interested in making sure that the leather that takes up to six month to fan is just right. making leather is a craft. there s a lot more steps than most people realize. with the leather sourced in america, george started working on his designs, many of them a rift on the classic boat shoe. the key element in his version, hand sewn seams. he went searching for hand sewers. the shoe industry has all but disappeared in maine with the work being done cheaper overseas. adam s factory is one of the last left in the united states. he sort of fell in love with what we were doing and then she started to tell me his story in getting back to the whole, hey,
i want to make products in america. the timing was perfect. the factory was not going to make it without an unflux of work for its highly skilled hand sewers and craft people. george launched his business online. not sure whether anyone would be willing to pay between 250 and $450 for his hand crafted shoes. one mention on a blog called secret ports sealed his fate. that day we sold out of our inventory. within 24 hours we were out. and so the fact that our shoes are hand made presented a problem. because they take about six weeks to make. and we know that s a long time. but even though we sold out, we immediately went to a six-week preorder system and customer were still ordering. now oak street boot makers have stoked the artisan company with his hand crafted shoes with
sewn seams. so he went searching for a place where he could assemble a small contingent of hand sewers and the only place left in america who had a few craftspeople with that unique skill was maine. once the biggest employer of shoe industry, all tof the work has disappeared with the work being done cheaper overseas. sutton s factory in bangor is only four left in the entire state. when george contact ed me an wanted to come and see the factory, he sort of fell in love with what we were doing, and then he started to tell me his story, and getting back to the whole, hey, i want to make product in america. the timing was perfect. sutton s factory was not going to make it without an influx of work for the highly skilled hand sewers and craftspeople. he really came along as my business with a couple of other customers was dwindling down to nothi nothing. and i was wondering what i was
hand sewn seams. he went searching for a place he could assemble a small contingent of sewers, the only place left in america that had a few crafts people with that unique skill was maine. once one of of the state s biggest employers, the shoe industry has all but disappeared there with the work being done cheaper overseas. the factory in bangor is one of only four left in the entire state. when george contacted me and wanted to come and see the factory, he sort of fell in love with what we were doing. and then he started to tell me a story in getting back to the whole, hey, i want to make product in america. the timing was perfect, the factory was not going to make it without his influx of work for its highly skilled hand sewers and crafts people. he really came along as my business with a couple of other customers was dwindling down to nothing. and i was wondering what i was