Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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* Subscribe to @stitchdown and go to his annual leather expo! stitchdownexpo.com
* More like this: Ben and I list the best Indonesian boot brands youtube.com/watch?v=y5tThbAMzSo
* All my tannery visit videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVFm2UFMmz64
* The WW2 Boondocker boot video I shot in Indonesia: youtube.com/watch?v=d1JNQ7APrA4
* Those Chelseas made of Maryam's kangaroo: briselblack.com/products/pre-order-briselblack-x-stridewise-2025-the-seventh-natural-kangaroo

The world's foremost boot and leather journalist, Ben from Stitchdown.com, returns to the channel to discuss our favorite leather tanneries from all over the world!

00:00 Stitchdown.com understands leather
02:13 Horween Leather Company
03:32 Charles F. Stead (and Opera)
05:12 Annonay and Du Puys Tanneries
06:45 Badlassi Carlo and Maryam
08:25 Shinki Hikaku
10:11 Brain tanning
10:49 Wickett & Craig
12:28 SB Foot
14:45 Wrapping up