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Exploring What "Handmade" Truly Means With Leatherworker and Bootmaker Bob Henderson
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Apr 16, 2024 |
Fritz Sr. and Jr. of Seidel Tanning on the Art, Science, and Challenges of Making Leather
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Apr 11, 2024 |
Shoe Care Essentials, How Many Boots is Too Many, Brands We Want Back...It's The Shoebag!!
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Apr 03, 2024 |
Bespoke Shoemaker Sebastian Tarek on West-End Outwork and Judging the World's Greatest Shoemaking Competition
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Mar 13, 2024 |
Actor Adam Goldberg on His Lifelong Quest to Remake James Dean's Boots
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Mar 06, 2024 |
Tony & Tobias of Wyatt & Dad Cobblers on Building a Shoe Repair Mini-Empire
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Feb 28, 2024 |
Goods & Services' Rory Fortune on Handwelting Sneakers, and the Shell Cordovan BIRKENCHONKS
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Feb 20, 2024 |
The (Mostly) Complete History of Boots with Bata Shoe Museum Director Elizabeth Semmelhack
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Feb 13, 2024 |
Sagara's Bagus Satrio on the Indonesian Bootmaking Explosion
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Jan 19, 2024 |
Ken Diamond on the Rare Satisfaction of Making Boots by Hand
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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 |
Shoebag!! Craziest Break-In Stories, Plus Ticho & Ben's Only Five Forever Pairs: Revisited!
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Nov 28, 2023 |
Cutting it Up With Cobbling Legend Steve Doudaklian of Bedo's Leatherworks
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Nov 21, 2023 |
Sarah Guerin aka Saboteuse Knows More About Massachusetts Shoemaking History Than Anyone Alive
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Nov 08, 2023 |
Boot Camp!!! Ben & Ticho Recap Our Inaugural Fine Leather Footwear Gathering
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Oct 31, 2023 |
Grenson's Tim Little on UK vs Outsourced Manufacturing, Triple Welts & "Throwing Away the Pompous Bit"
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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 |
Rose Anvil's FINAL Take on Alden Indys, Plus Behind The Scenes of the RA Operation
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Sep 19, 2023 |
Crown Northampton's Chris Woodford on The Rise and Fall (& Hopeful Rise Again) of Northamptonshire Shoemaking
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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 |
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 |
Shoebag!! Next Big Makers? How Should Handsewns Fit?? Is the Thunderdome Too Commercial??? And More!
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Aug 09, 2023 |
Springline's Michael James Breaks Down The Mystical Art of Lastmaking
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Aug 03, 2023 |
Graham Ebner is the Next Big Thing in Bespoke Cowboy Boots
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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 |
Cowboy Bootmaking Legend Lisa Sorrell on Myths, Lore, and Why Craft Has Never Been More Important
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May 09, 2023 |
Shoebag! Horsebutt: Over- or Underrated? Crucial Overdye Explorations. And What's the Deal With Gaston's Boots??
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May 03, 2023 |
DEEP Behind the Patina Thunderdome Scenes With All the 2022-23 Judges
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Apr 19, 2023 |
Nicks' CEO Shuyler Mowe on Explosive Growth, Developing New Leathers, and Spokane's Uniquely Competitive Bootmaking Scene
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Apr 11, 2023 |
Taft's Kory Stevens on How to Accidentally Start a Hugely Successful Shoe Brand
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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 |
Grant Stone's Wyatt Gilmore on GYW Shoe Addiction, Japanese Old Man Style, and NOT Grant Stone
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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 |
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 |
Rose Anvil Talks About More Than Just Alden Indy Boots (We Swear)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
The Shoe & Boot World's 2022 In Review—and Some Predictions for What's Coming in 2023
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Jan 17, 2023 |
It's Ticho vs. Almost Vintage Jake in The Stitchdown Bootbate 2: Electric Boot-Galoo
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Talking Craft, Inspiration, and Crickets With Brooklyn's Own Bespoke Shoemaker Francis Waplinger
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Nov 15, 2022 |
Dress Shoes Deep Dive! What Makes a Fantastic Dress Shoe? Plus Recs at All Price Points.
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Sep 06, 2022 |
How to Win the Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome
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Aug 10, 2022 |
Black Boots: Boring or Essential? Ben & Ticho’s Biggest Boot Regrets. Plus: How YOU Can Help Cobblers.
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Aug 03, 2022 |
Yuketen Visionary Yuki Matsuda on Vintage Inspiration, Shoe Saunas, Beaver Fur, and More
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Jul 19, 2022 |
What's Brewing at the New Division Road Virginia? We Went Down There to Find Out.
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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 |
Summer Shoes! Surely Incomplete But Still Damn Useful Recommendations on Loafers, Handsewns, Boot-Shoes, and More
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Jun 15, 2022 |
Nerding Out With Young Stud Bootmaker Nathan Florsheim
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Jun 02, 2022 |
FEIT's Tull Price on the Promise and Limits of Sustainable Footwear
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May 31, 2022 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Literally Everything You Need to Know About How Leather is Made, With Ashland Leather's Phil Kalas
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Jan 17, 2022 |
The Footwear World's 2021 In Review—Plus Some Bold Boot Predictions for 2022
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Jan 03, 2022 |
Kreosote's JD Gabbard Is Here to Rewrite Engineer Boot History
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Dec 31, 2021 |
Østmo x Iron Boots: Lars Reveals an Immensely Exciting Upcoming Partnership
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Sep 27, 2021 |
Foolproof Ways to Get the Best Possible Customer Service When Buying Boots (And, You Know, Anything Else)
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Sep 14, 2021 |
Ron Rider on the 7 Damning Shoe-Sizing Mistakes We All Really Need to Stop Making
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Sep 08, 2021 |
Shoebag!! Unstructured vs Structured Toes? Who Makes the Best Rugged Derby? And More!
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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 |
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 |
The Opening Ceremonies of the 2030th Shoelympic Games
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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 |
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 |
A Very Important Indonesian Bootmakers Update Episode
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May 25, 2021 |
Brett Viberg on Fall/Winter 2021, Pushing Viberg's Manufacturing Forward, and Vintage Inspiration
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May 18, 2021 |
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 |
Ron Rider Reveals the Secrets Behind Private Label Shoemaking, and Plenty More
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May 04, 2021 |
Underrated Leathers and Tanneries You Really Need to Be Considering
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Apr 12, 2021 |
Shoebag!! What's the Best Fitting Last? How to Break In Engineers? Boots + Suits? And More!
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Apr 06, 2021 |
How Nicole Porter's Artisan Boot & Shoe is Breathing New Life Into US Footwear Manufacturing
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Mar 29, 2021 |
Outsoles: Everything You Need to Know to Make the Right Call
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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 |
The Incredible Untold Boot Histories of White's, Wesco, Nicks, and Viberg
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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 |
The Most Important Shoe & Boot Happenings of 2020
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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 |
Alden's Brett Klein on Fading Shell Cordovan, Creating Masterful Makeups, and His All-Time Favorite Boot
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Dec 15, 2020 |
How Our Shoe Journeys Got Us Where We Are Today
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Dec 08, 2020 |
How to Find the Best Possible Shoe & Boot Values
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Dec 02, 2020 |
Mark (Albert) Barbera on How to Start a Boot Company, and the Future of US-Made Footwear
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Nov 24, 2020 |
Is Shell Cordovan Overrated or What??
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Nov 16, 2020 |
SHOEBAG! How to Score Alden Rare Shell Cordovan, and Plenty More Shoe Questions Answered
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Nov 09, 2020 |
Standard & Strange's Neil on Engineers, Naming Makeups, and Getting Detained in Japanese Jail
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Nov 02, 2020 |
Almost Vintage Style's Jake vs Ticho: The Stitchdown Bootbate
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Oct 26, 2020 |
Ticho's Foolproof System for Getting Insane Deals on Used Shoes
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Aug 18, 2020 |
How To Build a Fantastic Shoe Collection Without Going Broke
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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 |
All Things Østmo With Bootmaking Virtuoso Lars Jensen
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Jul 30, 2020 |
The Handsewn Makers You Need to Know: Quoddy, Rancourt, Russell, Maine Mountain, and Yuketen
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Jul 21, 2020 |
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the US Handsewn Industry
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Jul 15, 2020 |
Shoebag!! What's the Best-Value Pricepoint? How To Build Up Patina? And More!
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Jul 07, 2020 |
The Best Alden Model Ever...Decided!
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Jul 01, 2020 |
What's the Greatest Alden Shoe or Boot of All Time?
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Jun 23, 2020 |
Underrated Shoe & Bootmakers
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Jun 17, 2020 |
Made-To-Order Boots & Shoes
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Jun 09, 2020 |
Indonesian Bootmakers Bonanza
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May 29, 2020 |