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The Oak Street Bootmakers Story: a Fierce Commitment to Improvement and US Manufacturing, and the Trench Boot that Started it All

When was the last time you heard of a quality footwear company’s arrival prompting phone calls from high-profile media companies like the New York Times? Back in 2010, when Oak Street Bootmakers came onto the scene, that’s exactly what happened. It ... 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 & SONS" on the sign. Today, the shop still houses a bootmaking legacy dating back to 1919. ... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: A Viberg 310 For the Ages, Ultra Cozy Slippers, and More!

We're jumping headfirst into the boots this week, with some quite good Viberg 310s at Division Road, Russell's contender for world's coziest moccasins, Clinch engineers at East West Apparel, and a whole lot more in the latest: Shoes 'n' Boots of the ... Read More...

“Chuck ’em in the River!” How Two Stefano Bemer Alums Teamed Up to Form Arno Shoes.

Just around the bend from the Stefano Bemer shoemaking school in Florence lies the Arno, central Italy’s largest river. If you overheard Bemer students while eating lunch on its bank, you might be convinced the whole thing is completely full of terri... 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 week, Ben and Ticho sit down with shop co-owner Curtis Bosch to talk about how he got suc... Read More...

Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Nicks x Parkhurst Collab Returns, the Garrison Goes Bronze, Bison CXL at Division Road, and More

I'd love to provide you good tidings and many gifts to open the twelfth month of a tumultuous year, but alas I come only with the comfort of knowing you're up to date on all the shoe and boot releases worth knowing about. Call it entering December... 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 boots his wife would let him wear to dinner—apparently his Nicks logging boots just weren’t... Read More...

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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 to cobblers around the world. A decade later, Steve’s videos still don’t look all that ... Read More...

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Shoes ‘n’ Boots of the Week: Throwback ‘Bergs, Horsebutt White’s, Grant Stone’s New Women’s Chelsea & More

Behold: Black Friday Friweek Frimonth is here, and we have dutifully and diligently gathered up all the very best sales we could find. Returning to our regularly scheduled programming, we've also got a Chelsea collab on a vintage Canadian military la... Read More...

Best Black Friday 2023 Boots & Shoes (& More) Sales: We’ve Got Them All

Once again we'll be tracking every single one of the best Black Friday/Holiday/whatever the hell you want to call them sales on 1) boots, 2) shoes, 3) adjacent stuff like socks, 4) menswear, 5) probably some leathergoods, 6) anything else we love and... Read More...