The Filson Workshop created a collection of one-of-a-kind hand-tooled leather pieces that are now available online. The styles — a card case, a wallet and a briefcase — feature beautiful Western ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Loyalty Leather, the South Philly-based studio of Cheryl and Kyra Ellzysmith, is filled with everything you would find in a custom leather goods maker space - tools, hides, ...

Most days, he sits facing the frontyard window, shaping, hand-tooling and custom-designing cowboys hats, as well as leather wristbands and belts. He buys the hats, and then adds an artisan’s touch.

Tonight, during New York Fashion Week, Ralph Lauren will host his annual runway show – and this one promises to be spectacular. Being broadcast live from Central Park beginning at 8:00 pm, the runway ...

Master saddle maker Jeff Gollehon and his young colleague Sterling Campbell spend a good share of their work week cutting, wetting, shaping and tooling hand-crafted saddles in the loft area of Grizzly ...

It’s a typical day at Rocketbuster headquarters, in the historic Union Plaza District of downtown El Paso. Three men sit at a cutting table, meticulously hand-tooling unfinished leather; nearby, ...

Leatherworking requires precision and concentration, but is often accompanied by pain in the hands due to the wrong choice of tools. In 2025, craftsmen increasingly prefer ergonomic solutions that ...

Leather working tools are lined up in front of a variety of firefighting paraphernalia on Burk’s workbench. (Vernon Bryant - Staff Photographer) From the get-go, Cameron Burk of Justin knew that he ...

The dig site at Castel di Guido in Italy featured numerous skeletons of straight-tusked elephants, from which many of the bone tools were produced. "Elephant bones for the Middle Pleistocene toolmaker ...