by Gene Fowler 

Former firefighter Spencer Tetrault knew that the leather radio baskets, leather helmet bands, leather chin straps and other items he made for fellow first responders at his Axe & Awl Leatherworks business in Waynesville, North Read more

Targeted marketing and a tan-and-return service are promising game changers for family run, New York tannery 

By Lynn Ascrizzi 

Tucked into the picturesque Hudson River Valley region in New York state is the small town of Montgomery. Its lush, natural beauty, cultural festivities, historic homes, antique shops and sustainably-raised local food, attract a growing surge of folks seeking to escape Manhattan for a genteel, countryside experience.  And, the town is only an hour-and-a-half drive from Read more

by Liisa Andreassen 

No social media? No website? No ecommerce? No problem. In fact, E.C. Leather in Tulsa, Oklahoma, prefers it this way. This small family-run business still likes to talk to people and their old-school formula seems to be Read more

by Gene Fowler

Mark Candela makes custom cowboy boots in a turn-of-the-century farmhouse near Columbus, Texas. 

Ever since I was a little bitty kid,” says Texas bootmaker Mark Candela, “I’ve loved anything western.” Having recently notched his 59th year Read more

“Top Quality Leather Goods for a Fair Investment” 

by Gene Fowler 

Last summer, a 12-year-old boy staying with his family at The Inn at Honey Run in Millersburg, Ohio, found the seven-inch tooth of a woolly mammoth on the hotel Read more