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We also do the Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome, the world's greatest (only??) prize-laden, judged boot and shoe aging and patina contest.
Check out our site: www.stitchdown.com/
More on the Thunderdome: www.stitchdown.com/patina-thunderdome-newsletter-signup/
Tokyo Boot Scene—Japan's Incredible Footwear City
Phil Kalas of the Full Grain Podcast takes over the Shoecast this week to interview Ben about his recent trip to boots-and-shoes mecca Tokyo, Japan-expect a deep-dive into city's astounding footwear scene, why and how it exists, plus a preview of five upcoming feature videos that'll be published right here.
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20 Best Looking Boots of 2024-Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome Winners
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The Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome is the world's preeminent judged boot aging and patina contest. For each of the last three years, six continuous months of focused months of wear and care have resulted in some of the greatest looking boots we've ever come across. These are the top 20 pairs selected by our esteemed judges from the 2023-24 Open and Work Domes. See EVERY single winner from the Do...
Shell Cordovan Birkenstocks-Fully Handwelted-Complete Process Breakdown
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We teamed up with LA-based cobbler/customizer Goods & Services to create perhaps the most unique Birkenstocks ever made: a wonderfully/unnecessarily handwelted pair of Birkenstock Bostons crafted from Horween's iconic Color 8 shell cordovan, a leather like no other. Huge thanks to Rory Fortune of Goods & Services for breaking down the entire creation process of these BirkenCHONKS for us-an incr...
Shoemaking Tool Time: Bespoke Maker Sebastian Tarek's Most Used & Beloved Tools
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Sebastian Tarek is an extremely talented and unique Australian bespoke shoemaker operating out of London's West End-and an engaging storyteller like few others. In our first-ever episode of Shoemaking Tool Time, Sebastian tells the tales of three of his most essential and treasured shoemaking tools: how he procured them (really not easy at all in any of the three instances!), what they've meant...
SAGARA: Chatting With Bagus of the Exceptional Indonesian Bootmaker
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Sagara Head Man Bagus Satrio is one of my favorite people in the whole bootmaking game. I absolutely love the work he and his team do-his Cordmasters need to be at or near the top of ANYONE’S best monkey boots ranking-and he’s just a hugely interesting and wonderful man. Sagara’s almost 15 years deep doing exceptional work, and about a half decade into massively deserved international prominenc...
LIMMER BOOTS: Inside The Iconic Handmade New Hampshire Hiking Boot Maker
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BRANDLE: The New High-End Line from Nicks Boots
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FIRST LOOK: Grant Stone's Garrison Service Boot
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Stitchdown's Boot Camp 2023 Event Recap
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Dozens of bootmakers, shoemakers, tanneries, toolmakers, cobblers, footwear educators, and all the people who love them gathered on October 6th and 7th in Brooklyn's Industry City for two days of an absolutely electric community gathering like no other. So we of course had to make one of these videos showing just how swell it was. But it really was! So it's ok. Stay tuned for date and exhibitor...
Rose Anvil's FINAL Take on Alden Indys, Plus Behind The Scenes of the RA Operation
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We're back with Weston Kay, aka the one and only Rose Anvil, to discuss the shame he feels for the criminal act of cutting a pair of 100 year old WWI boots in half, how he outfitted his Rose Anvil Builds workshop with some incredible old cobbling equipment, why it's much harder than it should be for him to simply tell people he loves a pair of boots, and alllllllll the things people misundersta...
I Refute Rose Anvil's Alden Dangerously Reductive Indy Take
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WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE: th-cam.com/video/Vfh2MCibn8k/w-d-xo.html Rose Anvil and I agree on plenty...but ohhhhhh, not about Alden Indy boots. Which is exactly why I love talking with him about them so much. Being willing to hear out varying viewpoints on anything-especially boots-is crucial. Well we've definitely got those!
How Crown Northampton Makes the World's Best Sneakers-and the New E. Woodford Handwelt Line
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The German Handmade Bootmaker: Chatting With Kustom Kraft's Dennis Kieback
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DEEP Inside Russell Moccasin-How The 125-Year-Old Brand Builds Some of the World's Most Unique Boots
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The 20 Best Looking Boots of 2023-Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome Winners
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The 20 Best Looking Boots of 2023-Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome Winners
I actually need these at home for my foot condition lol...
Take my money!
would be interested to hear how an inner layer of poron holds up on a boot that is supposed to last decades. my understanding was that poron and any synthetic will always eventually break down. is the inner poron layer ever replacable during a recraft or is this something to be concerned about?
I hope they offer these garrison boots in dressier makeups that will be available for extra wide folks like me too. The brown Minerva sold out so quickly I didn’t even have time to buy a pair.
Largest city in Indonesia : 1. Jakarta 2. Surabaya 3. Medan 4. Bandung
That number 10 boot should not have made the top 10 because it's a dress boot and that leather is thiner so wasn't to long to break in and patina where a real service and work boot has to work harder , so no dress boots allow.
I wonder if that mid-sole they use is full of those forever chemicals like Teflon. I'm seeing the word pfas too often lately.
This is such a delusional conment, clearly he knows Oak St and Whites exist lmao. Made in the USA GYW for under $400 and a lot better constructed. White's need to expand their GYW line and get into dress options too, love everything theyre doing.
Hey Ben! Where do Attractions rank on the engineer boot totem pole?
Not just western, but everything American, the Japanese love to eat up and put their own Japanese take on. With their impeccable meticulousness, we in turn adore the quality of the work they do. Japanese Americana is a huge thing out there. And I hate to say it, they do Americana much better than American Americana lol. Well, at least in the mainstream. And yeah, the Japanese elders out there dress better than even middle aged Americans. They really are all about their aesthetics.
I´m sitting here, listening to this awesome episode of the shoescast, while I´m preparing the holdfast for my boots for this years edition of the Thunderdome and I can´t wait to see the upcoming videos of your trip. The whole stitchdown project, including the boot camp and the shoecast, just rechaed a completely new level. Concrats and thank you!!! It´s amazing what you´re doing for the boot and shoe community.
I walked the AT back in 86 and was caretaker in Huntingtons Ravine at the Harvard Cabin. My job required lots of hiking and walking on ice up and down the trails, the Ravine and up on Top of the Alpine garden with Hinged Crampons. I wore my Custom pair of limmer Boots! To this day I have my original pair that were custom handmade to my foot. They are broke in and holding together almost 40 years later.
So you mentioned a brand called “Zeros” that sounded amazing, but a google search on that spelling turned up zip. How do I find them online? Or do they not have an English language online presence?
Hi it’s called Zerrow’s
Just in time, I have an upcoming three week trip to Tokyo/Kyoto and I can't come back without at least one pair of engineers and a jacket
I believe in you!
@@stitchdown I can't wait for the rest of the videos to come out!
@@R_RodTon of footage to work through but getting closer every day!
Also let's not forget it's a nice excuse to say that it's a business trip and a tax write-off as an independent contractor it all counts LOL
Hahah I mean if this isn't a business trip I don't know what is!
It's hilarious I'm in my mid thirties when I was young only old people wore high socks and all of the young people wanted no shows or ankle socks hilarious how things come back around everything is cyclical
TIME IS A FLAT SOCK
Though I grew up in New York City, somehow, I’ve always be an outdoorsy sort. On the persistent advice of my then new college friends, I bought a pair of custom Limmer boots in 1962. The visit to the shop was a delight. On completion of the measurement process I was told that my boots would be ready for as fitting in about a month. Those boots were a joy for the next four decades, through more resoling than I can remember. Somewhere around 2000, I decided to replace ‘em with a new pair. So, I went up to Intervale, and started getting measured up. While doing that, the elder Mr. Limmer said that my new boots would be ready for a fitting, in ten months. Our chat was then interrupted when the phone loudly rang rang. Mr. Limmer politely apologized explaining that he was the only person in the shop. On my own, I happened upon their bulletin board, loaded with messages of appreciation from some of their many customers. One of those happened to be from me, and it was a clipping of a note I had sent the Whole Earth Catalog many years prior… (Anyone old enough to remember the WEC?) My published letter said that my two favorite modes of transportation were my Limmer Boots, and my BMW R60US motorcycle. That was followed by information about the location of the Limmer shop. As I enjoyed the old memories that came on seeing that clipping, Mr. Limmer came up behind me, and on seeing my WEC clipping said that that my published note had a profound effect on the growth of the Limmer sales volume. I smiled, and told him that information made be happy because I sent the note to the Whole Earth Catalog. Mr. Limmer then completed my measurements, smiled, shook my hand, and said only, “Your boots will be ready for fitting in three weeks…!
My indy boots SUCKED. Maybe the company was good 40 years ago but ever since all you fan girls and cosplay nerds starting shelling out whatever money Alden could bilk you for, the boots went downhill fast. They’re not even $250 boots. Not even close. Oh well at least I could sell them on eBay for twice what I paid for them 20 years ago. Good riddance. There’s no shame or pride or quality anymore in this world. Enjoy.
I’ve owned several PNW boots ranging from Whites, Nicks, Drew’s and the were all great some lasting me 20 plus years. Then I got my hands on a pair of stock Limmer mid weights and they were equally great boots. I would love to have some customs built sometime but I question if I would need such a heavy duty boot. I don’t hike as much as I once did. My mid weights will be going in to Adam soon for a much needed overhaul and when I can justify the purchase I will be ordering the Limmer Standard. I suspect between the 2 pair of Limmer that’s all I should need for possibly a good portion of my days.
... huh. I hadn't watched videos from this channel before and now I definitely won't again. Clickbait trash title and promotion of"feelings" at literally any co$t. Garbage. Not a single refutation was given in the entire video -> "That's not how I think about it" (high cost being reserved for high quality materials) "that's how you think about it" is not a refutation. You are purely unable to argue about the price so you subtly beg to not be argued on the point... which worked apparently, since RoseAnvil didn't feel like cornering you on that as you evade by babbling about random other boot topics. "It's all worth it because you wear them and think about them and love them." No, it is not worth it. If the price were properly balanced against material quality, then it could be worth it. You really "think" about them? What, you daydream about the Alden Indy? Do you take them on dates and give them presents too? At least with the PNW brands you pay the high cost for the high quality materials and rugged construction. At least with Allen Edmonds and their perpetual half-off or more sales you spend less money for their lesser quality. But the Alden Indy? From the materials alone, you get the high monetary cost of PNW brands but the low quality material of lesser brands. Insanity, absolute insanity.
1:08 Everyone I know thinks just like this about everything. They never always present a liberal view and can never hold people accountable.
For office workers wishing to prove their manhood.
I’ve owned a custom pair since 1980. Best footwear I’ve ever owned. If you are cranking out the miles loaded or not…Limmer’s are worth the wait and coin.
I was fitted by Peter Limmer himself and waited years to get them. Now I never wear them anymore. Too heavy and stiff. And yes I hike all over the place.
You can't compare the prices of shoes that have a distribution network and brick and mortar shops with those that operate only or mostly on the online ordering model. People who want Aldens want Aldens, people who just want a well made boot will shop around the other brands. Rose Anvil is good at what he does but he is not good at understanding the market, costs, and branding. He universalises his own values and has trouble understanding how others feel, IMO.
Here are my technical reasons why the Alden Indy is a better Boot than others. First I'm in my 70s and have worn a lot of business shoes, casual shoes and boots throughout my life. Had my first pair of work boots when I was 8 yrs old... and many pairs since. A boot is a system. Each part has a function in context with the rest of the parts in order to achieve the goals of the boot. The Indy boot is an orthopedic boot built on a patented orthopedic last, designed to keep your foot in a healthy anatomical position. It has a wide toe box giving space for bunions or other deformities, and it narrows down at the instep and heel to produce a tall, long and firm heel cup. Other parts of the orthopedic system include the cork midsole, the well designed metal shank, and the Thomas heel. Cork, which seems to be missing from many boots, is buoyant, elastic, breathable and water resistant. It is also very durable. A cork footbed molds around your foot to give orthopedic support and comfort. It's one of the reasons Indy boots "break in" in a matter of days or a couple of weeks and stay comfortable over the life of the boot. The Indy boot metal shank is made of tempered steel, properly contoured and triple ribbed for strength. Too many boot makers use a thick piece of leather or wood for the shank. Simply cannot compete with a properly designed metal shank for arch support and long lasting comfort. The Thomas heel (the curved front of the heel) adds rear and midfoot medial support. Good for any foot, but especially for people with excessively pronated feet. This is why people love their Indy boots. Quick to break in, very supportive regardless of foot issues, and the orthopedic properties force you to walk correctly, making it possible to work all day in them very comfortably. And they are NOT overly heavy. Heavy boots are not good for your ankles, legs and lower back. That's why it's important for any boot maker to achieve the goals of the boot, at the LEAST possible weight. I have arthritis now, and no longer wear any shoes other than my two pair of Indy boots. They reduce significantly the pain in my feet, legs and back. Since I live in Portland, no one cares when I wear them to the Symphony. Alden Indy Boots are better engineered than any other boot. Period.
the way this guy dodges a question he should run for office
Beautiful!
Brass plate seems like a blingy add on. Most Nick’s,customerers will pass on bling. So they’re trying to attract a new demographic.
LOL!!! Now owned by folks who actually killed the history, discontinued iconic models, discontinued their custom shop, transitioned to cheaper materials, but maintained and in some cases significantly raised the already super-premium prices. A customer since 1969 with my first pair of high-top Bird Shooters, discerning sportsmen like myself never cared that these iconic boots cost an arm and a leg; but that's when they were worth it; and would last ten, even twenty years or more. The current line-up of models are just barely worth half what they charge today........... when just about every custom maker in the business like White's, Adams, and even JK, will make boots for you, hand made at almost half the price. You can't even talk to these youngsters either; mention your concerns about the trajectory of the historic company and they'll delete your comments and your e-mail list account and/or ban you from their social media sites like they did to me for expressing my dismay at the loss of iconic models I would gladly pay $1000 for if they still made them. Typical modern American business model; maximum revenue, with a minimum of production cost is all they are concerned with. They should pick up a pair Russell boots made in 1930, and see how many seconds it takes to embarrass themselves.........
That’s a shame to hear. I am a total newcomer looking to invest in quality boots so I was curious to see if their boots would be great hiking boots but reading your comment makes me want to look into them further before purchasing anything.
Nice video. Re: 4th WM Beijing 1978 French Army Boot, really shouldn't promote Chinese products as they are not a free country.
CAPITALISM
Too sad that you didnt make a video about the factory. The interview was really enjoyable and interesting
Does anyone know of another brand with orthopedic last?
Those are not arguments, thats just a feeling, you are not refuting anything, you just talk like a fanboy
Paying for a name is peak poverty mindset.
Ashley national forest!
I am waiting in the next few more months if the Alden will increase the price again. after all the issues of them
Excellent story , it is so awesome to see a new generation picking up the baton of American heritage industry and running with. The American dream is alive and you guys should be extremely proud of the ambition and inner strength it must have taken to take this on.
This was a fun watch. First I've heard of the contest, but I'm already eyeing some new boots so I can enter this Oct.
How many awards went to the employees of the affiliates? This was kind of reasonable when it was open to anyone, but now it’s like a golf tournament within a country club. No thanks.
14:49 Praise Be !!!! Great looking boot 😜
hi~~ My heart is racing at the awesome boots video!! I'd appreciate it if you could introduce john lofgren that I got to know
This "conversation" is exactly what's wrong with contemporary society, many people aren't concerned with truth or even facts no they're A LOT more concerned with solipsist nonsense & magical thinking/rhetoric!!!??? I like what RA does which is just break things/boots/shoes down literally to reality which exposes them for what they actually are.
EDF foam? Does he means EVA?
Franks look pretty clearly worn in the before picture at 18:55 or am I missing something?
Congrat Indonesia!
well, maybe next year lol. Congrats to all who won and all who finished :)
I think the workbook winner was the best and should get the Grand Prize
Awesome! Thank you so much!