In part two of a tag-team with the Full Grain Podcast (here’s part 1), the ever-handsome/charming Phil Kalas of Ashland Leather grills Ben on what to expect at Stitchdown’s Boot Camp Chicago 2025 mega-expo and footwear-loving community epicenter this November.
Japanese and Indonesian boot brands? Tanneries galore? Truly excellent women’s footwear? The world’s best care products? Red Wing & SB Foot??? Yes indeed. And oh so much more.
Wherever you are in this world, do everything you can to get to Chicago on and around November 8th, 2025—you really, really won’t hate it.
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