Everything You Need To Know About How Leather is Tanned

Three years ago Phil Kalas, former Horween Leather employee and current owner of Ashland Leather, sat down with Ben on the Shoecast to tell us (almost) literall... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Red Wing’s Time Capsule, White’s Chelseas, New Grant Stone Chukkas

Despite their recent excavation (check it out, it's wonderful), Red Wing are far from the first people to bury their boots. They're in the company of english mi... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Division Road x White’s Oxfords, Real McCoy’s Engineers, Viberg Drop 2

We're not quite breaking 20 boots/shoes deep this week, but we're close enough that you'll forgive us when you see what's actually in here. Thins are definitely... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Red Wing Loggers, Shell Engineers, Bison Bliskavkas

The 2025 Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome is already fast approaching, and the best Dome boots this year... might just be the boots you already have? Amidst mor... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Freenote x White’s, Attractions Engineers, Oldspeed GMTO

This week we've a new collab from White's and Freenote on the elusive Swing last, experimental attractions engineers at Standard & Strange, and what might... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Late Labor Day Sales, Side-Zip Viberg Service Boots (!!), and More

We're a week out from Labor Day now, but we haven't stopped celebrating the people who gave us creature comforts like "weekends" and "child labor laws" by buyin... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Overdyed Clinch Engineers, Sky High Boots from RDT, Chocolate Muleskinner Classic Moc

Suffice it to say it's all about the leathers this week, with a new run of overdyed Clinch engineers at Standard & Strangle, a whole Viberg capsule dedicate... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Big Viberg Drop, Coupens Back at S&S, 1925 Last at Nicks

In this week's roundup, we're taking a looking at Viberg's first Fall/Winter 25 drop, a very soft and very green trio of new boots from White's, a sleek Brandle... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Studded Engineers from Brogue, Unlined Grant Stone Loafers, Endless New Parkhurst

Writing from the road this week, but we're back with a small handful of ways to beat the heat (hint: remove the lining), the return of an archetypal White's mak... Read More...

12 Essential Horween Footwear Leathers: How They’re Made, and How They Age

The Horween Leather Company has been tanning leather in Chicago for a long, long time—120 years, as of next year. For the duration of that history, it's rema... Read More...