Developing Leather for Red Wing and More with SB Foot's Lacy Schumann

The Stitchdown PREMIUM Shoecast · Jun 18, 2025 · 1h 26m

Since 1986, SB Foot Tanning Company is most known as the tannery owned by Red Wing, and with good reason: every bit of leather used on Red Wing Heritage footwear is developed and made by SB Foot just a few miles from Red Wing’s US manufacturing facility.

But the tannery itself and its relationship with Red Wing stretch much further back—to the late 1800s. And SB Foot creates leather for far more than just its neighbor in Red Wing, Minnesota—everyone from solo makers, to Russell Moccasin, to the US military.

Lacy Schumann has spent her last five years developing leather for SB Foot. Maybe Lacy…