Reviewed August 2026: The original Bureau Belfast product page is no longer available. Turms remains active and continues to make shoe-care kits, wooden cases and accessories in Italy.
This Turms wooden case was presented in 2010 as a complete care set for leather footwear, combining polish and several brushes in a fitted box. The exact retailer listing has disappeared, but the underlying idea remains sound: keeping the correct tools together makes regular maintenance easier and helps good shoes age more gracefully.
What a useful shoe-care kit needs
For smooth leather, start with a horsehair brush for dust, a small applicator brush or cloth, a colour-matched cream polish and a larger brush for buffing. Wax polish is optional when extra shine or toe protection is wanted. Suede and nubuck require separate brushes and products; conventional cream polish should not be used on them.
A simple care routine
Insert shoe trees after wear, brush away surface dirt, apply a small amount of cream and allow it to absorb before buffing. Rotate shoes so the leather can dry fully between wears. More product is not better: thin, even applications are less likely to build up around seams and creases.
Turms says it has produced footwear accessories since 1962 and currently offers individual tools, shoe-care kits and wooden cases. This original case remains an archive reference rather than a current stock recommendation.
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