Stories from the Workshop

Building Boots, a Business and avoiding Burnout

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July 2026

  • Awl-ways worried using my tools.

    This is the best title ever. If you want to spook a bootmaker, tell them that you broke their favourite awl. So what right? Tools…

  • The down days can get very down.

    Un-romanticizing Bootmaker life. Today it’s Sunday. Usually this is the day that I do light work. Meaning, nothing particularly physical. Perhaps only editing, sewing, patternmaking…

  • It’s been 1 year already.

    Amazing, really. I can’t believe it’s been 1 year. Or at least 1 year since incorporating Outstation as a standalone boot brand. I’d previously made…

  • I hit myself with a hammer.

    It hurt like hell. You’re probably assuming that I hit my finger. Because that would be a normal type of injury when using a hammer.…

  • A bootmaker is like a tailor.

    Kind of, but kind of not. It’s interesting being a bootmaker in Asia, because the perception from a lot of the public is very different…