Stitchdown - Wear Better Shoes

A Rollicking Chat With the Gents Behind Seidel Tanning, The Quiet Leathermaking Powerhouse

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, registering it as one of the largest sources of leather in the entire world. Today, Milwa... Read More...

Ron Rider on the 7 Damning Shoe-Sizing Mistakes We All Really Need to Stop Making

All-time Shoecast champion guest Ron Rider—Rider Boot founder, person who may just know more about shoe sizing than literally anyone else in the world, and just all around unfathomably charming man—is back on the Shoecast. This time, Ron lays out ... Read More...

How My Nicks Boots Saved My Dog’s Life (Really)

Author's note: None of this story is embellished in any way, because it needs no embellishment. I have a dog. One of the world's foremost dogs, in many ways. His name is Frank. Frank is a champion athlete, a charmer in the truest sense, a hunter (... Read More...

Good Things Come To Those Who Wait For These Shoes ‘n’ Boots Of The Week. Plus: Oak Street Sale!

This week’s roundup is somewhat about delayed gratification. LOTS of pre-orders open now from Grant Stone, Alden, and Wesco, plus some ready-to-ship options from Viberg and Truman that could be perfect for the prize-laden Patina Thunderdome starting ... Read More...

Unstructured vs Structured Toes? Who Makes the Best Rugged Derby? And More On the Shoebag!

The Shoebag is back! All hail the Shoebag. This time, @tichoblancoshoes and I answer all sorts of reader questions, including: Unstructured vs structured toes? Half soles vs. full soles? What makes a perfect engineer boot? What are the metaphysica... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Clinch Tallboys, Viberg Gets Rowdy, and a Trio of Trumans

After that enormous batch of new releases from last week, this week’s SNBOTW has us catching our breath a bit. We’re highlighting some new collabs between Tricker's and Division Road, another service boot drop from Viberg, a fantastic boot from Japan... Read More...

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The First Stitchdown x White’s Boots x Maryam Collab Is Here

Maybe a year and a half ago, I started talking with Spokane's own White's Boots—the 106-year-old maker of some of the most indestructibly hand-built and yet brawnily beautiful boots one can own—about cooking up a collaboration boot together. We both ... Read More...

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The Deepest Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week Roundup In Quite Some Time

Okay… *cracks knuckles* We’ve got a MASSIVE Shoes ‘n Boots of the Week for you here. And that's all you really need to know. Read on to learn about some new releases from Viberg, White’s, Alden, and more. All of our past release round-ups ca... Read More...

19 Things You Almost Definitely Did Not Know About Tricker’s

Of all the storied shoemakers in Northamptonshire, the British belly of shoemaking that has wrought centuries of endless influence over footwear around the world, nobody has been at it longer, and more consistently, than 192-year-old Tricker's. In... Read More...

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Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Green Boots! And Red Boots! And Color 8 Boots! (Which Are Also Kinda Red)

The latest Shoes ‘n Boots of the Week is proudly brought to you by the colors Green and Red. There’s a lot of both this week, from makers including Nicks, Truman, Unmarked, and more. Get in there. To read about previous new releases that feature c... Read More...