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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

Convenient dice games on-the-go: farkle and yacht (yatzy)

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

Travel Backgammon for travelers, made from natural materials

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

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

Wrap handles, bannisters and more in quality veg-tan leather

Tips and tricks on our blog: like using leather handles as bumpers

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

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

- how-to guides

- in-depth articles

- photo essays

In a Nutshell

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)
  • 7 min read
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
Tanning is a preservation process. The different ways leather can be tanned using natural tannins or chemicals. (Lesson #4 of 11)
  • 5 min read
A broad overview of the different kinds of leather sources: animal, vegetable, fungus, plastic, and paper.
  • 6 min read
We share the history of leathercrafting in helping veterans cope with PTSD and tell you about Help Heal Vets, a wonderful organization distributing free craft kits to veterans.
  • 5 min read
More than once, we've been surprised to find how little information there is about leather - as broadly diverse a natural material as fabric or wood. We can't wait to tell you more about it. What would you like to know?
  • 1 min read
Curious about leather crafting? Let us teach you how to create your own gorgeous leather projects with our glossy new leathercrafting book, published by DK Publishing as the newest addition to their how-to book series, Idiot's Guide: Leather Crafts, on June 14th.
  • 3 min read
A conditioning treatment will darken veg-tan leather a little bit and can be repeatedly applied.
  • 2 min read

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