Journal The ARTOIS Tabi Contents

Journal

Everything we've written down.

The stories behind each release, what a tabi actually is, how it should fit, and how to keep the leather going for years.

  1. Guide6 min read

    What are tabi shoes?

    Where the split toe comes from, why it has lasted five hundred years, how a tabi should fit, and how to wear one.

    Pair of black leather ARTOIS Tabi Classic shoes with split toe and tan leather lining, top view on white background

  2. Release 0112264 min read

    Japan.

    The country where the love of tabi started, and what ARTOIS kept from it — and what it didn't.

    First-person view of black tabi shoes and dark trousers beside a deer on a sandy path

  3. Release 0108263 min read

    Rule number one.

    A tin of terrible leather grease, a ruined pair of boots, and the first ARTOIS release.

    Hand polishing black leather tabi shoes on a vintage rug with shoe brush, polish tin and cleaning spray

  4. Fit guide4 min read

    How a tabi should fit.

    Measuring your foot, what the split toe should feel like, and what to choose between sizes.

    Black leather tabi shoe with brown lining on a white background

  5. Care manual3 min read

    Leather gets better with care.

    Breaking them in, everyday care, conditioner, wet shoes, storage and resoling.

    Looking down at black split-toe tabi shoes on a dusty path next to a deer's legs