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Editorials.

Axe & Awl Leatherworks 

by Gene Fowler  Former firefighter Spencer Tetrault knew that the leather radio baskets, leather helmet bands, leather chin straps and other…

Schwarz Custom Boots: Building a Destination 

By Nick Pernokas  Ten years ago I was in western Montana, chasing down interviews for magazine articles. My subject for that day had stood …

Jay Adcock Cut his Teeth on Rawhide 

by Liisa Andreassen  Jay Adcock has been fascinated by rawhide for as long as he can recall. It all started with his grandfather who was the…

Diamond Jim Davis, Leather Man 

by Gene Fowler  WWBFJD? (What Would Benjamin Franklin Johnson Do?)  In July 1847, an ailing Brigham Young, the second president of the …

MAKERS OF KNIFE SHEATHS, GUN HOLSTERS AND MORE! 

Laying J Leather is up and running in Austinville, Virginia?  By Lynn Ascrizzi  "Products are made with?U.S. hides tanned in …

Korban Coy’s Leather Studio 

By Nick Pernokas  You may have seen a trend in our articles lately. Our subjects are getting younger, they’re successful and they’re turning…

Putting the Cart Behind the Horse 

Linda Lucas and Coopermill Harness   By B. Crawford  When the world ran on horse power (and I mean real horse power, not gas-powered …

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