Brush after wear with a horsehair brush to remove dust and grit. Condition with a neutral leather cream once a season — more often if you wear the pair daily. Store with cedar shoe trees overnight to draw out moisture and hold the shape.

Avoid water and salt. If a boot gets caught in rain, dry it slowly at room temperature with shoe trees inside. Never use direct heat — the leather cracks.

Brush suede with a stiff suede brush after each wear, working with the nap. Treat with a suede protector spray before first wear. Avoid water and salt completely — suede does not recover from a salt stain the way calf does.

Every Yardlow & Sons boot is welted. The welt is the leather strip that holds the upper to the sole, stitched in a continuous lockstitch row at the base. When the sole wears down, a cobbler can remove it and stitch a new one to the same welt — no glue, no shortcuts.

Where to resole. Take the worn pair to any cobbler in the United States. Welted construction is the standard heritage every cobbler knows. Typical resole cost: $80 to $130 depending on the cobbler and the sole material you pick.

Mail-in service. We do not run a mail-in resoling service at launch. We may at the end of the year — sign up for the workshop newsletter to hear when we do.