with his hand crafted shoes with people still sometimes waiting six weeks for a pair of them. his hands-on approach has him working side-by-side with nick horween in chicago on the leather, adam sutton in maine to be hand sewn and george frequently visits maine to personally monitor and inspect every pair of shoes before they ship. we don t see our factory as just a factory that s making our shoes. it s really a relationship. when i see a shoe, i can actually tell who sewed it. it s like their signature. and so going to maine and being a part of that is just part of the dna, taking what we do and finding someone else that s created what they do, pairing them with his effort, expertise, creating a product the market wanted. i put some new shoes on