Western Skies Handmade

By Gene Fowler

If you’ve ever been out West, you know the land is touched with God’s glory and grace. You know the majestic expanse of mountains, desert, rivers and plains speaks to your heart and soul. You know Read more

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Leather Machine Co.

Cutting Corners is not an Option

By Liisa Andreassen

They stand behind every piece of equipment sold with a “Limited Lifetime Warranty” and they mean it. They’re Dave Spiegel and Steve Tayrien, owners of the Leather Machine Co. and Read more

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White’s Boots

By Danna Burns-Shaw

White’s Boots opened around 1850 in the bustling state of Virginia.  New industries were emerging in Virginia’s cities. By the late 1850’s, Virginia could claim 4,841 manufacturing establishments, making it fifth among the states in this Read more

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Scott McCulloch: Finding His Place

By Nick Pernokas

Sometimes it takes a while to find out where you’re supposed to be. In the case of Scott McCulloch, he wasn’t that far away; it just took a few years to get there.

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Roje Leather – Internationally Connected

By Danna Burns-Shaw

Jeramiah Kapp has led an adventurous life to which most “homebodies” could not relate. Born in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri on a cattle ranch in 1974, he moved to St. Louis in 1982 and would Read more

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Goin’ West: The Amazing Leatherworkx of Jürgen Volbach

By Gene Fowler

Pioneer German immigrants contributed greatly to the settlement of frontier America. Tales and legends of the Wild West enchanted many Germans who remained in the Old World. Even the great Deutsch writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Read more

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Weaver Leather

Ohio company celebrates 45 years of growth, innovation and service

By Lynn Ascrizzi

The small Ohio community called Mount Hope seems to be a fitting metaphor for the leather goods manufacturer, distributor and retailer that is Weaver Leather, LLC, Read more

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Award Winning Bob Klenda

By Danna Burns-Shaw

First Impression 

They say first impressions are everything. My first impression of Bob Klenda occurred at the CSMA Winter Seminar, held at Burns Saddlery in January of this Read more

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Tres Outlaws in El Paso

The Road to California Leads to the City at the Pass

By Gene Fowler

Back in the Days of ’49, many a pilgrim bound for the California gold fields traveled through the westernmost tip of Texas. In those days, Read more

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Springfield Leather

Keeping up with success is their biggest challenge

By Lynn Ascrizzi

In Springfield, Missouri, amid a sprawling network of streets, concrete office buildings and asphalt parking lots, is a long strip mall that  Read more

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