ColsenKeane Leather is celebrating its successful, first decade 

By Lynn Ascrizzi

A rugged, hefty cowhide handbag finished in ColsenKeane’s signature “Crazy Horse” style of leather, rubbed with special-purpose waxes to give the cowhide a distressed, “antique” patina that will Read more

Ropin’ and Toolin’ in Johnson City, Texas

By Gene Fowler

Leather artist Seth Stidham has a front row seat on Main Street of the Texas Hill Country. When he sits at his workbench at Stidham Outfitters and Custom Leather Read more

“The Proof Is in the Patina”

Leather Products as Distinctive as the Company Name

Chris Bray runs the Jersey City leathercrafts company with his younger brother Kirk, whose full name is William Kirkland Bray. Dubbed Billykirk by the brothers’ Read more

The Great-Great-Grandpa of Backpacks

By Gene Fowler

Camille Poirier arrived in Duluth, Minnesota, in the winter of 1870 with “my little stock of leather and tools.” The 32-year-old had learned the shoemaking trade in his native Canada. Like “almost Read more

The King of Detail

By Danna Burns-Shaw

 

Few leather artisans have the attention to detail like Howard Knight; his diversity in style leaves one mesmerized in amazement. Howard creates works of fine art in his small leather shop, Read more