Shoes cut, lasted and finished by hand, then made to be mended.
We make a small range of shoes and make each one the long way: leather cut by hand, uppers pulled over wooden lasts and left to set, soles stitched rather than glued.
It takes longer, and it means a pair can be resoled and re-heeled for years instead of thrown away when the sole wears through.
A well-made shoe outlives its sole. Ours are stitched so the sole and heel can be taken off and renewed, and the leather is chosen to take polish for years. Bring a worn pair back and ask about a resole before you think about a new one.
Every pair passes the same bench before it reaches you.
Each piece is cut from the best part of the hide, matched left to right.
The upper is pulled over a wooden last and left to take its shape.
A leather welt is stitched in, and the sole is stitched to it.
Edges inked and burnished, the leather polished, the pair checked side by side.
Hides that wear in rather than wear out.
Soles, heels and top-pieces can all be renewed.
Leather linings that mould to your foot within weeks.
Double monk
Brogue derbyWooden lasts in every size, the tools that cut and stitch, and the bench where each pair is finished by hand.
Shop the collection
Awls, knives and hammers on the bench wall
Four shapes, one way of making them.
Try sizes and leathers in person and see how a pair is made.
