Tucker Hughes

"Rum Runners" - The "Rum Runners" are created from a pattern originally drafted in the late 1920's by cobbler and convicted moonshiner, Achilles Slough, while serving time in the footwear workshop of Hawkeye Penitentiary in Lux, Kansas. The pattern was never produced by the workshop and a completed pair has never been found. &sons decided to produce this never-before-seen shoe, using painstakingly historical materials and shoe-making techniques. The upper is made from fabric handwoven without electricity by the Pennsylvania Amish community and supple black goatskin leather. The goatskin lining is pre-molded over the last, creating a fit unparalleled in mass-produced footwear. The tongue features an overlay of Portuguese cork for water protection. Finally a welt of natural cowhide and a thick natural leather sole are added. For more information on the "&sons x Achilles Slough" research and recreation project you can order our book, "Achilles Slough: Cobbler, Craftsman, Brewer, Bandit" or visit our blog at, achilles-slough.tumblr.com . Below is a short excerpt about these shoes... "One of Achilles most iconic designs was a shoe specifically for “rum runners” smuggling liquor in hot-rod speedboats across the great lakes and Atlantic. These boats featured enormous, powerful engines and were stripped of all extra weight. The driver sat on a ledge at the back of the boat, directly above the engine and often the extreme heat would burn, sear, melt or ignite the back of the drivers legs, pants and shoes. Achilles designed an overlay of thick kidskin to cover the back of the foot from heat, accidentally introducing the mid-height, “chukka”, silhouette to America for the first time."

"Rum Runners" - The "Rum Runners" are created from a pattern originally drafted in the late 1920's by cobbler and convicted moonshiner, Achilles Slough, while serving time in the footwear workshop of Hawkeye Penitentiary in Lux, Kansas. The pattern was never produced by the workshop and a completed pair has never been found. &sons decided to produce this never-before-seen shoe, using painstakingly historical materials and shoe-making techniques. The upper is made from fabric handwoven without electricity by the Pennsylvania Amish community and supple black goatskin leather. The goatskin lining is pre-molded over the last, creating a fit unparalleled in mass-produced footwear. The tongue features an overlay of Portuguese cork for water protection. Finally a welt of natural cowhide and a thick natural leather sole are added. For more information on the "&sons x Achilles Slough" research and recreation project you can order our book, "Achilles Slough: Cobbler, Craftsman, Brewer, Bandit" or visit our blog at, achilles-slough.tumblr.com . Below is a short excerpt about these shoes... "One of Achilles most iconic designs was a shoe specifically for “rum runners” smuggling liquor in hot-rod speedboats across the great lakes and Atlantic. These boats featured enormous, powerful engines and were stripped of all extra weight. The driver sat on a ledge at the back of the boat, directly above the engine and often the extreme heat would burn, sear, melt or ignite the back of the drivers legs, pants and shoes. Achilles designed an overlay of thick kidskin to cover the back of the foot from heat, accidentally introducing the mid-height, “chukka”, silhouette to America for the first time."

"Rum Runners" - The "Rum Runners" are created from a pattern originally drafted in the late 1920's by cobbler and convicted moonshiner, Achilles Slough, while serving time in the footwear workshop of Hawkeye Penitentiary in Lux, Kansas. The pattern was never produced by the workshop and a completed pair has never been found. &sons decided to produce this never-before-seen shoe, using painstakingly historical materials and shoe-making techniques. The upper is made from fabric handwoven without electricity by the Pennsylvania Amish community and supple black goatskin leather. The goatskin lining is pre-molded over the last, creating a fit unparalleled in mass-produced footwear. The tongue features an overlay of Portuguese cork for water protection. Finally a welt of natural cowhide and a thick natural leather sole are added. For more information on the "&sons x Achilles Slough" research and recreation project you can order our book, "Achilles Slough: Cobbler, Craftsman, Brewer, Bandit" or visit our blog at, achilles-slough.tumblr.com . Below is a short excerpt about these shoes... "One of Achilles most iconic designs was a shoe specifically for “rum runners” smuggling liquor in hot-rod speedboats across the great lakes and Atlantic. These boats featured enormous, powerful engines and were stripped of all extra weight. The driver sat on a ledge at the back of the boat, directly above the engine and often the extreme heat would burn, sear, melt or ignite the back of the drivers legs, pants and shoes. Achilles designed an overlay of thick kidskin to cover the back of the foot from heat, accidentally introducing the mid-height, “chukka”, silhouette to America for the first time."

"Rum Runners" - The "Rum Runners" are created from a pattern originally drafted in the late 1920's by cobbler and convicted moonshiner, Achilles Slough, while serving time in the footwear workshop of Hawkeye Penitentiary in Lux, Kansas. The pattern was never produced by the workshop and a completed pair has never been found. &sons decided to produce this never-before-seen shoe, using painstakingly historical materials and shoe-making techniques. The upper is made from fabric handwoven without electricity by the Pennsylvania Amish community and supple black goatskin leather. The goatskin lining is pre-molded over the last, creating a fit unparalleled in mass-produced footwear. The tongue features an overlay of Portuguese cork for water protection. Finally a welt of natural cowhide and a thick natural leather sole are added. For more information on the "&sons x Achilles Slough" research and recreation project you can order our book, "Achilles Slough: Cobbler, Craftsman, Brewer, Bandit" or visit our blog at, achilles-slough.tumblr.com . Below is a short excerpt about these shoes... "One of Achilles most iconic designs was a shoe specifically for “rum runners” smuggling liquor in hot-rod speedboats across the great lakes and Atlantic. These boats featured enormous, powerful engines and were stripped of all extra weight. The driver sat on a ledge at the back of the boat, directly above the engine and often the extreme heat would burn, sear, melt or ignite the back of the drivers legs, pants and shoes. Achilles designed an overlay of thick kidskin to cover the back of the foot from heat, accidentally introducing the mid-height, “chukka”, silhouette to America for the first time."

"Rum Runners" - The "Rum Runners" are created from a pattern originally drafted in the late 1920's by cobbler and convicted moonshiner, Achilles Slough, while serving time in the footwear workshop of Hawkeye Penitentiary in Lux, Kansas. The pattern was never produced by the workshop and a completed pair has never been found. &sons decided to produce this never-before-seen shoe, using painstakingly historical materials and shoe-making techniques. The upper is made from fabric handwoven without electricity by the Pennsylvania Amish community and supple black goatskin leather. The goatskin lining is pre-molded over the last, creating a fit unparalleled in mass-produced footwear. The tongue features an overlay of Portuguese cork for water protection. Finally a welt of natural cowhide and a thick natural leather sole are added. For more information on the "&sons x Achilles Slough" research and recreation project you can order our book, "Achilles Slough: Cobbler, Craftsman, Brewer, Bandit" or visit our blog at, achilles-slough.tumblr.com . Below is a short excerpt about these shoes... "One of Achilles most iconic designs was a shoe specifically for “rum runners” smuggling liquor in hot-rod speedboats across the great lakes and Atlantic. These boats featured enormous, powerful engines and were stripped of all extra weight. The driver sat on a ledge at the back of the boat, directly above the engine and often the extreme heat would burn, sear, melt or ignite the back of the drivers legs, pants and shoes. Achilles designed an overlay of thick kidskin to cover the back of the foot from heat, accidentally introducing the mid-height, “chukka”, silhouette to America for the first time."

"Rum Runners" - The "Rum Runners" are created from a pattern originally drafted in the late 1920's by cobbler and convicted moonshiner, Achilles Slough, while serving time in the footwear workshop of Hawkeye Penitentiary in Lux, Kansas. The pattern was never produced by the workshop and a completed pair has never been found. &sons decided to produce this never-before-seen shoe, using painstakingly historical materials and shoe-making techniques. The upper is made from fabric handwoven without electricity by the Pennsylvania Amish community and supple black goatskin leather. The goatskin lining is pre-molded over the last, creating a fit unparalleled in mass-produced footwear. The tongue features an overlay of Portuguese cork for water protection. Finally a welt of natural cowhide and a thick natural leather sole are added. For more information on the "&sons x Achilles Slough" research and recreation project you can order our book, "Achilles Slough: Cobbler, Craftsman, Brewer, Bandit" or visit our blog at, achilles-slough.tumblr.com . Below is a short excerpt about these shoes... "One of Achilles most iconic designs was a shoe specifically for “rum runners” smuggling liquor in hot-rod speedboats across the great lakes and Atlantic. These boats featured enormous, powerful engines and were stripped of all extra weight. The driver sat on a ledge at the back of the boat, directly above the engine and often the extreme heat would burn, sear, melt or ignite the back of the drivers legs, pants and shoes. Achilles designed an overlay of thick kidskin to cover the back of the foot from heat, accidentally introducing the mid-height, “chukka”, silhouette to America for the first time."

"Rum Runners" - The "Rum Runners" are created from a pattern originally drafted in the late 1920's by cobbler and convicted moonshiner, Achilles Slough, while serving time in the footwear workshop of Hawkeye Penitentiary in Lux, Kansas. The pattern was never produced by the workshop and a completed pair has never been found. &sons decided to produce this never-before-seen shoe, using painstakingly historical materials and shoe-making techniques. The upper is made from fabric handwoven without electricity by the Pennsylvania Amish community and supple black goatskin leather. The goatskin lining is pre-molded over the last, creating a fit unparalleled in mass-produced footwear. The tongue features an overlay of Portuguese cork for water protection. Finally a welt of natural cowhide and a thick natural leather sole are added. For more information on the "&sons x Achilles Slough" research and recreation project you can order our book, "Achilles Slough: Cobbler, Craftsman, Brewer, Bandit" or visit our blog at, achilles-slough.tumblr.com . Below is a short excerpt about these shoes... "One of Achilles most iconic designs was a shoe specifically for “rum runners” smuggling liquor in hot-rod speedboats across the great lakes and Atlantic. These boats featured enormous, powerful engines and were stripped of all extra weight. The driver sat on a ledge at the back of the boat, directly above the engine and often the extreme heat would burn, sear, melt or ignite the back of the drivers legs, pants and shoes. Achilles designed an overlay of thick kidskin to cover the back of the foot from heat, accidentally introducing the mid-height, “chukka”, silhouette to America for the first time."