Spokane Fires: Launching Homefront DayThe Fight Came To Our Home For 20 years, we've handmade wildland fire boots here in Spokane for the people who run toward fires. This week, that fight came to our own streets. On Saturday Aug 1, a fire sparked into 50-mph gusts of wind and crossed into the city by nightfall. 640+ structures lost and 5,390 acres burned in just hours. Officials are calling it likely the most destructive wildfire in Washington state history. These are all neighborhoods we know, streets we drive through every...
Introducing The Cruiser Collection: One Throwback Leather, Three Sleek Summer StylesAt the end of every workday when your boots come off you might usually put on something more casual like a pair of sneakers. We think you can do better. Meet the Cruiser Collection. Three new boots built around one throwback leather, designed for everything that happens after the workday ends. From date nights, car shows, concerts, weekend drives, and downtown walks. These are the boots you'll want to reach for because they look better, and honestly, feel even better. Like everything we ...
Three Boots. One New Leather. The Cruiser Collection Is Rolling InWe've been working on this one for a while, and it's finally almost time. In just a couple of days, we're dropping The Cruiser Collection. Three brand new boots built from one all-new leather we've never used before. It's a different kind of JK boot: lighter, softer, and built for the part of your day that happens after your work boots come off. Three Classics. Three Personalities. One All-New Cruiser Leather 300 Cruiser - The everyday classic. Lightweight, incredibly supp...
Waves of Freedom: Founder StoryThis is a conversation we had with our founder, John Khadzhi, over Labor Day to talk about where JK Boots really comes from. This is the story behind everything that we build. It's the story that explains why we named a boot Liberty in the first place. Born Under a Flag That Meant Control John was born in southern Ukraine, close to the Black Sea, in a region called Bessarabia. He grew up in a family of believers and was raised in the church. This was in a time and place where that was da...