#boot blacking

Some of my favourite pics of me bootblacking at local leather events over the past year 🖤❤️‍🔥⛓️

When I discovered bootblacking, one of the people I found online described bootblacks as “the storytellers and history keepers of leather.” As a historian and lover of community storytelling, that really resonated with me. To get someone in the bootblack stand, asking them where they got their boots, and hearing so many different interesting, sexy, hilarious, and heartbreaking stories really motivates and moves me 🖤

It’s also an act of service!! A lot of leatherfolx don’t actually know how to care for and maintain their leathers, so being able to provide that service and education tickles a part of my brain. And providing service is one of the ways I show submission, so it was a great confluence!! I get to be submissive and serve a Dominant (if they want our time in the stand to be erotic), and work on gear that people love and have had for 5, 10, 25 years?? Sign me up!!!

clearly, i bought my bf a pair of boots

(hes been wearing the same beat to shit pleather pair his sil got him from like, Nordstroms in college. theyre gross and peeling, and he walked in the other week and gleefully showed me how the sole is separating from the upper so one boot has gone full muppet because hes a shit)

the original plan was to grab a pair of docs during their usual 40-60% off quarterly sale, but i had a specific style i wanted. that style was not part of the sale alas. i figured if i was gonna buy a pair full price, I should give solovairs a shot because theres a marked quality difference (this is so fucking correct holy shit)

they had the style i wanted: a soft, matte, black leather with a slim, tapered toe box that could be incorporated into business casual wear to an office but wouldn't look out of place with just jeans and a hoodie either; their classic astronaut boot in greasy leather. the thought and intent in the choice alone is super horny given my whole Thing with clothing and leather but

we wear the same shoe size

and if there is one kink i love more than anything, its bootblacking

so clearly im going black them and break them in for him

i have leather friends who assure me this is the hottest thing ever

but

solovairs black friday promo, instead of % off, was free swag

which means i have a key tag version of the woven tag in my boys new boots, specifically chosen, bought, and lovingly blacked for him