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Wyatt Gilmore Grant Stone

Grant Stone’s Wyatt Gilmore on GYW Shoe Addiction, Japanese Old Man Style, and NOT Grant Stone

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Inside The Tokyo-Rockabilly Dreamscape of Attractions Boots

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Grant Stone’s Wyatt Gilmore on GYW Shoe Addiction, Japanese Old Man Style, and NOT Grant Stone

Wyatt Gilmore runs Baroda, Michigan-based, ever-rising footwear brand Grant Stone. So of course we had him back on the Shoecast and completely barred him from even mentioning his own company. Instead, Wyatt gets into what makes the feeling of Good... Read More...
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Inside The Tokyo-Rockabilly Dreamscape of Attractions Boots

Picture a well-worn vintage pair of engineer boots. In your mind’s eye, they're likely rough and rugged; over their decades of use, the leather has dried out and cracked a bit, and they’ve lost much of their luster. But underneath that timeworn su... Read More...
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Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Unmarked In Five Horween Leathers, J&FJ Baker Goral Sneakers, and More

Happy National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day! This week: some springtime additions at Crockett & Jones; Russell Moccasin’s lightweight Safari boot; the latest Alden exclusive at Brogue; and more. More weekly roundup action here. Viberg 2020 S... Read More...
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Gallun Viking Calf, Maryam Washed Kangaroo, and More in Viberg’s Spring/Summer 2023 Drop Two

A fresh wave of boots and shoes have been added to Viberg’s seasonal collection, and Drop Two’s new models reiterate many of the same looks and themes as last month’s Drop One.  Once again, there are a variety of products here featuring leathers fro... Read More...
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White’s Boots’ Eric Kinney on Bootmaker Shortages, the First MP, Stitchdown vs Handwelt, and More

When Eric Kinney took over as president of Spokane, Washington legend White's Boots in 2019, the 170-year-old maker didn't even have a website. Just four short years later, Eric—a former White's bootmaker for 26 years who made upwards of 50,000 pairs... Read More...
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Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Natural Horsebutt Clinch Engineers, Leffot’s 15th Anniversary Celebration Continues, and More

British tannery C.F. Stead’s fingerprints are all over this week’s release roundup—from Oak Street’s latest limited-edition offerings, to Caswell’s updated Lisbon boot, to Tricker’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection, and more. More roundups from previou... Read More...
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The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Relasting: How A Cobbler Can Dramatically Change The Size And Shape Of Your Footwear

The last comes first—the old shoemaking maxim is as true as it is poetic. But then there’s the process known as relasting…which is about dead last on most cobbler’s lists of standard services, if at all. But man can it be visual or fit-based magic wh... Read More...
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Standard & Strange’s Second Round of Rolling Dub Trio Pre-Orders Offers Over A Dozen New Makeups

Japanese brand Rolling Dub Trio dreams up a variety of boots and shoes that take cues from classic Americana, but eschew faithfulness to their vintage inspirations in favor of a bit of funkiness. Their products are reliably very well put together, wi... Read More...
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Red Wing’s Mike Larson on How the Heritage Line Was Developed, 100+ Year Old Shoemaking Machines, and More

As global product design & development manager at Red Wing Shoe Co., Mike Larson has touched every single product that's ever been placed into a Red Wing Heritage shoe box over the last 13 years—a lineup that was 260 styles strong just over three... Read More...
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The Second Onderhoud Handmade x Stitchdown Collab is Here

About three years ago, I received my first pair two pairs from Onderhoud Handmade and was completely blown away. The ways in which the brand and its founder/bootmaker Rizky Afnan have humbly but relentlessly evolved since then has been remarkable to ... Read More...
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