So you want to get your boots blacked?

Bootblack stand etiquette,  by Alistair LeatherHiraeth, European BootBlack 2020 So what is bootblacking? What does it mean to be a bootblack, and what should you know about the etiquette of sitting in the bootblack’s chair?    For me bootblacking represents the service heart of our leather and fetish community.  By its nature, bootblacking is intimate.