The Stitchdown Shoecast
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Exploring the wonderful world of quality footwear, how it’s made, and all the things we love about it.Check out Stitchdown.com for shoe and boot reviews, interviews with industry titans, profiles, release info, and more.
Episodes
Exploring What "Handmade" Truly Means With Leatherworker and Bootmaker Bob HendersonApril 16, 2024
Fritz Sr. and Jr. of Seidel Tanning on the Art, Science, and Challenges of Making LeatherApril 11, 2024
Shoe Care Essentials, How Many Boots is Too Many, Brands We Want Back...It's The Shoebag!!April 03, 2024
Bespoke Shoemaker Sebastian Tarek on West-End Outwork and Judging the World's Greatest Shoemaking CompetitionMarch 13, 2024
Actor Adam Goldberg on His Lifelong Quest to Remake James Dean's BootsMarch 06, 2024
Tony & Tobias of Wyatt & Dad Cobblers on Building a Shoe Repair Mini-EmpireFebruary 28, 2024
Goods & Services' Rory Fortune on Handwelting Sneakers, and the Shell Cordovan BIRKENCHONKSFebruary 20, 2024
The (Mostly) Complete History of Boots with Bata Shoe Museum Director Elizabeth Semmelhack February 13, 2024
Sagara's Bagus Satrio on the Indonesian Bootmaking ExplosionJanuary 19, 2024
Ken Diamond on the Rare Satisfaction of Making Boots by HandJanuary 09, 2024
Curtis From Alden Madison on How to Size Into Any Last, and That One Time He Saw Harrison FordDecember 05, 2023
Shoebag!! Craziest Break-In Stories, Plus Ticho & Ben's Only Five Forever Pairs: Revisited!November 28, 2023
Cutting it Up With Cobbling Legend Steve Doudaklian of Bedo's LeatherworksNovember 21, 2023
Sarah Guerin aka Saboteuse Knows More About Massachusetts Shoemaking History Than Anyone AliveNovember 08, 2023
Boot Camp!!! Ben & Ticho Recap Our Inaugural Fine Leather Footwear GatheringOctober 31, 2023
Grenson's Tim Little on UK vs Outsourced Manufacturing, Triple Welts & "Throwing Away the Pompous Bit"October 24, 2023
Fifth-Generation Tanner Ed Gallun on Milwaukee's Leathermaking History, What Separates Great Leather from the Rest, and MoreOctober 02, 2023
Rose Anvil's FINAL Take on Alden Indys, Plus Behind The Scenes of the RA OperationSeptember 19, 2023
Crown Northampton's Chris Woodford on The Rise and Fall (& Hopeful Rise Again) of Northamptonshire ShoemakingSeptember 13, 2023
Kustom Kraft's Dennis Kieback on Starting a Handmade Bootmaking Business, Funky German Leathers, and Getting in the "Flow State" September 06, 2023
The Shoe Service Institute of America's Justin Bennett on the Shoe Supply Game, Cobbling's Future, and MoreAugust 15, 2023
Shoebag!! Next Big Makers? How Should Handsewns Fit?? Is the Thunderdome Too Commercial??? And More!August 09, 2023
Springline's Michael James Breaks Down The Mystical Art of LastmakingAugust 03, 2023
Graham Ebner is the Next Big Thing in Bespoke Cowboy BootsJuly 25, 2023
DEEP Inside Russell Moccasin—How The 125-Year-Old Brand Builds Some of the World's Most Unique BootsJuly 18, 2023