Stitchdown Shoecast

Shoecast BONUS Episode Preview: Shop Talk With Brett Viberg & Shuyler Mowe of Nicks Boots

We've been at the Stitchdown Shoecast—our podcast, if you couldn't tell from the clever name—for almost five years now. In that time, there have been requests f... Read More...

Holly Henry on the Cowboy Bootmaking Community’s Sustaining Power (Also: Saddles)

I will tell anyone who dares listen that handmade bootmaking—and perhaps specifically, cowboy bootmaking—is the highest form of leatherwork as functional art. A... Read More...

Aki Choklat—College for Creative Studies Detroit—Footwear Design & Making Program

Aki Choklat on Building a Shoemaking College Program From Scratch

In the US, there are schools for everything—of course you can study business, or to become a doctor. But also if you want to be an electrician, or an airplane mechanic—someone can teach you that. And then you’ve got UConn, which has offered an appare... Read More...

Brian Davis—Wooden Sleepers—Tuckahoe NY Vintage Shop

Vintage King Brian Davis of Wooden Sleepers on Why Everything We Buy Sucks These Days

Often, vintage clothing and footwear's defining quality IS quality. As in, its actual construction and materials, how well it was made, way back when. In most c... Read More...

Grant Stone - Bristol Loafer - Viberg Waxy Herocandidate

Brett Viberg is Back on the Shoecast, and He’s Bringing Loafers

15 years ago Viberg was pretty firmly Canada’s most hardcore logging and industrial boot company. Since Brett Viberg took over the reins of the nearly 100-year-... Read More...

Brian the Bootmaker May Actually Be Mister Rogers

To be honest I didn’t think I’d ever get Brian the Bootmaker on the Shoecast—for whatever reason I was, quite frankly, kind of afraid to ask him. Which in hindsight is insane because he’s about as sweet and genuine and fantastic to talk to as people ... Read More...

Molly Monahan—Saleigh Mountain Company Cobbler—Hermann, Missouri

Molly Monahan, The Motorcycle Mechanic Turned Garlic Farmer Turned Small-Town Cobbler

When you grow up in a shoe repair shop directly next door to your actual house, it's hard to not catch the cobbling bug. But oh did Molly Monahan try to resist.... Read More...

Jess Wootten—Wootten Boots—Australian Bootmaker

Jess Wootten on Making Boots in an Australian Gold Rush Town, and Blake Rapid Misconceptions

This week on the Shoecast I had the outright pleasure of chatting with Jess Wootten of…Wootten! The Ballarat, Australia boots and shoes and leathergoods maker ... Read More...

Caswell’s Kevin Wilson on How to Start a One-Man Boot Brand—and Bringing Back US Manufacturing

“The only way I learned was making many mistakes and losing a shit ton of money in the process” is how Kevin Wilson neatly sums up the never-simple process of getting Caswell Boot Company off the ground. In the past five years since saying "Hey I'... Read More...

Shoebag!! Best Boots to Travel With, Shoe Books, Wood Soles, and P’Zones.

Ben and Ticho once again dip into the Shoebag to answer listener questions—and tap in some special experts along the way—including: how to size boots to match o... Read More...