Altberg

Altberg is a bootmaker based in Richmond, North Yorkshire, set up in 1989 when the town's former shoe works shut down. The workshop on Gallowfields Industrial Estate designs and builds its boots by hand, from lasting and closing the uppers to resoling worn pairs. The range covers hiking boots, military boots (combat, lightweight tabbing, hot weather desert and jungle, and cold wet weather models), police boots, motorcycle boots, country boots and leisure shoes, along with footbeds, socks and Leder-Gris leather care products. Many military models are also offered made to order. Airsoft and outdoor players buy the boots through a network of stockists across the UK and Ireland, with further stockists in Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark, or directly from the factory shop in Richmond, where a fitting can be booked. The company also runs a resoling service for its own boots.

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