Horween Leather Company » Blog http://horween.com Tue, 14 May 2013 18:55:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 HorweenLeatherCohttp://feedburner.google.com Half Acre Beer Company http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HorweenLeatherCo/~3/2QgHbJUDUg8/ http://horween.com/visits/half-acre-beer-company/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:45:29 +0000 nick http://horween.com/?p=1621 Gabriel of Half Acre was kind enough to give us a tour last week.  They make great product and there is a lot of personality at their facility.  The people working there are all friendly and passionate, and all the brewing vessels and tanks have names and special labels – Poutine Wolf and T. Hurt were a couple of my favorites.

It’s a great time to live in Chicago.  While there isn’t as much being made here as there was years ago, what is here is top notch.

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]]> http://horween.com/visits/half-acre-beer-company/feed/ 0 http://horween.com/visits/half-acre-beer-company/ Epaulet’s Mike Kuhle and Shell Cordovan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HorweenLeatherCo/~3/QDkbdUkyu-M/ http://horween.com/leathers/epaulets-mike-kuhle-and-shell-cordovan/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:25:12 +0000 nick http://horween.com/?p=1604

Visit their website here - http://epauletnewyork.com

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]]> http://horween.com/media/curtis-t/feed/ 1 http://horween.com/media/curtis-t/ Shinola http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HorweenLeatherCo/~3/7M7BiqOY_TQ/ http://horween.com/media/shinola/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:43:40 +0000 nick http://horween.com/?p=1578

Thank you, Shinola, for featuring us and allowing us to produce leather for you!

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]]> http://horween.com/media/hold-fast/feed/ 0 http://horween.com/media/hold-fast/ Alden Shoe Company http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HorweenLeatherCo/~3/ZNFL6xS6H-Q/ http://horween.com/101/alden-shoe-company/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:05:59 +0000 nick http://horween.com/?p=1533 A couple of weeks ago I made the pilgrimage to Alden.  Fortunately, my flights fell between the march of winter storms.  In many places in the world the shoe business, and the way shoes are made, has changed.  Leather (or synthetic material) is cut, sewn, lasted, bottomed, and the last is removed.  Very little has changed in Alden’s corner of Middleborough since 1884.  Alden makes Goodyear Welted Footwear, which is complicated, but worth it.

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A true Goodyear welt is superior because it allows a piece of footwear to be resoled many times.  This is largely because the shoe upper is attached to a welt (a thin strip of durable leather), which is attached to a midsole, which is then attached to an outsole.  This makes lots of sense, considering a well-made, well-maintained, leather upper will always outlive it’s outsole.

This isn’t the only thing that makes Alden special.  At their factory in Massachusetts things move at the “right” speed.  Shoes are lasted and left on the last for several days and everything is meticulously finished – from polishing backstays to clipping extra threads.  The process of making these shoes happens at a pace which allows for the manufacture of some of the finest quality production footwear in the world.

A special thank you to Mr. Tarlow and the team at Alden for taking our leather from flat on the table to world class.

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]]> http://horween.com/media/through-the-lens-4/feed/ 2 http://horween.com/media/through-the-lens-4/ Upgrade: Ashland Leather Card Wallet http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HorweenLeatherCo/~3/nKgfnJbdhWo/ http://horween.com/products/upgrade-ashland-leather-card-wallet/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:05:41 +0000 nick http://horween.wordpress.com/?p=924 Ashland Leather was recently purchasing some Chromexcel for their front pocket wallet and it seemed like the perfect way to use up some of the harder to find Shell Cordovan colors I’ve been hoarding.  There’s only a few of each in these colors.  There are some other options available directly from Ashland Leather, but I’ll be selling these pictured.  These are $115 each and will ship for free via UPS ground to anywhere in the US.  To order, please visit www.Horween.com and call the factory – please ask for Nick and have your Visa or MasterCard ready.  You can also email to nick(at)horween.com.

From left to right – Dark Cognac, Natural, Color #2, Color #4, Color #8, Intense Blue, Dark Green, Black, and Natural Chromexcel.

All of the wallets in the above picture are Shell Cordovan, with the exception of the Natural Chromexcel wallet, which is available from Ashland Leather directly.

I’ve been carrying one of these for a while (in dark cognac) and I really like it.  It holds 7 – 12 cards – depending how much you want to stuff it – and/or some folded bills tucked into the larger of the two pockets.  I’ve been carrying mine with a money clip and it’s perfect.

Also available in two-tone. From left to right: Natural/Green, Color #8/Color #2, “Reshaved,” and Natural/Intense Blue.

The same picture as above, showing the inside. From left to right: Natural/Green, Color #8/Color #2, “Reshaved,” and Natural/Intense Blue.

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