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Introducing Brandle: The High-End, Dressier Line From the Minds and Hands Behind Nicks Boots

There’s an old story over at Nicks Boots that goes like this: A longtime customer named Robert walked into Nicks’ Spokane workshop one day, in need of some boots his wife would let him wear to dinner—apparently his Nicks logging boots just weren’t... Read More...

Steve Doudaklian—Bedo's Leatherworks—Cobbler Shop

Cutting it Up With Cobbling Legend Steve Doudaklian of Bedo’s Leatherworks

Ten years ago, Steve Doudaklian looked at a camera, said “good morning shoe repair family”, fixed up some shoes, and put a grainy video on YouTube as a service to cobblers around the world. A decade later, Steve’s videos still don’t look all that ... Read More...

Oak Street Bootmakers USN Field Shoe N1 Boondocker

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Throwback ‘Bergs, Horsebutt White’s, Grant Stone’s New Women’s Chelsea & More

Behold: Black Friday Friweek Frimonth is here, and we have dutifully and diligently gathered up all the very best sales we could find. Returning to our regularly scheduled programming, we've also got a Chelsea collab on a vintage Canadian military la... Read More...

Best Black Friday 2023 Boots & Shoes (& More) Sales: We’ve Got Them All

Once again we'll be tracking every single one of the best Black Friday/Holiday/whatever the hell you want to call them sales on 1) boots, 2) shoes, 3) adjacent stuff like socks, 4) menswear, 5) probably some leathergoods, 6) anything else we love and... Read More...

Amara Hark-Weber Bespoke Bootmaker Shoemaker

Never The Same Pair Twice: The Stitchdown Conversation With Independent Shoemaker Amara Hark-Weber

A major car accident that devastated her short- and long-term memory almost upended Amara Hark-Weber’s life. Shoemaking gave her a new one. The accident occurred just as Amara was entering her final year of her MFA program, and the brain trauma she ... Read More...

Grant Stone Garrison Boots—CF Stead Classic Crimson Kudu

Introducing: Grant Stone’s New Garrison Service Boot

Grant Stone’s Garrison service boot model is pretty darn close to the platonic ideal of a boot. A “tell a (highly artistically talented) kid to draw a boot, this is what you end up with” kind of boot. Which is why it might be a bit shocking to lea... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: a New White’s Model, Color 8 Galore at Alden Madison, and More

We're starting the wind-down to 2024 strong, with two exciting Viberg pairs at Brooklyn Clothing, a second edition of the Rose Anvil x White's Drifter, a trio of Color 8 shell at Alden Madison, and more, in this week's Shoes 'n' Boots of the Week. ... Read More...

Sarah Guerin aka Saboteuse Makes Remarkable Cowboy Boots—& Knows More About Massachusetts Shoemaking History Than Anyone Alive

To call Sarah Madeline Tierney Guerin an incredibly skilled cowboy boot maker would be accurate—and also highly incomplete. Sarah is also an artist, a historian, an educator, a storyteller, a preservationist, someone who just thinks about things diff... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: a New White’s LTT, Tricker’s x Burberry, RDT Pre-Order and More!

If you're on the east cost and enjoying the cold snap, I recommend reading this article the way I wrote it, cozied up with your laptop like the sleeptime tea bear. Stay tuned for a brand new model from White's, a Northamptonshire collaboration tha... Read More...

Stitchdown's Boot Camp 2023—Industry City Brooklyn—E. Woodford

Ben & Ticho Recap Our Inaugural Boot Camp Event on the Shoecast

So, Tichoblanco forced me to talk about Boot Camp, the fine leather footwear gathering / world's fair of boots and shoes and leather / celebration of shoemaking / big ol' party that we just put on a few weeks back in Industry City, Brooklyn. We ge... Read More...