Goods & Services’ Rory Fortune on Handwelting Sneakers, and the Shell Cordovan BIRKENCHONKS

The sneaker and welted footwear worlds are (very slowly) colliding, and Rory Fortune is smack in the middle of the two. In 2019, Rory and his wife Lauren set... Read More...

The (Mostly) Complete History of Boots with Bata Shoe Museum Director Elizabeth Semmelhack

In one of our favorite—and certainly the most sprawling—Shoecast episodes ever, I chatted with Elizabeth Semmelhack, director and curator of the Bata Shoe Museu... Read More...

Shoemaking Tool Time: Bespoke Maker Sebastian Tarek’s Most Used & Beloved Tools

Sebastian Tarek is an extremely talented and unique Australian bespoke shoemaker operating out of London's West End—and an engaging storyteller like few others.... Read More...

Sagara’s Bagus Satrio on the Indonesian Bootmaking Explosion and What’s Coming Next

Sagara head man Bagus Satrio is one of my favorite people in the entire bootmaking game. I absolutely love the work he and his team do—his Cordmasters need to b... Read More...

Blackstock & Weber’s Chris Echevarria Teams up with Sperry, Does Very Good Job

Few individuals have done as much for the popularization of Goodyear welted footwear in the last half-decade as Chris Echevarria. Through his brand Blackstock &... Read More...

Ken Diamond on the Rare Satisfaction of Making Boots by Hand

Back in the 2010s, Ken Diamond had a booming moccasin business in Vancouver—celebrities wore his shoes, which also secured a hallowed spot on the shelves of Ist... Read More...

Limmer Boots: Everything You Could Possibly Want To Know About the Iconic Hiking Boots

What are generally considered to be the world’s finest handmade hiking boots have been made in Intervale New Hampshire since 1950 at the shop with "LIMMER &... Read More...

Curtis From Alden Madison on How to Size Into Any Last, and That One Time He Saw Harrison Ford

Alden Madison is one of the essential New York City shoe stores, stocking and selling more Alden shoes and boots than likely anywhere else in the world. This... Read More...

Introducing Brandle: The High-End, Dressier Line From the Minds and Hands Behind Nicks Boots

There’s an old story over at Nicks Boots that goes like this: A longtime customer named Robert walked into Nicks’ Spokane workshop one day, in need of some b... Read More...

Cutting it Up With Cobbling Legend Steve Doudaklian of Bedo’s Leatherworks

Ten years ago, Steve Doudaklian looked at a camera, said “good morning shoe repair family”, fixed up some shoes, and put a grainy video on YouTube as a service ... Read More...