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We gladly share our insights in the world of craftsmanship, vegetable tanned leather, leather crafted products and slow fashion on our blog. We embrace all that is around about these topics. So if you have any suggestions for posts…contact us. We are more then happy promote events, campaigns, brands or craftsmen/women who share the same passions as we do.

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Meet Shaun Bastiaans. No.5 of our Magnificent 5

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Name: Shaun Bastiaans City + Country: Geleen; The Netherlands Instagram ID: @edge_of_raw Can you introduce yourself? Who’re you and what are you doing in daily life? I am a husband…

Meet Boudewijn Jurriaans – No.4 of the Magnificent 5

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Name: Boudewijn Jurriaans       City + Country: Haarlem, Netherlands            Instagram ID: @barberbirdman   Can you introduce yourself? Who’re you and what are you doing in daily life? My name is Boudewijn…

Meet Eelke Veltman – No.3 of the Magnificent 5

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  Name: Eelke Veltman City + Country: Alkmaar, The Netherlands Instagram ID: @masterofoptics Can you introduce yourself? Who’re you and what are you doing in daily life? Hi, my name…

Meet Alexander Ruff – No.2 of the Magnificent 5

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  Name: Alexander Ruff City + Country: Munich, Germany Instagram ID: @ruff.de.nimes   Can you introduce yourself? Who are you and what are you doing in daily life?  My name…

Meet Alex Scheibner – One of the Magnificent 5

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  Name: Alex Scheibner City + Country: Rylstone NSW Australia Instagram ID: @alex.theblacksmith@alexscheibner Can you introduce yourself? Who are you and what are you doing in daily life?     …

The Magnificent 5 – An Ageing Contest For Our Chelsea Boots 

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On October the 15th, The Magnificent 5 were chosen out of countless registrations, and we kicked-off our ageing contest with our latest family member, our Chelsea boots. The Magnificent 5…

New 42mm belts on stock

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The time has come again. A stock stuffing. Because of the the big interest in our 42mm bells we decided to add some color. The 42mm-version (next to the 31mm's) was...

Meet our inspiring ambassador; Ben ten Hove

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Because we are so grateful to our fantastic ambassadors we have decided to share the stories behind these ambassadors with you. In this edition Ben ten Hove, an inspiring, authentic…

From cobblers to care kits

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Our products are the core of our brand. And we take good care of them. From care kits to a cobbler network. We make sure you have all the tools…

Leather, tanneries, design and production; all in Europe

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Our first product ever produced more than six years ago, the travelbag, was 100% made in The Netherlands. So, from making the pattern, cutting the leather, stitching the bags, hand…

The Anatomy of our Goodyear Welted Footwear

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Nowadays a lot of people are used to buy products in a split second. Products that they don’t need in the first place. But bought because they were cheap or…

We choose to keep our collection small

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The current situation forces people to slow down. But in fact, we’re slowing down already for 6 years. Our entire brand and collection is based on ‘slow’ and slow fashion….

Slow fashion is the base of our brand strategy

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More than 6 years ago we decided with a small group of friends to achieve our ultimate slow fashion dream. A dream that was, and still is, based on our…

Our boots in the new 20BO brand lookbook 

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20BO is a new menswear clothing brand founded by Bo Broers. Bo is a young twenty-four entrepreneur from Tilburg, The Netherlands. While she’s still a student, studying International Lifestyle Studies,…

Interview with co-founder Wouter Munnichs in The Heritage Post

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The Heritage Post has been a dear friend of our brand from the start. They supported us when we came out with our Travel Bag and along the way our…

The first videos of our new Studio!

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Things are getting real. Last week we signed all the papers for our new studio in Loon op Zand, the Netherlands. Plans are made, designs are calculated with the builders....

How to treat your Butts and Shoulders products with our new Leather Conditioner

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We aim to deliver the highest quality when it comes to products. Treating Butts and Shoulders products should in our opinion also be done with the highest quality. That is…

Goodyear Welted Sneakers and Chelsea Boots are coming!

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Showing our prototypes The nice thing about slowly building a brand, is really putting all your attention and effort in new developments. To do things right, you need to take...

We will open our own studio in 2020!

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In the beautiful South of the Netherlands, our very own studio will be realized. It’s in the heart of the historical leather region called ‘De Langstraat’, in a small town…

Playboy Magazine X Butts and Shoulders

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It’s always nice to get attention. This time it is the world-famous Playboy that writes about our brand. In their beautiful magazine they highlight our Natural Leather Classic Boots in the…