Rubber boots are trusted waterproof boot options that many wearers rely on to keep their feet dry during work, neighborhood walks, or hunting expeditions. While they are an effective option, what ...

It wasn’t that long ago that the shoe repair business in Buffalo was on rocky ground. Then, out of the blue came Brian Gavigan who was looking for a career change. Gavigan began apprenticing with a ...

Almost 50 years ago, Dave Page — then a professor of American history at the University of Washington and Western Washington University — was bouldering with his girlfriend on a beach in California.

How did this business get started? Ramon Reyes, 45, is repairing soles one shoe at a time at Da Boot Shop, a full-service shoe and boot repair shop he founded in Fayetteville in 1996. “We are a family ...

Helms Shoe Repair is a full-service repair shop for shoes, luggage, purses, belts and other leather products. Co-owner, Adrian Head, is a Certified Leather Craftsman, who works with two apprentices, ...

BUFFALO, NY -- Everywhere we go, they go with us. In many cases, they're one of the biggest reasons we get where we're going and yet, when they fall apart, shoes are often discarded and replaced. One ...

In the Sewickley Shoe Repair on Beaver St., Mario Ulizzi toils among rows of worn shoes and boots. The cobbler meticulously works various leathers, sometimes for hours, doing the work by hand. Ulizzi ...