The Jacket Maker is a startup reimagining the leather outerwear market, beginning with affordability. Starting at $350 a piece, you can chat with brand designers who will work step by step to design ...

A bad experience with a direct-to-consumer leather jacket brand is what helped push brothers Scott and Robbie Kunz to launch their own company in 2017. Philadelphia-based Independence Brothers ...

My kindergartner taught me two important lessons this week. First, that an important component of value is longevity, and second, there’s always a fun way around life’s yucky tasks. Like the school ...

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Assemble this leather tool belt pattern to hold your most-used tools. Learn how to make a leather tool pouch with custom tool loops to perfectly tackle any project. In previous issues, I wrote about ...

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The 350-pound cast-iron Cobra sewing machine chugs to life with steady pressure on the foot pedal, sending a frighteningly long needle bobbing up and down to mate together two pieces of leather. Step ...

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Detroit — From a church basement to a brick-and-mortar shop in the heart of downtown Detroit, a custom leather shoe store owned and operated by its workers opened Tuesday. Pingree Detroit, a maker of ...