Inside the Indian Boot Brand Americans Are Falling For

* Check out India's finest, BLKBRD SHOEMAKER: https://ktku.co/gR * More from this trip: Chennai, India's first Goodyear welted shoe factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2qaqGGcyTo * Opening music from @artmusic.janevo * Full article: https://stridewise.com/blkbrd-shoemaker-india/ We went to India, baby! Blkbrd Shoemaker is an Indian brand that has been making waves in the US boot community for not just making resoleable boots for under $200, they're making them hand welted and hand lasted — two super laborious and skillful shoemaking methods that we define and discuss in this trip to the brand's headquarters in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. 00:00 Who's Blkbrd Shoemaker? 00:56 Blkbrd's leathers 01:30 Is cow leather legal in India? 02:20 Clicking the leather 03:03 Closing the uppers 03:35 Cork filling and heel making 04:20 Boots made by hand — and feet! 05:07 Hand lasted vs machine lasted boots 06:36 Hand welted vs Goodyear welted boots 08:28 Finishing the boots 09:19 Blkbrd's custom boots