Where I'm from, a quarterboard is a hand-carved board bearing a name, and a name doesn't go up on one casually. The Registry is the board itself: every small American maker of rugged prep we track, from handsewn camp mocs in Lewiston, Maine to bench-made boots in Spokane. The names, each one vetted for where the goods are actually made.
The board runs to 110 makers across 12 categories and 31 states, and it is free and public. No signup, no wall. Every entry carries where the maker works, what its origin claim actually says, and the month we last checked it against the maker's own pages. Most recent check: August 17, 2026.
How to read an entry
Three labels, and the whole point is the third one. Fully US-made is cut and sewn, or lasted and handsewn, here, with no asterisks at all. US-made line means the named line is made here and the brand's other goods are not, so check per item. Disclosed nuance means the maker builds here and says plainly that something is imported, usually fabric or components. We print the asterisk.
Today that splits 55 fully US-made, 34 US-made line, 21 disclosed nuance. A brand that moves production offshore gets relabelled rather than quietly dropped, and the correction runs in the newsletter.
What is on the board
Shirting (6)
Knitwear & Rugby (5)
Apparel (menswear) (3)
Denim & Bottoms (20)
Outerwear & Wool (11)
Footwear (24)
Socks (4)
Hats & Caps (3)
Leather Goods (15)
Bags & Packs (9)
Blankets & Mills (4)
Coastal Prep & Accessories (6)
And what came off it
4 names are off the board, two struck and two held. This is the part most made-in-USA lists never do, and it is the reason this one is worth reading. A directory nobody prunes will eventually send you to a dead shop, or to a name somebody bought.
Mark Albert Boots (Somerset, PA) closed around 2022. Its old domain now serves gambling spam, and most made-in-USA lists on the internet still recommend it.
Arrow Moccasin Co. (Hudson, MA) the founder died around 2018 and the shop wound down. The brand name was sold and now sells Iberian-made boat shoes and boots, so the name on the label no longer means what it meant.
Wassookeag Moccasins (Dexter, ME) the domain is squatted and a local listing says the shop closed. Held off the board until we can confirm otherwise.
Cord Shoes + Boots (Atlanta, GA) held rather than struck. The shop reads as semi-dormant, so it stays off until lead times are confirmed.
What subscribers get
The public board gives you the names, the places, the origin labels and the dates. The full Registry adds what you need in order to actually buy: price ranges, the one product to start with for each maker, the 24 makers running standing factory-seconds and outlet pages, reader-facing notes on the awkward ones, and where to follow each maker.
Then one maker profiled every Tuesday, and Friday's Shop, which checks the seconds and outlet pages so you do not have to. No brand has ever paid to appear on the board.
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The Quarterboard · quarterboard.co · 110 makers on the board · No brand paid to appear, ever.