"The Hawthorne" - A Versatile Leather Loop Handle

Available in 3 sizes, 4 colors, and 3 finishes

Meet "The Hawthorne": one of our first leather handle designs and our most popular. A hand-dyed, vegetable-tanned leather strap folded into a loop, the Hawthorne is straightforward to install. The Hawthorne is also the most adaptable shape, an origami master, able to loop into a different handle for a twist, or installed flat with 2 points of contact as a handle. "The Hawthorne" leather pull is designed and made in Oregon from American leather.

The Hawthorne (Wide) is our classic pull. It is wider than usual for a strong visual statement and easy grabbing.

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The Hawthorne Large is the same length as the Hawthorne Wide, but 1" wide to visually match our other pull designs, including the Tilikum.

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The Hawthorne Small is our most popular size, a little more than half the height of the Hawthorne Large and similarly 1" wide for a consistent visual look.

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The Hawthorne can also be installed "flat" like a regular handle, lengthwise with two points of contact and two sets of hardware. We sell extra hardware kits separately.

For spacing the Hawthorne lengthwise, we recommend a center-to-center (C2C) spacing approximately 1" less than the length of the handle (strap) for a good feeling grip. So the Hawthorne Large or Wide, would have a C2C of ~9" (22.8cm), and the Hawthorne Small would have a C2C of ~4.5" (11.4cm).

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The Hawthorne can be installed with a different twist. Simply by looping it backwards instead of in half, it creates a different look that we called "The Fremont":

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All of our pulls come with hardware, including the washer shown in the pictures above. But many people choose not to install the (optional) washer, for a cleaner look:

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Our pulls are hand-crafted in our Oregon workshop using natural, nontoxic American vegetable-tanned leather, and dyed by hand for a lustrous finish. The designs in our leather drawer collection are named after places in our hometown, Portland Oregon. The Hawthorne is Portland's workhorse bicycle-friendly commuter bridge.

This leather is sturdy - the same used for horse bridles and reins - and it can handle hard wear and heavy lifts, like this Murphy bed set-up by Wittman+Estes: