 20 minutes to shine their shoes, we’ll also have a shoe patina exhibition and a free shoe shine service on site.

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World Championships of Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina 2024 – Qualification
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World Championships of Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina 2024 – Qualification

2024-01-24
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Time to kick things off ahead of the finals of the World Championships of Shoe Shining and the World Championships of Shoe Patina 2024, with the qualifications. The contests are organised together with the shoe care company Saphir and the shoe brand Bridlen. Finals take place at the London Super Trunk Show on Saturday May 4. The patina finalists will paint their shoes during the whole event, and the shoe shiners have 20 minutes to shine a shoe.

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World Championships of Shoemaking 2024 - Call for competition
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World Championships of Shoemaking 2024 – Call for competition

2023-11-16
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We now open up the fifth edition of the World Championships of Shoemaking, where the final takes place during the London Super Trunk Show on May 4 2024. We have £6,000 (€7,000 / $7,400) and handmade shoemaking awls in the prize pool, and a chance to be showcased in shoe stores around the world. This year a loafer is the competition shoe to be made. Here’s all the info about the competition.

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U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina 2023 - Qualification
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U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina 2023 – Qualification

2023-07-23
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We now open the qualifications to the finals of the first U.S. Championships of Shoe Shining and Shoe Patina 2023, with the finals taking place at the premiere edition of the New York Super Trunk Show on October 14. The contests and the event are organised by The Shoe Snob, Shoegazing and Kirby Allison in collaboration with partners Saphir and Bridlen Shoemaker. The patina finalists will paint their shoes during the whole event, and the shoe shiners have 20 minutes to shine a shoe as lovely looking as possible.

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