Just decades ago there were thousands. Now only about 30 Dutch clog-makers remain, fighting to save a dying craft with the wooden shoes more often found today as fridge-magnets rather than footwear.

Some brands simply have staying power. Take Sandgrens, a company that has been making clogs by hand in the forests of Småland, Sweden since the early 1900’s, for instance. With fifty percent of small ...

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