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These Rancourt x Leffot Horween Shell Cordovan Mocs Are Pure Ivy Style

The latest collaboration between NYC shoe paradise Leffot and Maine moccasin masters Rancourt & Co. checks ample boxes: a beacon for Ivy style enthusiasts; an exemplary usage of the much-vaunted shell cordovan from Horween; a fair bit of shoe-ner... Read More...

Nick Horween and Phil Kalas Forcibly Take Over the Shoecast, And Turn the Whole Thing Right Around on Us

We've had both Nick Horween (the one from Horween Leather) and Phil Kalas (formerly of Horween, now making some of the best wallets, belts, and more over at Ashland Leather) on the Shoecast before. WELL APPARENTLY THAT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR THEM. Clea... Read More...

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Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Oak Street Boots in Badass Badalassi, Dashing Pays Tribute To A Chicago Icon, and More

Christmas is fast approaching—you get your shopping done yet?? In our release roundup this week, we’ll take a look at some rugged hikers from Paraboot; new Tricker’s exclusives from The Bureau; a never-before-seen Rancourt shoe from Leffot; plus ple... Read More...

Unsung Opens Orders for Their House-Made Engineer & Slog Boots

A laser focus on repairing and rebuilding high-end shoes and boots has made Grant and Isaac Gustafsen's Nashville, Tennessee-based Unsung House an important cobbler-scene player in a relatively short period of time. Their YouTube channel is a delight... Read More...

Unsung House’s Grant Gustafson is Doing Some of the Coolest Repair, Customization, and Bootmaking in the Game

Unsung House is a wonderfully rare shoe repair shop. After a half decade learning the trade in a more “standard” cobbler setting, brothers Grant and Isaac Gustafson opened Unsung in a literal old house in Nashville, to focus on impeccable higher-end ... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Paraboot and Arpenteur Conjure the Mirage, The Stitchdown Indy Boot, and More

We’re still stuffed from stuffing over here, and this week’s release roundup is also stuffed with a ton of new shoes ‘n’ boots—the latest Paraboot exclusives from Engineered Garments and Arpenteur; a limited-edition shell cordovan makeup from Rancour... Read More...

Why Oak Street’s New Hand-Lasted Field and Trench Boots Are Very Worth Paying Attention To

Oak Street Bootmakers’ Field Boots and Trench Boots—part of what they call their Everyday Boots collection—have typically been machine-lasted without much in the way of additional work being done by hand. The exception has been their benchmade limite... Read More...

How Jack Millington Started England’s First New Tannery in a Century on His Parent’s Goat Farm

For anyone who's ever thought of quitting their job to make leather and boots, here's the secret: just first make sure your parents own a goat farm in the British countryside. Six years ago, Jack Millington was the lucky guy in that position, and ... Read More...

Dr. Sole’s OZ Trooper Is a Minimalist-Yet-Overbuilt Homage To Vintage Australian Military Boots

In our double-feature conversation with Dr. Sole mastermind Chao-Yung Lin earlier this year, he hinted that the next release from their in-house Pioneer Brand would be a service boot inspired by a pair from their archive of vintage boots and shoes. L... Read More...

125-Year-Old Russell Moccasin’s Reinvention: The Stitchdown Conversation with New Owners Luke Kolbie and Joe Julian

As we reported a few months back, Wisconsin-based shoemaker Russell Moccasin, long a source of fine handsewn moccasin footwear for outdoor folk everywhere, is now under new ownership and management. Joe Julian of woodworking company Julian and Sons... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Waxed Flesh White’s at DR, Gallun Shrunken Calf at Grant Stone, and More

Developing Leather for Red Wing and More with SB Foot’s Lacy Schumann

ACTUALLY The World’s Greatest Sneaker? Crown Northampton’s Handmade Ernest Wholecut

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Clinch Cowboys, Iron Heart Wescos, and More

Women’s Shoe Icon Stuart Weitzman on Nudists, Aretha Franklin & The First Shoe He Ever Sold

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Unlined Viberg Loafers, Hatch Grain Shell, and a New Drop from Addict

How to Become a Bootmaker, With Oldspeed MFG’s Dave Corey and New River Boot’s Dave Mills

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Division Road x Easymoc, New White’s Engineers, Three Great Plain Toe Boots

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Nicks Shell Cordovan, Project Pandion Launch, and Some Sales