You've probably heard it before: Goodyear Welted shoes. A familiar term to most shoe nerds. But what does it really mean? What is Goodyear Welted shoes and what are the benefits?  The year is 1869. Charles Goodyear Jr. has just met a man named James Hanan. James is a shoemaker in New York and has just shown Charles a new sewing machine thats different from all the others on the market.  The machine made it...

Unlike many other sorts of wood, cedar is not just pretty to look at, but has alot of fantastic qualities for both shoe and clothing care. There are several reasons why we at Herrstil has chosen to manufacture large parts of our tree products in cedar: Cedar contains thujapliciner, a rot and fungal preventing substance that keeps the wood fresh for up to 50 years without treatmeant. As most of you might know, cedar has a naturally...

What is it that really entails ’good leather’? How can a regular customer see what quality the leather has? Along with the ease of obtainin information online and comparing prices it is vital for a modern day customer to know what to look for. That’s why, we at Herrstil, have complied a leather guide where we run through what good leather is and how this will affect the end product. The different qualities of leather...

A short article listing some of the reasons why it is important to use shoe trees on a regular basis.