factory fridays
On Friday afternoons the factory down tools, switch off their machines and head home for the weekend. When they have left it gives us the chance to walk the factory floor and see what they have been up too, out factory is full of the most fascinating things and Factory Fridays is about us being able to share some of that with you. We hope you enjoy seeing behind the scenes of this very special place.
edge trimming cutters
Original machinery
Soles in production
last peg
in for repairs
uppers ready for soles
rose in production
fred ready to go
heritage & craft
the anatomy of a shoe
Everyone of our shoes is constructed using traditional shoe making methods and consists of many separate components. Discover more about the construction with our hand anatomy guide.
heritage & craft
design in detail
A Grenson shoe is a shoe made with 150 years of experience. We have learnt over that time that a shoe is only as good as its weakest part, which is why we spend so much time on every tiny detail.