Saphir Journal

Taking care of vegetable tanned leather

What is vegetable tanned leather? Tanning leather with plant based tannins is one of the oldest known tanning techniques. Still today it is used f...

The Chilean Shoe Shining Championships by Taller Sartorial

Introducing the first Chilean Shoe Shining Championships.

The Saphir Guide to Christmas Presents

Are you still in need of a Christmas present for a shoe lover? Or are you gifting your beloved ones a nice pair of shoes and what to provide the ma...

The Saphir Guide to Classic Dress Shoes

The Oxford Oxfords are a style of shoe with closed lacing. This means that the quarters, the parts of the shoe tightened by the laces are sewn ben...

The Saphir Guide to Shoe Trees

The importance of a good shoe tree. When taking care of your shoes one often focuses on the conditioning of the leather, keeping it nourished, shi...

Nappa Leather

Nappa leather is a term that you often come across when it comes to the finer and more luxurious leathers. You can find it being used for leather c...

Super Trunk Show London 2022

On May 7th the London Super Trunk Show could finally take place after being postponed several times due to the pandemic. An event that has become a...

The Saphir Médaille d’Or Cleanser

Today we would like to look at the most gentle of our cleaning products, the Médaille d’Or Cleanser. For our customers that want to preserve the mi...