By Nick Pernokas

The saddle was old and had seen some miles. So was the old man who was looking at it. The tradeshow was large and full of saddles, but the workmanship on this saddle had caught his Read more

By Liisa Andreassen

Montello Heel Mfg., Inc. in Brockton, Mass. has been handcrafting custom shoe components at the same Brockton location for 110 years. In 1956 John Alden Pearson, the superintendent of the factory at the time, was able Read more

World-class maker of hand tools maintains success by sticking to what it does best

By Lynn Ascrizzi

A drop forge hammer at C.S. Osborne & Co., a manufacturer of leather, upholstery and industrial hand tools, founded in 1826.

As Read more

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

California Dreaming

By Nick Pernokas

It has been said that Los Angeles is the land of broken dreams. Fortunately that generalization doesn’t describe all of the dreams or the dreamers who live there. A case in point is a Read more