The bootmaking world is a strange one in 2022. The easy part for top makers: finding customers who can't wait to buy their boots. The hard part? Sometimes it fe... Read More...
Ticho and Ben are back with another good ol' fashioned Stitchdown Shoecast Shoebag episode, in which we answer probing listener questions like "are there any mo... Read More...
It's back! After an agonizing two-year hiatus, Viberg is reconvening its honestly pretty legendary sample sale in New York City, beginning February 10th. They'l... Read More...
They call Jim McFarland America's Cobbler for a darned good reason—the third generation in a line of cobblers that has run McFarland's Shoe Repair in Lakeland, ... Read More...
The leather tanning process is an ancient one—almost 10,000 years old. And yet, it can also be a massive damn mystery!
So Ashland Leather's Phil Kalas—who pu... Read More...
Crockett & Jones is one of the ultimate representations of British shoemaking royalty: the Northamptonshire maker has been crafting some of the world's fine... Read More...
2021! 'Twas another extremely weird year! It really was. But man was it a wonderful one in in the world of boots and shoes.
This episode, Ticho and Ben from ... Read More...
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...
We're back! With shoes. And boots. Mostly boots, this time around. Josh is off this week, hanging out in a very warm place while I dig out of a foot of snow—whi... Read More...
The boot brand Kreosote is but one man—JD Gabbard—some wonderful vintage tools, a 1978 Airstream, and one of the most unique and curious spirits in all of the h... Read More...
