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The folder calls this one the newest 2209, and its lock plate is the detail to look at. The brass plate is engraved with the maker’s name and New York, set into the dark chocolate English bridle leather in a ring of stitching.
Horween’s Chromexcel through the tannery’s own account and the makers who cut it: an 89-step pull-up leather, disputed origin dates and split care advice.
The Woodhull 4701 is a 20 x 13 x 7 inch black English bridle leather briefcase with four compartments, a removable pivot flap and double Marcellino latches.
The Habermas 2069 in black English bridle: the latch built for lawyers who were tired of the buckle, and how the bag is made, finished and cared for.
An Olfa 60 mm rotary cutter review for leatherwork, from maker specs, forum threads and buyer reports: how thick it cuts, where curves defeat it, blade costs.
A leather passport cover is thin leather, two pockets and one long seam. How to size the pattern, choose the leather, stitch it clean and finish the edges.
Saddle stitching fails one thread at a time. Machine lockstitch fails all at once. The difference explains why bridle leather goods are still hand-sewn.