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Editorials.

Diamond Jim Davis, Leather Man 

by Gene Fowler  WWBFJD? (What Would Benjamin Franklin Johnson Do?)  In July 1847, an ailing Brigham Young, the second president of the …

MAKERS OF KNIFE SHEATHS, GUN HOLSTERS AND MORE! 

Laying J Leather is up and running in Austinville, Virginia   By Lynn Ascrizzi  "Products are made with U.S. hides tanned in …

Korban Coy’s Leather Studio 

By Nick Pernokas  You may have seen a trend in our articles lately. Our subjects are getting younger, they’re successful and they’re turning…

Putting the Cart Behind the Horse 

Linda Lucas and Coopermill Harness   By B. Crawford  When the world ran on horse power (and I mean real horse power, not gas-powered …

TRUSTED STALWARTS 

By B. Crawford  What do some of the world’s best-known bartenders, butchers and blacksmiths have in common? They are all trusted …

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