Stitchdown Shoecast

Fritz Sr. and Jr. of Seidel Tanning on the Art, Science, and Challenges of Making Leather

This time Ben sits down with two, count ‘em TWO Fritz Seidels: Fritz Jr. and Fritz Sr., who every day are continuing on the tradition of the four-generation, 79... Read More...

Steve Doudaklian—Bedo's Leatherworks—Cobbler Shop—Vintage Florsheim

Shoe Care Essentials, How Many Boots is Too Many Boots, Brands We Want Back…It’s The Shoebag!!

Before he bolts for a very important trip to the bread store, Ticho is back in the leather-smelly homestead for perhaps our most comprehensive Shoebag episode e... Read More...

Bespoke Shoemaker Sebastian Tarek on West-End Outwork and Judging the World’s Greatest Shoemaking Competition

When London (by way of Australia) bespoke shoemaker Sebastian Tarek began making shoes in high school, his grandmother let him in on a little secret: he had been preceded in his journey by 18 generations of family cordwainers. After years of schoo... Read More...

Adam Goldberg—Actor Who Loves Boots Too Much—Stitchdown Shoecast

Footwear-Addled Actor Adam Goldberg on His Lifelong Quest to Remake James Dean’s Boots

Adam Goldberg has quite legitimately always been one of my favorite actors—and from Dazed & Confused, to the Fargo TV show, to A Beautiful Mind, he has alwa... Read More...

Tony & Tobias of Wyatt & Dad Cobblers on Building a Shoe Repair Mini-Empire

Back in 1989, Tony Wyatt and his brother Ricky founded Wyatt & Dad Cobbler Company (and even trained their retired-preacher dad to do shoe repair work, so n... Read More...

Rory Fortune — Goods & Services Los Angeles

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 up shop in LA's design district to open Goods & Services, a half cobbler shop / half ... Read More...

elizabeth semmelhack—director and curator—bata shoe museum toronto

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...

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...

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 Istetan, the Tokyo department store that's home to likely the world's great shoe selection. B... Read More...

Curtis Bosch—Alden Madison—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...