Shoebag!! What’s the Best Fitting Last? How to Break In Engineers? Boots + Suits? And More!

That's right, Ticho and I are back to answer listener questions on another absolutely thrilling Shoebag episode. What's the best way to break in engineer boo... Read More...

How Nicole Porter’s Artisan Boot & Shoe is Breathing New Life Into US Footwear Manufacturing

Two and a half years into its existence, Artisan Boot & Shoe—which sprung forth following the Batavia, NY P.W. Minor factory's unfortunate demise—is showing... Read More...

All the Outsoles You Should Be Considering For Your Next Pair—And How Not to Go Wrong

With an incredible range of outsoles available to choose from, how does a footwear lover narrow things down to just one? There are huge questions to tackle. How... Read More...

Iron Boots: Everything You Need to Know, From Leathers, to Sizing, to Ordering

Iron Boots have been hanging out in the back of my boot-mind for quite some time now. About a year ago my buddy got a pair of their FLT split-toe boots in waxed... Read More...

Meet The Alden “Walton” Navy CXL Indy Boot—and the “Ravenwood” Reverse Tobacco Chamois Indy Oxford

Did you know that Indiana Jones' middle name is Walton??? Well it most certainly is, which is one reason we chose it as the name for the initial Stitchdown x... Read More...

Ealdwine’s Matt and Jim on How To Open an Alden Shop, Selling Vibergs, and The Matt Gray Pose

Matt Gray came out of nowhere to become an instant Alden legend, and one of the Instagram kings of rare shell cordovan. Now Matt and partner Jim Pietryka—who ha... Read More...

The Best Value Shoes and Boots at Just About Every (Reasonable) Price Range

When it comes to quality shoes and boots, value is a 1) hugely important in making the right decision, and 2) something of a fungible concept. Value often depen... Read More...

Ask Lars: What’s The Difference Between Stitchdown and Veldtschoen Construction?

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Ask Lars, in which I (believe it or not) ask Lars Jensen—the virtuoso Norwegian bootmaker behind Østmo—probing, essential qu... Read More...

Custom Kilties? That Make Your Boots Fit Better?? Say Hello to Trinity Handmade.

If you've ever ordered a pair of boots made in the Pacific Northwest or Indonesia, you've likely plunged into the box, pulled your boots out, tried them on, smi... Read More...

How to Get the Stitchdown x Sagara Bandung Mahogany Horsebutt Derby

There are few boots I've enjoyed more in the last year than my Sagara Cordmaster monkey boots in a wonderful matchacore black-overdyed olive Badalassi Minerva v... Read More...