Rose Anvil’s FINAL Take on Alden Indys, Plus Behind The Scenes of the RA Operation

We're back with Weston Kay, the one and only Rose Anvil from the new streaming video platform "YouTube", to discuss the shame he feels for the criminal act of c... Read More...

Crown Northampton’s Chris Woodford on The Rise and Fall (& Hopeful Rise Again) of Northamptonshire Shoemaking

Chris Woodford is a bit of a madman. And he’s pretty much thrilled about that. The fifth-generation shoemaker founded Crown Northampton—maker of some of the ... Read More...

Kustom Kraft’s Dennis Kieback on Starting a Handmade Bootmaking Business, Funky German Leathers, and Getting in the “Flow State”

When Dennis Kieback made his first pair of Kustom Kraft boots, he’d barely even seen a pair of Red Wings before. But the bookmaking bug had bitten him hard—and ... Read More...

The Shoe Service Institute of America’s Justin Bennett on the Shoe Supply Game, Cobbling’s Future, and More

Since 1904, the Shoe Service Institute of America has operated as an essential champion for the shoe repair industry. This week, Ben sat down with SSIA board me... Read More...

Color 8 Hatchgrain Shell Cordovan Vibergs—Available in the Stitchdown Premium Discord

Color 8 is perhaps the most famous—and certainly most ubiquitous—shade of Horween's legendary shell cordovan. Color 8 boxboard shell cordovan, the same base ... Read More...

Next Big Makers? Impending Quality Footwear Bubble?? Is the Thunderdome Too Commercial??? And More!

Ben and Ticho are back to tear open the Shoebag once more to answer probing listener questions such as: how should handsewns fit when they're NEW? What's the be... Read More...

Springline’s Michael James Breaks Down The Mystical Art of Lastmaking

Michael James is known as “Northampton’s Last Man”—and after nearly 40 years in the game, the director of Springline lastmakers most certainly lives up to the c... Read More...

Graham Ebner is the Next Big Thing in Bespoke Cowboy Boots

When Graham Ebner says he makes “really nice, really expensive” cowboy boots, it’s somehow barely a brag. In just five short years the Houston native (“to be... Read More...

DEEP Inside Russell Moccasin—How The 125-Year-Old Brand Builds Some of the World’s Most Unique Boots

Just about one year ago, Luke Kolbie and his business partner Joe Julian took over ownership of 125-year-old Russell Moccasin: the Berlin, Wisconsin bookmaker t... Read More...

Chonk is in the Air With Viberg’s CXL 145 Oxford Trio

Viberg just released some more 145 Oxfords, and they didn't skimp on the chonk. About a decade and a half ago, when Viberg's popularity began to bubble up in... Read More...