Stitchdown Shoecast

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...

Steve Doudaklian—Bedo's Leatherworks—Cobbler Shop

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...

Sarah Guerin aka Saboteuse Makes Remarkable Cowboy Boots—& Knows More About Massachusetts Shoemaking History Than Anyone Alive

To call Sarah Madeline Tierney Guerin an incredibly skilled cowboy boot maker would be accurate—and also highly incomplete. Sarah is also an artist, a historian, an educator, a storyteller, a preservationist, someone who just thinks about things diff... Read More...

Stitchdown's Boot Camp 2023—Industry City Brooklyn—E. Woodford

Ben & Ticho Recap Our Inaugural Boot Camp Event on the Shoecast

So, Tichoblanco forced me to talk about Boot Camp, the fine leather footwear gathering / world's fair of boots and shoes and leather / celebration of shoemaking... Read More...

Grenson’s Tim Little on UK vs Outsourced Manufacturing, Triple Welts & “Throwing Away the Pompous Bit”

“Let’s just change it up a bit” is how Tim Little describes his approach to shoe design for Grenson. It might as well be Tim's ongoing mantra. After years i... Read More...

Fifth-Generation Tanner Ed Gallun on Milwaukee’s Leathermaking History, What Separates Great Leather from the Rest, and More

Ed Gallun was born into tanning—and even though the American tanning industry isn't what it once was for much of the life of the tannery his great-great-great grandfather started in 1858 in Milwaukee, he simply can't get away from it. That's a very g... Read More...

Rose Anvil—Weston Kay-Shoecast Interview

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...

Dennis Kieback — Kustom Kraft Boots — German Bootmaker in Workshop

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 member Justin Bennett (day job: Chicago-based shoe store/repair shop supplier Justin Blair &... 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...