Sagara Head Man Bagus Satrio is one of my favorite people in the whole bootmaking game. I absolutely love the work he and his team do-his Cordmasters need to be at or near the top of ANYONE’S best monkey boots ranking-and he’s just a hugely interesting and wonderful man.
Sagara’s almost 15 years deep doing exceptional work, and about a half decade into massively deserved international prominence. Which is great! But not always the easiest. So Bagus and I going to talk about that ride, what Sagara makes now and has coming up, wonderful dogs named after shoes…the whole deal. Been trying to make this one happen for over a year! Language barrier and weather-it rained hard when we taped, you might hear it a bit-be damned.
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EPISODE CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
01:24 - Meet Bagus
06:29 - Bagus's journey in bootmaking
12:29 - Sagara's genesis
16:12 - International interest in Sagara
22:45 - Indonesia's unique bootmaking scene
28:09 - Sagara styles and construction
37:10 - Why Indonesian bootmaking?
42:55 - Indonesian leathers
47:46 - What's next for Sagara?
50:38 - Dogs named Alden