Camp Leather Goods: An Artisan Inspired by the Great Outdoors 

By B. Crawford 

There are few views as inspiring as the view of Mt. Rainier from Tacoma, Washington, and few leather craftsman as inspired by wilderness as Caleb Arthur, the founder of Camp Leather Goods.   

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FINDING THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB  

Ohio-based design and tool company is seeing steady growth

By Lynn Ascrizzi 

When you’re bent over the workbench, attempting to create a worthwhile product out of leather or BioThane, you know how frustrating and downright thwarting it Read more

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Mike Vaughn — The Rise and Career of a “Top Hand” 

By Edward Loya 

Growing up during the Urban Cowboy movie craze in the early 1980s, Mike Vaughn wore cowboy boots and, when he turned 14, he started bull riding at local rodeos. As Mike explained it, “Everybody wore Read more

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Howard Council: A Humble Legend 

By Nick Pernokas 

Howard Council, saddle maker at his shop in Lawton, Wednesday, January 26, 2011. He will be receiving the Chester Reynolds Award during the Western Heritage Awards at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Photo Read more
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C. Loy’s Leathers in the City at the Pass

From the “Art Leather Center of the Whole Civilized World” 

by Gene Fowler 

Most entrepreneurs, when considering starting a business, get a common piece of good advice from family and friends. Before putting your own name above the “open” Read more

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Diamond Bar Leather 

Dylan Borowski 

By B. Crawford 

The next time you check out the Professional Bull Riders Team Series on CBS television or a streaming video service, take a good look at Cooper Davis. He’s a top bull rider, the 2016 Read more

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Don King: The Man in the Center

By Nick Pernokas 

They say that a good writer should never interject himself into his stories. They say a lot of things. When dealing with “legends” of the West, they say when the legend outshines the fact, print the Read more

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Where There’s a Mum, There’s a Way

Breakin’ the Rules Like Proper Brits: 

The Cambridge Satchel Story 

by Gene Fowler 

British mum Julie Deane found herself in a pickle one day back in 2008. Her eight-year-old daughter was being bullied at school and Deane decided to Read more

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Mean Jean Leather 

By Nick Pernokas 

Thirty-six-year-old Lyndsi McGee grew up in central California. In her twenties, she moved to Los Angeles. Perhaps it was the ghost of L.A.’s pop culture, that is so prevalent there, which fueled her love for 1960s Read more

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Business is Booming at Broncy Donkey Leather 

Moccasin-style footwear collections spark leap of success and faith  

By Lynn Ascrizzi 

It’s easy to recall a business that has the charmingly quirky name, Broncy Donkey Leather Company. It trips off the tongue and delights the ears, and Read more

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