One copper rivet, set where the foot meets the ground.
Turn over an Ede shoe and you find a small circle of solid copper in the leather sole. It is not decoration and not an add-on: the rivet is set by hand as part of the construction, and it is the detail grounding-minded customers ask about first.
Every model but two.
With the copper rivet
Loafers, penny loafers, oxfords, ballet flats, flats, sneakers, moccasins and boat shoes, plus our ankle, mid and tall boots. Women's and men's.
Without it
Chelsea boots and chukka boots, women's and men's. Their construction keeps the rivet from reaching the K1 point, so we leave it out rather than set it where it would not do its job. Worth stating on your own product pages for these two models.
Three parts of one idea.
Copper
One of the most conductive metals in common use. A solid rivet passing through the sole keeps a continuous path between the foot and the ground: no coating, no plating, no break.
The K1 point
The rivet sits under the ball of the foot, at the spot acupressure traditions call K1. It stays in contact with the ground through the natural rolling motion of a barefoot stride.
A leather sole
Rubber is an insulator, so most shoes end the connection at the sole. Ours is buffalo leather with a hot-pressed traction pattern and no rubber layer, so nothing blocks the path the rivet creates.
Small, solid, set by hand.
We make no medical claims.
What we promise is construction: solid copper, a full-leather sole and a build that keeps the foot as close to the ground as a shoe allows. What grounding means to each wearer is for them to judge. We ask our partners to keep their own listings to the same line.