- Online Boutique
Opened in 2011, the Zonkey Boot mono brand online boutique offers a limited selection of hand welted classic and casual shoes and boots, as well as leisure footwear, fitted trees, made-to-measure belts and exclusive series of shoes in unique leathers.The Shelf - Made-To-Order
Our Zonkey Boot Made-to-Order program offers customers the opportunity to have a personalised pair of shoes with a number of options for styles, upper leathers, colours, different sole constructions or special features like entirely hand sewn uppers.MTO Program
- About Us
Zonkeys, the animals, are crossbreeds between wildly beautiful zebras and hardwearing donkeys. These are the defining qualities we transfer to our products in order to create understated luxury that can easily be recognised anywhere and by anybody who pays attention to beauty and quality.The Story - The Craft
Zonkey Boot shoes show a minimum of decoration and the maximum of shape and form. The utmost attention is paid to lasts, pattern cutting, materials and making. The recipe may seem simple but, nevertheless, these ingredients need expert craftsmanship to give an outstanding shoe.Learn More
The journal
The Split-toe Norwegian Derby
The split-toe Norwegian’s origins might be lying in rural working shoes roughly butted together by cobblers for whom hand stitching with ale and waxed thread was daily business. Norwegian derbies only recently entered the sphere of gentlemen’s urban wardrobes. As many standard patterns, also the split-toe Norwegian pattern helps to cut expensive upper leathers economically but is rarely offered anymore…
The Art of Lasting Shoes By Hand
The video’s location is unusual - the workstation for side lasting in the factory that produces Zonkey Boot. Hand lasting is normally practiced by bespoke shoemakers, sitting on a small stool in a workshop while lasting the shoe. Shoe factories normally do not last entire shoes by hand but use hydraulic lasting machines which do part of the job in…
PHOTO BLOG
- Zonkey Boot made-to-order hand welted derby shoes from hand stained alligator, lined with calf leather. Vegetable tanned bovine leather necks insoles and leather/rubber soles. (www.zonkeyboot.com)
- Zonkey Boot penny loafers on the College last, made from black cordovan leather, with hand sewn aprons and hand sewn Bologna sole construction. (www.zonkeyboot.com)
- Making of Zonkey Boot: working on new colours for our hand stained Bavarian Calf leather.
- Zonkey Boot new split-toe derby boot model on the Classic last made from grain calf leather and full grain calf suede. Hand sewn aprons. Hand welted leather soles. (photo by Prologue)
