It’s Ticho vs. Almost Vintage Jake in The Stitchdown Bootbate 2: Electric Boot-Galoo

It's been over two years since our own Ticho took on Mr. Style, aka @almostvintagestyle, aka " Jake,"  in the inaugural Stitchdown Bootbate, an extremely formal... Read More...

Shoebag!! Where’s the Line on Copying Designs? Are Wedge Soles the Devil or God Himself? And More!

What's clickin'?? That's right Ben and Ticho are back with another SHOOOEBAG episode, in which we answer all of your listener questions, including: What are ... Read More...

Introducing: Rider Boot for Stitchdown

Ron Rider knows a whole lot about boots (we've got the podcasts to prove it)—including how to make one of the great Chelsea boots we've ever worn. So it was onl... Read More...

Black Sign’s Aviator Boots Beg The Crucial Question: Are All Our Engineer Boots Way Way Way Too Short?

When I was a kid, I wore out my The Rocketeer VHS tape. That rare Disney movie that also features lots of Nazis, it really has it all: mob-boss Paul Sorvino, ca... 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 Ash... 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 Gusta... 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 Briti... Read More...

Easy Moc’s Greg Cordeiro on Re-Growing the Maine Handsewn Moccasin Tradition—and Big Shoe Biz vs Niche

Greg Cordeiro is our kind of shoe nerd. And the dude has been around. After getting his start as an intern at Puma before shifting over to design work for Ti... Read More...

The Shoecast is BACK for Season 7! With Brooklyn’s Own Bespoke Shoemaker Francis Waplinger.

After being trained in the shoemaking arts by some of the all-time greats—including Italian master Roberto Ugolini and US shoemaking gravitational center Marcel... Read More...

Our Latest Collab: The White’s Boots x Stitchdown Brown Dress “Wallace” Lineman Boot

The third White's Boots x Stitchdown collaborative boot is one we thought about endlessly. The challenge to ourselves: rethinking a White's classic—without goin... Read More...