Hand-lasted 360° Goodyear Welt Construction. Horween® Shackleton® Leather. Partially-Structured Plain Cap Toe. Black Dainite® Rubber-Studded Sole. Stacked Leather Heel with Dainite® Toplift. Barbour® Welt with Hand-Brushed Edge Sealant. Calfskin Vamp Lining. Tone-on-Tone Stitching. Polished Brass Eyelets & Speedhooks. Flat Waxed Cotton Laces.
Shop Cap-Toe Trench BootDeveloped to embody the character of Chicago, the Elston last is engineered specifically for our line of Everyday Boots, providing exceptional all-day comfort for nearly all foot types with a generous toe box.
Shop Elston LastDainite's rubber-studded soles are as practical today as they were when introduced in 1894. Since then, Dainite continues to make its famously durable soles in Leicestershire, England. Reinforced with Silica and Aluminum silicate, these non-marking soles are highly regarded for all-weather traction and timeless style.
Shop Dainite SoleNamed for polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, Horween's latest tannage adds an all-new formulation of fat liquors to one of the family's oldest leather recipes. The result is a waterproof leather with extremely heavy pull-up, a hand as supple as a well-loved baseball glove, and a buttery-smooth finish. While the patination and elasticity may remind one of Horween's own Chromexcel, Shackleton's dramatic high and low tones, creamy tactility, and glassy-smooth surface speak to the uniquely-refined character of leather worthy of the name Horween.
Shop ShackletonWe are 100% committed to manufacturing all our footwear and accessories in the United States.
All our footwear is 100% recraftable, meaning it can be re-soled again and again.
The Horween Leather Company was founded in 1905 during the “Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.” In 1911, while Sir Ernest Shackleton was developing plans for his “Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition” from South America to Australia—by way of Antarctica—Isidor Horween was developing a water-resistant leather he would soon bring to market as Chromexcel. Over a century and four Horween generations later, Isidor’s journey has reached a new milestone with Shackleton: a distinctive waterproof leather as well-suited for the perils of maritime exploration as it is for pipes with the Fellows of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
