Leather might be fashionable, but it can also be quite fragile depending on the conditions to which it is exposed. For example, excess heat can cause it to crack and harden, while excess moisture can strip the natural oils that keep the leather from drying up. However, these potential problems are by no means insurmountable, only that your leather products need regular maintenance if you intend to continue using them years or even decades after their purchase. Let's take a look at these cleaning steps. Step 1: Cleaning Cleaning is the first step in leather maintenance. Doing so can be as simple as using a damp cloth to remove gathered dust, but more stubborn problems require harsher solutions. Since most...
Handmade leather goods is an overused term in our industry. Yes, we are guilty of it to a degree. What do you consider to be handmade? Should we pay more for handmade? You can cut leather by hand or with the help of a machine, usually a press that uses a die to cut a specific shape out of the leather. When cutting straps you can do it with a straight edge and a knife, a hand strap cutter, or a machine that can do multiple straps at once. The only advantage to hand cutting is you have no upfront costs. Cutting 100 of the same piece out by hand and have them be identical is unlikely, and also it...
Feeling out of style lately? We don’t blame you. With all the responsibilities of daily life, it isn’t everyone’s first priority to flip through magazines for inspiration. Which is why we’ve done the digging for you! If your current lifestyle feels a bit boring, we hope these suggestions will help you incorporate more leather into your life. Why Leather? Whether it’s a jacket or a sofa, our favorite purchases always involve leather – good quality leather is timeless. We believe that nothing makes a statement better than leather. Not sure how you can add touches of leather into your everyday life? Here are a few ways: Add Accessories to your Home looking jazz up your interior space? Quality leather can...
In the world of wallet making, you should know that there are a lot of corners manufacturers can cut to save on cost, I’ll point out the most obvious ones for you here. Let's take a look at a few tips that will likely help you decide what kind of leather wallet choose: Type of Leather If you follow my blog or have read a lot of my product descriptions you will see that I push the term Full-Grain Vegetable-Tanned leather a lot. I cannot stress how important it is to buy a leather wallet that is made from this style of leather tanning. It is undoubtedly the strongest form of leather a wallet maker can use for at least...
About a century ago if I had told my buddies that I was in a coffee shop working, it could only mean I was a waiter, a coffee maker or a hard-cored bluffer. With the advent of the laptops, it is definitely not the case anymore. It has empowered us to relocate our workplace from the dowdy monotonous office cubicle to almost any place where we can find solace and hence work efficiently. This miraculous invention that aids us in all walks of life has become quintessential and needs to be carried with us wherever we go. It is obviously not possible to carry them around in our hands every time. So when one goes to purchase a bag for...
