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VIDEO: Learn how our Dirigo Handsewn Boots are handmade here in Lewiston, ME.

Watch the handsewing process of our Freeman Slippers.

With the Stitchdown Patina Thunderdome underway we were inspired to share this beautifully well-worn pair of Harrison Boots in Horween Natural Essex. These came back to us for a re-sole and we impressed by how great they look after approximately two years of wear. Essex is a vegetable tanned leather that Horween created specifically to develop a rich patina over time. Patina comes from the natural darkening of leather over time; whether it's from the elements (heat, moisture, sun, etc.) or from natural "burnishing" of the leather while it's being worn and handled. Patina gives each pair of shoes or...

The last is arguably the most important of all shoemaking equipment. A last is a shoemaking tool; it is essentially a form of a foot that gives each pair of shoes it's size, width and shape.