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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

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!

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

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

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

Our best-selling Original Travel Cribbage Boards has fans worldwide

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.

Unique travel-sized classic games: dice, dominoes, cribbage

Close-up of a hand-drawn printable scorecard for playing Mexican Train Dominoes Game

Free hand-drawn printable scoresheets, rules of play & puzzles

Close-up of the end of a cribbage board made from driftwood on a soft gray wool tablecloth with a vintage playing card

One-of-a-kind cribbage boards: driftwood, leather, and a belt!

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.

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When it comes to leathercrafting projects, we wrote the book on it for DK Publishing!

Made in America

Made in America

June 02, 2016
2 min read

FAQ: Crafted by Hand or Machine Made?

FAQ: Crafted by Hand or Machine Made?

Here are some tips for differentiating between hand-crafted, bench-made, and machine-made leather goods.

December 06, 2015
5 min read

Leather top tube protectors and chainstay guards

Leather top tube protectors and chainstay guards

We often get asked about top tube protectors! Here are our options for wrapping your bicycle top tube in our gorgeous, hand-dyed, vegetable-tanned leather.

October 02, 2015
3 min read

FAQ: Colored thread choices for our sew-on leather bicycle accessories

FAQ: Colored thread choices for our sew-on leather bicycle accessories

May 01, 2015
1 min read

FAQ: How to care for your vegetable-tanned leather goods

FAQ: How to care for your vegetable-tanned leather goods

April 15, 2015
1 min read

Q & A: Which way to align the stitching on your grips?

Q & A: Which way to align the stitching on your grips?

March 18, 2015
1 min read

Asked and answered

Asked and answered

October 28, 2014
1 min read

Custom work

Custom work

October 07, 2014
2 min read

Bar plug options for your leather bar wraps and city grips

Bar plug options for your leather bar wraps and city grips

August 10, 2014
2 min read

Leather colors: garment leather vs. vegetable-tanned leather

Leather colors: garment leather vs. vegetable-tanned leather

July 31, 2014
3 min read

Somewhere between honey brown and dark brown

Somewhere between honey brown and dark brown

July 16, 2014
2 min read

Geoff Franklin of Walnut Studiolo installing a leather bicycle barrel bag on the saddle of a bicycle in a yurt, surrounded by hanging sheepskins and rolls of leather in warm lighting

Why I Use USA-Made, Vegetable-Tanned Leather

Why do we use leather, and not pleather in our products? I am interested in exploring new, non-petroleum-based materials, but there are a few reasons we use vegetable-tanned leather right now.

May 26, 2014
2 min read