From historic design inspiration, through expert leather craftsmanship, down to the sweet familial call names - HELM is about stylishly unpretentious integrity. Designed in Austin, handmade in Istanbul, with leather from Holland and Australia, and soles from Italy and France - HELM is the elegant result of design touches from around the globe.
Each boot starts when, founder, Joshua Bingaman has approved designs rendered by an artist. The drawings are then scanned and sent to the artisan shoe makers, who craft the signature molds per each design. Hand-fabrication of one pair of HELM boots takes five days. The leather is cut by hand according to the exclusive molds of each design. The leather pieces are then hand-stitched to together and nailed to the mold. The hand-nailing process takes 48 to 72 hours and allows time for the leather to shape to the mold. Then, while still on the mold, the nails are removed and the sole is stitched to the rest of the boot - and continues to shape for another 24 hours. Lastly, the boot is removed from the mold, brushed, cleaned and polished - and boxed off to you.
