Our Story

Our Heritage

Our passion to shoemaking started with Terry Armstrong and Lew Hayden. By the 1970's shoemaking was leaving the United States and many of those who remained were cutting corners to compete with less expensive imports. Neither Terry nor Lew wanted to compromise on quality, so in 1976 they quit their jobs in the shoe industry and started SAS. They crafted every shoe by hand, with attention to detail and the best materials available.