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Flora Knight Cowboy Bootmaker Guthrie Oklahoma

Flora Knight on Guthrie, Oklahoma’s Cowboy Bootmaking Lineage and That Time She Tried to Tan Her Own Leather

She was born in Canada and grew up in New Zealand, but few people could possibly seem more at home making bespoke cowboy boots in Guthrie, Oklahoma than Flora Knight. Learning the craft from two of the historic western city's best teachers imagina... Read More...

Standard and Strange - Scratch and Dent Sale - Boxes

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Standard and Strange Scratch and Dent Sale, New Red Wing Leather, and more

This roundup is BIG. Biggest we can remember in a while. Hail Summer! New leathers from Red Wing, Nicks, and White's; new collabs from Engineered Garments and Leffot, revived and restocked models at Division Road, Grant Stone, and Meermin, and an exp... Read More...

Lots and Lots and Lots of Tokyo Boot Videos are Coming—Here’s a Preview

A few months back, I spent five days in Tokyo. I went, in many ways, to confirm a strong suspicion: that it is indeed the greatest city in the world for quality shoes and boots. I have not been to every single other city! But I left confident that my... Read More...

Viberg - Service Boot 310 - Dark Brown Wooly Chromexcel

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Viberg’s Glistening Wooly CXL, Discounts at Division Road and Rancourt, and more

On this week's episode we're going off script to talk about socks and learn about wool...but we didn't forget about the boots. We've got Viberg's mammoth Wooly Chromexcel release (only five models but I couldn't help it), discounts at Division Road a... Read More...

White's Boots President Eric Kinney and Division Road Inc Owner Jason Pecarich

Behind The Scenes of Footwear Development With White’s Boots President Eric Kinney & Jason from Division Road

In long-overdue returns to the Shoecast, White’s Boots President Eric Kinney and Division Road’s Jason Pecarich sat down to pull back the curtain on what it’s really like to develop new footwear products, getting into every twist and turn on past col... Read More...

Viberg Aged Bark Roughout Chamois Service Boot—310 Last—Withered Fig

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Red Wing Europe Exclusive, Withered Fig on Shrooms, and more

In this week's lineup, Red Wing pulls a leather (and a sole) from the vaults, Division Road brings back a boot-shoe icon, and Grant Stone debuts a brand new loafer pattern. You'll find all that and more in the latest: Shoes 'n' Boots of the Week! ... Read More...

Grant Stone’s New Loafer Will Have You Chomping at the Bit

The seemingly boundless and irrepressible spell of loafermania continues on its unbroken march towards the heavens and possibly beyond into realms mankind has yet to grasp. Penny loafers have gone mainstream. Tassel loafers have escaped the bank a... Read More...

The Shoecast is BACK for Season 12—With Singular Custom Shoemaker Amara Hark-Weber

Amara Hark-Weber surely must be one of the most delightful people in this world—which anyone could likely tell just from looking at the remarkably unique and creative boots and shoes the Twin Cities, Minnesota-based custom maker creates. For t... Read More...

Withered Fig x Dr. Sole - OZ Trooper - Black Roughout

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: OZ Troopers, Waxy Deer, Bordon Waxed Flesh, and More

We've got a Dr. Sole exclusive for Withered Fig, Gallun Teton Stag at Grant Stone, Kudu at Parkhurst, a Rose Anvil Barefoot boot, and more, in the latest: Shoes 'n' Boots of the Week! Delve deeper into this, and other boot-mysteries by checking ou... Read More...

Division Road x viberg - Shelby Sharple - Maryam Lucida Horsebutt

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: A Shiny Shelby Sharp, Dark Cognac Hatchgrain ‘Bergs, Ready-to-Wear from Briselblack, and more

A Shelby Sharp and a trio of new boots from Briselblack in Bandung? Normally I'd tell you to pinch me/slap me awake, but that's really what we've got this week, as well as some new hatchgrain shell cordovan at Viberg, and more, in the latest: Shoes '... Read More...