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A Black woman wearing a denim shirt is carrying a bicycle down a set of stairs in an urban environment. The bicycle has a green paint job and honey leather wrapped handlebars.

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

A woman bicycling on a bright summer day over a green lawn wearing suede fringe cowgirl boots and with a 6-pack of Anchor Steam beer connected to the top tube of her bicycle with a honey leather 6-pack frame cinch

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

A dark brown leather round, barrel-shaped saddle bag with cedar wood sides mounted to the back of a brown leather Brooks saddle on a cream-and-brown painted bicycle

Stunning handcrafted bicycle bags carry the essentials and turn heads!

Two people playing a game of travel cribbage on a wooden picnic table with a small leather and birch cribbage board

Our original best-selling Travel Cribbage Boards have fans worldwide

Two sets of travel dice on a dark brown leather table surface. Both sets show six dice coming out of a square brass tube. The dice are 7mm, smaller than standard. One has white dice and the other has black dice.

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

Two people playing dominoes using small, domino-sized playing cards on a walnut wood table with snacks and drinks. The domino cards are double 12 with different colors for each number and hand-drawn.

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

Close-up of a folding leather travel backgammon board mid-play on a weathered wood surface. A hand is reaching in and moving four game pieces (which are brass nails) between triangles, which are laser-engraved in the honey dyed leather. Accessories are visible, dice and doubling cube and peg storage

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

A variety of handcrafted leather and wood handles on a sample board as seen from above and an angle

Leather handles in 8 styles, 4 leather colors, and 3 metal finishes

A white chest of drawers in a white and lilac baby nursery with three colors of leather Morrison bin pull handles, in Honey, Dark Brown, and Black

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

A white kitchen drawer under a gray countertop that has a natural tan colored leather handle with nickel hardware and an engraved label that says 'Silverware'

Add a label to handles and pulls for superior organization

Two cabinet doors swinging open towards each other with matching leather Lovejoy loop handles. The leather touches so the cabinets don't crash into each other, a solution for problem corners in kitchen design planning

Flexible but sturdy, creative solutions to tricky problem corners

A roll of natural leather on a white background

We wrote a free educational series about our favorite material, delivered to your inbox.

Valerie and Geoff from Walnut Studiolo are standing on a pile of driftwood between two boulders on the North Oregon Coast beach near Manzanita, with mountains and grey sky in the background

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A long dark brown leather blueprint tube is shown on a long countertop being hand stitched together by Geoff, whose stitching hands are in the background

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Valerie and Geoff Franklin of Walnut Studiolo standing behind their bicycles on a grassy green lawn. Geoff is doffing his hat to Valerie and she is smiling, as a gesture of service.

Customer Service

Our blog "In a Nutshell" is chock-a-block with fresh and intriguing content written by in-house humans!

Repairability as the New Luxury

Take a moment to consider the idea of repairability, durability, and the importance of replacement parts.

March 16, 2021
3 min read

Local Food To Fuel Local Craft

March 15, 2021
2 min read

Remodel Inspirations Using Leather

We think you'll appreciate these stories and photos from our customers and interior designers. What project do you want to tackle next? Enjoy this photography and get inspired!

January 28, 2021
2 min read

Two New Sizes of Leather Conditioner

We've introduced two new sizes for our house-made Leather Conditioner: 0.25 oz and 2 oz tins.

January 20, 2021
1 min read

History of the "Hold Fast" Knuckle Tattoo

The photography for our tough-looking Bare Knuckle leather bicycle grips feature an unusual model: a friend of ours with "Hold Fast" tattooed on his knuckles. We've always thought his colorful tattoos were beautiful, but only recently did we learn the history behind that iconic tattoo, which we're sharing with you today.

January 20, 2021
1 min read

How to Install Leather Handles Back-to-Back

How to install leather handles back-to-back on the interior and exterior of a door.

January 07, 2021
2 min read

A Note About Sales Taxes

In this post we'll explain how US state sales taxes and international VAT/GST/customs duties are charged on our online stores:

January 07, 2021
2 min read

2020 Year in Review: Survival

We survived 2020! This is our annual year in review.

January 07, 2021
4 min read

How to Braid Bullwhip Leather Bar Wraps on Bullhorn and Other Handlebars

So it makes a ton of sense that our customers have been asking for a "half set" of Bullwhip Braided Leather Bar Wraps to wrap their "half" dropbars. And the questions raised by this bar style can help guide whether the Bullwhip bar wraps will work on a different style of handlebar. In this post we'll go through the three main features of the wraps and share one customer's experience so you can make your own decision, as well as provide some alternatives.