Stitchdown - Wear Better Shoes

Bob Henderson Handmade Boots Popov Leather HERO

Exploring What “Handmade” Truly Means With Leatherworker and Bootmaker Bob Henderson

For the penultimate episode of the 11th season of the Stitchdown Shoecast, I’m quite excited indeed to be chatting with the just ridiculously talented man they call Bob Henderson. Bob is the operations manager at Popov Leather, the bustling leathergo... Read More...

Viberg N1 Field Shoes—Marine Field Roughout—Withered Fig

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Vibergpalooza, Østmo x Iron Boots Drop 10, S&S x Wesco Last Chance, and more

We've got anniversaries, endings, and new beginnings this week. You'll also find a whole hell of a lot of Viberg, including new N-1 models from Withered Fig and 35th anniversary models from Brooklyn Clothing, as well as the latest drop from Østmo and... Read More...

Fritz Sr. and Jr. of Seidel Tanning on the Art, Science, and Challenges of Making Leather

This time Ben sits down with two, count ‘em TWO Fritz Seidels: Fritz Jr. and Fritz Sr., who every day are continuing on the tradition of the four-generation, 79-year-old Siedel Tanning Corp in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In addition to getting the lowdo... Read More...

Withered Fig x Viberg - 1035 Service Boot - Washed Col. 1071 Horsehide

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Yummy Yuketens, Withered Fig Brings Back the Leather Sole, Unlined Aldens at Brick + Mortar, and more

If I can be permitted to editorialize for a second... I have been locked in a combination staring contest/battle of the will with one of the models in this week's roundup for months, and am now mere centimeters from the abyss. Out of fear of speak... Read More...

Steve Doudaklian—Bedo's Leatherworks—Cobbler Shop—Vintage Florsheim

Shoe Care Essentials, How Many Boots is Too Many Boots, Brands We Want Back…It’s The Shoebag!!

Before he bolts for a very important trip to the bread store, Ticho is back in the leather-smelly homestead for perhaps our most comprehensive Shoebag episode ever, in which we discuss which shoe care products are essential and which you don't really... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Ghostly Grant Stones, DR Goes Tramping, and More

We've got a rangy one this week, spanning four continents and featuring almost as many makers as boots. We've got Grant Stone's going Ghost, Tricker's Trampers at Division Road, Russell's newest fishing oxford, and more, in the latest: Shoes 'n' Boot... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: N-1 Restock at Oak Street, the New Lofgren El Capitan, The Latest from DR x Trickers, and more

We've got a couple a brand new models gracing the roundup this week, in addition to some notable releases—so without further ado lets get into Oak Street's N-1 Boondocker restock, Division Road's latest Tricker's collab, the third Viberg SS24 drop, a... Read More...

Rancourt - Acadia Chukka Redux - Natural CXL

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Viberg’s New 1905 Last, a Spring-Ready Rancourt Chukka, the Latest from Division Road, and more

I guess you just can't stop the march of time (cue the drummer). The bootmakers, at least, are spending it productively, and we've got the introduction of the Viberg's 1905 last, a new chukka from Rancourt, and more, in this week's: Shoes 'n' Boots o... Read More...

Why We Obsess Over Great Boots: An Anti-Vimes Exploration

If there was a leaderboard for “ways to justify buying expensive boots,” your chart-topper would be the Captain Samuel Vimes ‘Boots’ Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness (with the second and third place going to ‘resoling’ and ‘something something mold... Read More...

Bespoke Shoemaker Sebastian Tarek on West-End Outwork and Judging the World’s Greatest Shoemaking Competition

When London (by way of Australia) bespoke shoemaker Sebastian Tarek began making shoes in high school, his grandmother let him in on a little secret: he had been preceded in his journey by 18 generations of family cordwainers. After years of schoo... Read More...