In tomorrow’s Shoecast episode, Ticho and I take look back at 2021, and make a few (reasonably?) bold predictions about 2022 and beyond. One is something I’d ab... Read More...
If any new brick-and-mortar retailer focusing on quality footwear opens up in the US, it’s a story. But when that store sells Edward Green and Alden (including ... Read More...
From the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, Milwaukee, Wisconsin was a powerhouse of leather production. At one point, it was home to several dozen tanneries, re... Read More...
Iron Boots have been hanging out in the back of my boot-mind for quite some time now. About a year ago my buddy got a pair of their FLT split-toe boots in waxed... Read More...
The Pacific Northwest is home to the last remaining epicenter of quality bootmaking in the US (and Canada)—and the stories of how the makers White's Boots, Wesc... Read More...
Mark Barbera of Mark Albert Boots had a dream: make some Chelsea boots. Next thing he knew, he had an entire boot company, operating out of his hometown of Some... Read More...
This week, the Shoecast is actually the Larscast, as @tichoblancoshoes and I spend a whole bunch of time chatting with Lars Jensen, the one-man Norwegian wonder... Read More...
In the last episode of the Shoecast, Ticho and I did a birds-eye view of the US handsewn moccasin construction footwear scene: how the shoes are made, and the r... Read More...
One of the goals at Stitchdown is to introduce the new: new shoe and boot releases, of course, but also new makers—hell, it seems like yesterday that Flame Pand... Read More...
There’s just something different about White’s Boots. For me, it’s rooted so deeply in the solidity of them, the heft. When you pick them up, there’s no mistaki... Read More...
