The Stitchdown Shoecast
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Exploring the wonderful world of quality footwear, how it’s made, and all the things we love about it. Check out Stitchdown.com for shoe and boot reviews, interviews with industry titans, profiles, release info, and more.
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Carmina Shoemaker's Carmina Albaladejo on Family Tradition, Global Retail, and Custom Shoes
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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The New Thing in Footwear Leather? 145-Year-Old Veg-Tanner Hermann Oak.
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Nathan Florsheim is Proudly Working Slower Than Ever
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Goods & Services' Rory Fortune on Red Wing Collabs and When to Pull Back on Customization
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Bespoke Cowboy Bootmaker Zephan Parker's Formula to Keep Craft Alive
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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The Artistically Twisting Journey of Brooklyn's Bespoke Shoemaker, Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Vintage Boot Wishlists and Reconsidering Tassel Loafers: It's Ticho on the Shoebag!
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Why Making Things By Hand Has Never Been More Important, w/ Cowboy Bootmaker Emily Boksenbaum
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Why It’s Harder Than Ever to Start a Shoe Brand, w/ the Shoe Snob Justin FitzPatrick
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Skip Horween & Nicks Boots' Shuyler Mowe—Live from Boot Camp Chicago 2025
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Franklin & Poe's Andrew Li on Where Retail's Going, Malls, and The Perfect White Tee
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Thursday Boot Co.'s Nolan Walsh on Their Own León Factory, Last Obsessiveness, and The Comfort Question
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Shoebag w/ Ticho: The Best Shoemaking Teachers, Arch Support, and a LOT of Butter
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Red Wing Heritage President George Curleigh on Retail, Time Capsules, and The Red Wing Way
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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How to Revive The Cobbling Industry? Teach it in High School—and it's Already Working.
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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SERES Founder Vanessa Arroyo on León, Mexico's Remarkable Shoemaking Culture
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Sprezza's Clayton Chambers on Timeless Loafers, Gorpy Boots, and Quality
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Ticho is BACK to Talk Østmo x Iron Boots' Lore—and Next Step
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Boot Camp 2025 Chicago: Exhibitors + Events Rundown
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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BONUS PREVIEW: Brett Viberg Community Q&A at the Viberg NYC Shop
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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(FREE) BONUS: A Look Inside China with Motiv & Arch Support Project's Samuel Wei
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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How Japan's Astounding Bootmaking Culture Grew—And Where It's Going
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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How to Do YouTube Product Reviews Without Losing Your Soul, with The Iron Snail
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Developing Leather for Red Wing and More with SB Foot's Lacy Schumann
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Women's Shoe Icon Stuart Weitzman on Nudists, Aretha Franklin & The First Shoe He Ever Sold
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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How to Become a Bootmaker, With Oldspeed MFG's Dave Corey and New River Boot's Dave Mills
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Custom Cowboy Bootmaker Jake Houston on Preserving Knowledge, León Mexico, and Zebra Races
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May 15, 2025 |
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Seiji McCarthy is Making Some of the World's Greatest American Bespoke Shoes—In Japan
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May 06, 2025 |
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Is Turriff Functional Footwear Making the Best-Quality Barefoot Shoe on the Market?
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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How Tariffs Are Already Impacting the Footwear Industry, with FDRA CEO Matt Priest
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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All the Shoes & Boots Derek Guy Loves—and a Few He Really Doesn't—From Bespoke to Workboots
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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What Opie Way's Justin James Lost in Hurricane Helene—and What He Found
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Skateboard Legend Jamie Thomas Goes Inside a 300° Oven To Explain How Skate Shoes are Made
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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How to Make Your Leather Footwear Last Literally (Possibly) Forever, With Pure Polish's Andy Vaughn
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Shoecast BONUS Episode Preview: Shop Talk With Brett Viberg & Shuyler Mowe of Nicks Boots
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Holly Henry on the Cowboy Bootmaking Community's Sustaining Power (Also: Saddles)
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Aki Choklat on Building a Shoemaking College Program From Scratch
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Vintage King Brian Davis of Wooden Sleepers on Why Everything We Buy Sucks These Days
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Brett Viberg is Back on the Shoecast, and He's Bringing Loafers
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Brian The Bootmaker May Actually Be Mister Rogers
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Molly Monahan, The Motorcycle Mechanic Turned Garlic Farmer Turned Small-Town Cobbler
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Jess Wootten on Making Boots in an Australian Gold Rush Town, and Blake Rapid Misconceptions
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Caswell's Kevin Wilson on How to Start a One-Man Boot Brand—and Bringing Back US Manufacturing
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Shoebag!!! Best Boots to Travel With, Shoe Books, Wood Soles, and P'Zones
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Flora Knight on Guthrie, Oklahoma's Cowboy Bootmaking Lineage and That Time She Tried to Tan Her Own Leather
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Tokyo Boot Scene—Japan's Incredible Footwear City
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Behind The Scenes of Footwear Development With White's Boots President Eric Kinney & Jason from Division Road
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Custom Shoemaker Amara Hark-Weber on Why She Makes a Different Pair Every Single Time
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Chisos Founder Will Roman on How Cowboy Boots Will Save Us All
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May 03, 2024 |
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Exploring What "Handmade" Truly Means With Leatherworker and Bootmaker Bob Henderson
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Fritz Sr. and Jr. of Seidel Tanning on the Art, Science, and Challenges of Making Leather
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Shoe Care Essentials, How Many Boots is Too Many, Brands We Want Back...It's The Shoebag!!
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Bespoke Shoemaker Sebastian Tarek on West-End Outwork and Judging the World's Greatest Shoemaking Competition
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Actor Adam Goldberg on His Lifelong Quest to Remake James Dean's Boots
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Tony & Tobias of Wyatt & Dad Cobblers on Building a Shoe Repair Mini-Empire
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Goods & Services' Rory Fortune on Handwelting Sneakers, and the Shell Cordovan BIRKENCHONKS
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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The (Mostly) Complete History of Boots with Bata Shoe Museum Director Elizabeth Semmelhack
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Sagara's Bagus Satrio on the Indonesian Bootmaking Explosion
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Ken Diamond on the Rare Satisfaction of Making Boots by Hand
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Curtis From Alden Madison on How to Size Into Any Last, and That One Time He Saw Harrison Ford
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Shoebag!! Craziest Break-In Stories, Plus Ticho & Ben's Only Five Forever Pairs: Revisited!
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Cutting it Up With Cobbling Legend Steve Doudaklian of Bedo's Leatherworks
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Sarah Guerin aka Saboteuse Knows More About Massachusetts Shoemaking History Than Anyone Alive
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Boot Camp!!! Ben & Ticho Recap Our Inaugural Fine Leather Footwear Gathering
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Grenson's Tim Little on UK vs Outsourced Manufacturing, Triple Welts & "Throwing Away the Pompous Bit"
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Fifth-Generation Tanner Ed Gallun on Milwaukee's Leathermaking History, What Separates Great Leather from the Rest, and More
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Rose Anvil's FINAL Take on Alden Indys, Plus Behind The Scenes of the RA Operation
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Crown Northampton's Chris Woodford on The Rise and Fall (& Hopeful Rise Again) of Northamptonshire Shoemaking
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Kustom Kraft's Dennis Kieback on Starting a Handmade Bootmaking Business, Funky German Leathers, and Getting in the "Flow State"
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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The Shoe Service Institute of America's Justin Bennett on the Shoe Supply Game, Cobbling's Future, and More
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Shoebag!! Next Big Makers? How Should Handsewns Fit?? Is the Thunderdome Too Commercial??? And More!
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Springline's Michael James Breaks Down The Mystical Art of Lastmaking
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Graham Ebner is the Next Big Thing in Bespoke Cowboy Boots
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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DEEP Inside Russell Moccasin—How The 125-Year-Old Brand Builds Some of the World's Most Unique Boots
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Cowboy Bootmaking Legend Lisa Sorrell on Myths, Lore, and Why Craft Has Never Been More Important
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May 09, 2023 |
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Shoebag! Horsebutt: Over- or Underrated? Crucial Overdye Explorations. And What's the Deal With Gaston's Boots??
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May 03, 2023 |
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DEEP Behind the Patina Thunderdome Scenes With All the 2022-23 Judges
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Nicks' CEO Shuyler Mowe on Explosive Growth, Developing New Leathers, and Spokane's Uniquely Competitive Bootmaking Scene
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Taft's Kory Stevens on How to Accidentally Start a Hugely Successful Shoe Brand
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Cobbler Lorena Agolli on Apprenticing Under a Bespoke Master, Her Red Wing Habit, and the Nice Way to Tell Customers Their Shoes Suck
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Grant Stone's Wyatt Gilmore on GYW Shoe Addiction, Japanese Old Man Style, and NOT Grant Stone
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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White's Boots President Eric Kinney on the Bootmaker Shortage, Stitchdown vs Handwelt, How the MP Came to Be, and More
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Red Wing's Mike Larson on How the Heritage Line Was Developed, 100+ Year Old Shoemaking Machines, and More
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Rose Anvil Talks About More Than Just Alden Indy Boots (We Swear)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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The Shoe & Boot World's 2022 In Review—and Some Predictions for What's Coming in 2023
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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It's Ticho vs. Almost Vintage Jake in The Stitchdown Bootbate 2: Electric Boot-Galoo
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Shoebag!! Where's the Line on Copying Designs? Are Wedge Soles the Devil or God Himself? And More!
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Nick Horween and Phil Kalas Forcibly Take Over the Shoecast, And Turn the Whole Thing Right Around on Us
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Unsung House's Grant Gustafson is Doing Some of the Coolest Repair, Customization, and Bootmaking in the Game
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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How Jack Millington Started England's First New Tannery in a Century on His Parent's Goat Farm
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Easy Moc's Greg Cordeiro on Re-Growing the Maine Handsewn Moccasin Tradition—and Big Shoe Biz vs Niche
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Talking Craft, Inspiration, and Crickets With Brooklyn's Own Bespoke Shoemaker Francis Waplinger
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Dress Shoes Deep Dive! What Makes a Fantastic Dress Shoe? Plus Recs at All Price Points.
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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How to Win the Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Black Boots: Boring or Essential? Ben & Ticho’s Biggest Boot Regrets. Plus: How YOU Can Help Cobblers.
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Yuketen Visionary Yuki Matsuda on Vintage Inspiration, Shoe Saunas, Beaver Fur, and More
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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What's Brewing at the New Division Road Virginia? We Went Down There to Find Out.
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Cobbler and Bootmaker Tess Gobeil on How Doing Things Differently Has Propelled Her Repair Business (and Also Tim Horton's)
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Summer Shoes! Surely Incomplete But Still Damn Useful Recommendations on Loafers, Handsewns, Boot-Shoes, and More
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Nerding Out With Young Stud Bootmaker Nathan Florsheim
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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FEIT's Tull Price on the Promise and Limits of Sustainable Footwear
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May 31, 2022 |
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Freenote's Andrew Brodrick on Pairing Boots with The Right Denim, and How to Manufacture in the US
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Wesco's Chris Warren on How Engineers Should Fit—and the Issues the Bootmaking World is Facing in 2022
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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A Highly Emotional Shoebag!! Wedding Footwear Rules, Best Winter Boots, and is Ticho Getting Rid of All His Shoes???
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Jim McFarland on the Cobbling Industry's Precarious Position, and That Time He Stashed a Couple Grand Cash In a Shoe Sole
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Literally Everything You Need to Know About How Leather is Made, With Ashland Leather's Phil Kalas
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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The Footwear World's 2021 In Review—Plus Some Bold Boot Predictions for 2022
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Kreosote's JD Gabbard Is Here to Rewrite Engineer Boot History
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Østmo x Iron Boots: Lars Reveals an Immensely Exciting Upcoming Partnership
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Foolproof Ways to Get the Best Possible Customer Service When Buying Boots (And, You Know, Anything Else)
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Ron Rider on the 7 Damning Shoe-Sizing Mistakes We All Really Need to Stop Making
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Shoebag!! Unstructured vs Structured Toes? Who Makes the Best Rugged Derby? And More!
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Tricker's Bespoke Shoemaker Adele Williamson on Everything You Didn't Realize About Bespoke (and Making a Pair for Idris Elba)
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Grant Stone's Wyatt Gilmore on the Brand's Origin Story, Leather Selection, The Luxurious Wide-Width Life, and More
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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The Opening Ceremonies of the 2030th Shoelympic Games
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Nick Horween on if Rare Shell Cordovan is Actually Rare, the CXL Lottery, and How to Tan Leather Responsibly
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Shoegazing's Jesper Ingevaldsson on The Dangerous Fallacy of "Handmade" Shoes, The Coming Dress/Rugged Crossover, Who Needs Bespoke, and Plenty More
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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A Very Important Indonesian Bootmakers Update Episode
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May 25, 2021 |
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Brett Viberg on Fall/Winter 2021, Pushing Viberg's Manufacturing Forward, and Vintage Inspiration
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May 18, 2021 |
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Division Road's Jason Pecarich On His Viberg Makeup Mindset, Boot Development, and How In The Hell to Save Retail
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May 11, 2021 |
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Ron Rider Reveals the Secrets Behind Private Label Shoemaking, and Plenty More
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May 04, 2021 |
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Underrated Leathers and Tanneries You Really Need to Be Considering
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Shoebag!! What's the Best Fitting Last? How to Break In Engineers? Boots + Suits? And More!
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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How Nicole Porter's Artisan Boot & Shoe is Breathing New Life Into US Footwear Manufacturing
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Outsoles: Everything You Need to Know to Make the Right Call
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Ealdwine's Matt Gray and Jim Pietryka on How To Open an Alden Shop, Selling Vibergs, and The Matt Gray Pose
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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The Incredible Untold Boot Histories of White's, Wesco, Nicks, and Viberg
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Carl Murawski On Who SHOULD Wear Work Boots, and the Paradox of Buying Lots of Boots That All Last Forever
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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The Most Important Shoe & Boot Happenings of 2020
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Brett Viberg on Where Viberg is Headed as a Brand, the New Widths, and the Worst Boot He Ever Made
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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Alden's Brett Klein on Fading Shell Cordovan, Creating Masterful Makeups, and His All-Time Favorite Boot
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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How Our Shoe Journeys Got Us Where We Are Today
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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How to Find the Best Possible Shoe & Boot Values
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Mark (Albert) Barbera on How to Start a Boot Company, and the Future of US-Made Footwear
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Is Shell Cordovan Overrated or What??
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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SHOEBAG! How to Score Alden Rare Shell Cordovan, and Plenty More Shoe Questions Answered
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Standard & Strange's Neil on Engineers, Naming Makeups, and Getting Detained in Japanese Jail
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Almost Vintage Style's Jake vs Ticho: The Stitchdown Bootbate
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Ticho's Foolproof System for Getting Insane Deals on Used Shoes
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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How To Build a Fantastic Shoe Collection Without Going Broke
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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If You Had to Choose Only Five Shoes or Boots, For The Rest of Your Life…What Would They Be??
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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All Things Østmo With Bootmaking Virtuoso Lars Jensen
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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The Handsewn Makers You Need to Know: Quoddy, Rancourt, Russell, Maine Mountain, and Yuketen
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the US Handsewn Industry
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Shoebag!! What's the Best-Value Pricepoint? How To Build Up Patina? And More!
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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The Best Alden Model Ever...Decided!
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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What's the Greatest Alden Shoe or Boot of All Time?
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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Underrated Shoe & Bootmakers
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Made-To-Order Boots & Shoes
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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Indonesian Bootmakers Bonanza
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May 29, 2020 |