Arizona Raw is a versatile drum dyed, vegetable tanned leather. To give softness to the hides, a mixture of vegetable and animal oils, called “Sego”, composed of straw, ruby, moelleon oil etc. are used. The colors will darken with age and use, creating a beautiful patina. The tannery created this leather so it could be worked and shaped to the…
Chromexcel sides with a waxed flesh. These are second run hides which means some hides may have issues ranging from a color defect/variation to brands, holes, scarring, loose break, drawn grain, tannery swatch cuts, etc. Many times, we have also created our own color names for these hides, and these should not be referenced to identify any leathers not sold…
Cowboy is "leather with strong personality and an intense scent" - a full grain, vegetable-tanned hide that is drum-dyed with metal free aniline and greased with tallow. The grain has a smooth surface and uniform color that will produce a bright pull-up effect when handled. These shoulders are an A/B selection with minimal defects. The Cowboy article was inspired by…
A tumbled version of Cowboy from La Bretagna – the milling/tumbling process brings out the marbled pull-up effect in these double shoulders. Cowboy is “leather with strong personality and an intense scent” – a full grain, vegetable-tanned hide that is drum-dyed with metal free aniline and greased with tallow. The grain has a smooth surface and uniform color that will…
Described perfectly by our friends at The Tannery Row: “Genuine Shell Cordovan is the art of tanning at its finest. Shell Cordovan is a very specific type of leather that comes from the shell membrane of a horse butt. The tanning process takes at least six months. To reach and expose the shell, the leather is shaved on the flesh…
