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Original, unique designs to help with lifting and carrying your bicycle

Lifetime leather bar wraps in five styles for every type of handlebar and bicycle

Best-selling "commuter essentials" for making the daily commute easier

Stunning handcrafted bicycle bags carry the essentials and turn heads!

Our original best-selling Travel Cribbage Boards have fans worldwide

Play dice anywhere you go in a handcrafted brass keychain or necklace.

Uniquely functional for travel: hand-drawn domino playing cards (2 sizes!)

Our newest folding leather board and favorite game: Travel Backgammon!

All handcrafted handles in 8 styles, 4 leather colors, & 3 metal finishes

Strong yet soft, durable and sustainable, no-bumps and no-bruises

Collection details, stylesheets, dimensions, sizing, palette & more

Flexible but sturdy, creative solutions to tricky problem corners

Our blog"In a Nutshell" is written by humans:

- how-to guides

- in-depth articles

- photo essays

We wrote a free educational series about our favorite material, from how it's made to spotting vintage quality

In a Nutshell

About the Conway buckle, a flexible harness belt closure, and a step-by-step photo tutorial on how to use it.
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Brass and leather are two natural materials that go together beautifully, and even a little tarnish is nothing to worry about. If you wish, you can return brass to its original natural shine easily and quickly with a cleaning product like Brasso.
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A tutorial on how to cut, bevel, dye, and burnish leather edges using easily available tools found at home.
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What "quality" means for types of leather: tannage, sourcing, processing, finishes. Builds on previous lessons in our leather learning series.
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How to keep vegetable-tanned leather in good condition, review the various leather care products and introduce you to the world of leather crafting for repairs.
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How to rejuvenate and rescue old, dry, stiff vintage leather and moldy, mildewed leather. (Lesson #10 of 11)
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How to tell if a leather piece is good quality is in the store: observable design details and red flags. (Lesson #9 of 11)
  • 8 min read
How craftsmen select from the variable leather hides to create quality products: stretch, thickness, shape. Plus - why maker-made matters. (Lesson #7 of 11)
  • 6 min read
What sustainability means for leather and leather alternatives. Why full grain vegetable-tanned cowhide is the most sustainable choice, ethical and moral considerations.
  • 9 min read
How cowhide leather gets processed or split into different kinds of leather, and what names mean: full grain, top grain, genuine, suede, bonded. (Lesson #2 of 11)
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Leather finishes at the tannery and in the workshop, including coloring, coatings, and waxes to enhance or obscure quality .Why they might be used and why they matter. (Lesson #6 of 11)
  • 7 min read
In this kick-off to our leather learning series (#1/11) we go through a broad overview of what leather is, how it's made, and why it's important.
  • 5 min read

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