Grant Stone

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Grant Stone is a Michigan-based footwear manufacturer founded in 2016 by Wyatt Gilmore. The company specializes in Goodyear-welt construction shoes and boots, operating through a direct-to-consumer business model with manufacturing based in Xiamen, China.

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They’re good city boots.

Grant Stone Ottawa Boot in Badalassi Carlo Natural Minerva
By benjfriedrich • April 6, 2024"The thing I’ve enjoyed most about these boots, is that they have become the rule. There are exceptions to the rule—days for lugs, days for loafers, days for rubber stompers, and days for cowboy boots. It’s nice to have a collection, but you can’t buy a pair of regulars, and it’s nice to have a reason to wear a pair more than two days in a row. The boots themselves are exactly what they appear to be. In this corner of the boot world, I think Grant Stone’s are considered a well-respected, but unremarkable make of shoe, in the sense that they are affordable and not particularly weird. But in Chicago, and certainly rural Iowa, they do stand out as being beautiful and unique. The split toe on the Ottawa boot is delightful and adds great texture, and the Natural Minerva is a fun leather to watch age. Don’t be impatient—it will darken up over time. I’ve picked up a few Badallasi products (wallet, watch bands) and I’m a big fan. I will also say my cobbler is huge Grant Stone fan, and talked my ear off about them when I took them in for toe taps. I don’t think I have any other particular insights to add. There are lots of good boots out there—these are good boots...."Read the full review
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I am blessed to live in a boot world over flowing with choice & quality

Grant Stone Diesel Boot in Horween Tan Essex
By False.Idle.Warship • April 6, 2024"I am blessed to be in a job with near endless variety of daily tasks. I get to do everything from hvac, hazardous material waste disposal, brazing / welding & light demolition ( controlled burns, shaped explosives, minor pyrotechnics, yay!). At first, I got razzed v badly by co-workers because they looked so much like a fashion boot, but the Diesels have lived up to their moniker & more, now become the Envy of those very same co-workers. Converting contempt to admiration is Chef's kiss, ain't no serotonin kick like it, 100% highly recommend. I wrecked the heel Block in the first month of ownership & replaced w dogger heel which has helped w ladder lock & traction. The Essex tonnage took everything I threw at it, see the two flash burn spots from flying slag spatter. They took me from the Lenape Nanticoke Enclave in South Jersey to working the smallest aircraft carrier in the world ( the baylander, just off 125th Street in our NYC backyard). They have been reliable companions every step of the way. Even when days didn't go so great (hello 4/5, earthquake for breakfast!), this experience has been a blast. Literally my only regrets are not taking the time to properly learn to be a better photographer / never shooting them with the great glass they deserve. Next Dome, I promise I will do better!..."Read the full review
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