American Bootmaking: How Rancourt Makes the Realest Moc Toes

* Check out Rancourt! https://www.rancourtandcompany.com/products/harrison-boot-redux-natural-chromexcel * Full article: https://stridewise.com/rancourt-hand-sewn-moccasin-boots/ * Our review of the Harrison Boot Redux: https://stridewise.com/rancourt-harrison-boot-review/ * The Best Moc Toe Boots I've tried https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omR-DP7wPkM Mike Rancourt is fully invested in using his family-owned company to keep jobs in the United States, and he's doing so by preserving one of the rarest crafts in bootmaking: genuine handsewn construction. It's a mouthful, and you might not have heard of it before, but almost every "moc toe" boot on the market isn't, well, a moc toe. The boot's vamp is meant to wrap around under your foot and get stitched together at the top — effectively, it's made upside down relative to all your other boots. This makes for seriously comfortable footwear that does a better job of conforming to your foot. Let Mike Rancourt explain in this killer video I filmed on a trip to the factory in Maine. 00:00 Why Rancourt? 00:42 Genuine Hand-Sewn Moccasin style boots 02:34 Leather Cutting 03:28 The Harrison Boot Redux 03:53 Lactea Havea Rubber Soles 04:35 Why American Bootmaking Matters 05:34 Wrapping Up #mensboots