Ranked #1
Shoebag!! Next Big Makers? How Should Handsewns Fit?? Is the Thunderdome Too Commercial??? And More!
Shoebag!! Next Big Makers? How Should Handsewns Fit?? 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 hands... Read more
9 Aug 2023
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1hr 1min
Ranked #2
Springline's Michael James Breaks Down The Mystical Art of Lastmaking
Springline's Michael James Breaks Down The Mystical Art of Lastmaking
Michael James is known as “Northampton’s Last Man”—and after nearly 40 years in the game, the director of Springline las... Read more
3 Aug 2023
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37mins
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Graham Ebner is the Next Big Thing in Bespoke Cowboy Boots
Graham Ebner is the Next Big Thing in Bespoke Cowboy Boots
When Graham Ebner says he makes “really nice, really expensive” cowboy boots, it’s somehow barely a brag. In just five s... Read more
25 Jul 2023
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #4
DEEP Inside Russell Moccasin—How The 125-Year-Old Brand Builds Some of the World's Most Unique Boots
DEEP Inside Russell Moccasin—How The 125-Year-Old Brand Builds Some of the World's Most Unique Boots
Just about one year ago, Luke Kolbie and his business partner Joe Julian took over ownership of 125-year-old Russell Moc... Read more
18 Jul 2023
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #5
Cowboy Bootmaking Legend Lisa Sorrell on Myths, Lore, and Why Craft Has Never Been More Important
Cowboy Bootmaking Legend Lisa Sorrell on Myths, Lore, and Why Craft Has Never Been More Important
Guthrie, Oklahoma-based Lisa Sorrell can trace her own bootmaking ancestry back to one of the first cowboy bootmakers ev... Read more
9 May 2023
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #6
Shoebag! Horsebutt: Over- or Underrated? Crucial Overdye Explorations. And What's the Deal With Gaston's Boots??
Shoebag! Horsebutt: Over- or Underrated? Crucial Overdye Explorations. And What's the Deal With Gaston's Boots??
That's right it's time for another SHOEBAG episode, in which Ben and Ticho dig precariously deep into such pivotal topic... Read more
3 May 2023
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #7
DEEP Behind the Patina Thunderdome Scenes With All the 2022-23 Judges
DEEP Behind the Patina Thunderdome Scenes With All the 2022-23 Judges
The six months of beautiful boot-aging mayhem known as the 2022-23 Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome is OVER! The esteemed ... Read more
19 Apr 2023
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59mins
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Nicks' CEO Shuyler Mowe on Explosive Growth, Developing New Leathers, and Spokane's Uniquely Competitive Bootmaking Scene
Nicks' CEO Shuyler Mowe on Explosive Growth, Developing New Leathers, and Spokane's Uniquely Competitive Bootmaking Scene
For the past three years, CEO Shuyler Mowe has lacing up his now decade-old Builder Pros to helm Nicks Handmade Boots, s... Read more
11 Apr 2023
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55mins
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Taft's Kory Stevens on How to Accidentally Start a Hugely Successful Shoe Brand
Taft's Kory Stevens on How to Accidentally Start a Hugely Successful Shoe Brand
In 2014, Taft Clothing was selling camouflage and polka-dot no-show socks. One fateful Reddit moment later, Kory Stevens... Read more
3 Apr 2023
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1hr 16mins
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Cobbler Lorena Agolli on Apprenticing Under a Bespoke Master, Her Red Wing Habit, and the Nice Way to Tell Customers Their Shoes Suck
Cobbler Lorena Agolli on Apprenticing Under a Bespoke Master, Her Red Wing Habit, and the Nice Way to Tell Customers Their Shoes Suck
Back when Lorena Agolli was getting started in the trade, an aging cobbler grabbed her forearm, frowned, and dismissivel... Read more
27 Mar 2023
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1hr 1min