HORWEEN LEATHER

WITH THE RE-BRAND AND RE-LAUNCH OF TUMBLE AND HIDE IN 2016 CAME ONE CERTAINTY, AND THAT WAS THAT WE MUST USE THE HORWEEN LEATHER FROM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SITTING AT THE START/END OF ROUTE 66, HORWEEN HAVE BEEN SETTING THE HIGHEST STANDARD FOR LEATHER SINCE 1905. HORWEEN’S MISSION STATEMENT IS A SIMPLE ONE, THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE THE BEST LEATHER POSSIBLE, WHICH SITS WELL WITH US AT TUMBLE AND HIDE AS WE ONLY WANT TO MAKE THE BEST LEATHER GOODS POSSIBLE. WE KNOW THAT MAKING THE BEST MEANS DOING THINGS RIGHT AND THANKFULLY THIS IS THE MODUS OPERANDI THAT HORWEEN ADHERE TO.

THIS LEATHER IS HANDMADE USING A FAVOURED BARK TANNING TECHNIQUE FROM A PROPRIETARY RECIPE HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE AGES. THE ANILINE LEATHER IS THEN CONDITIONED AND NOURISHED USING NATURAL OILS AND GREASES TO GIVE A RICH HAND FEEL. THE HORWEEN LEATHER IS CHARACTERISED BY ITS PULL UP QUALITIES AND THE HAND RUBBED FINISH ADDS AN EXTRA DIMENSION TO THIS BEAUTIFUL LEATHER.

ULTIMATELY THIS MODERN DAY LEATHER IS MADE USING OLD WORLD CRAFTSMANSHIP. IT’S INVIGORATING TO KNOW THAT THIS LEATHER CARRIES A CERTAIN PROVENANCE AND THAT BY OWNING A TUMBLE AND HIDE PRODUCT MADE IN HORWEEN LEATHER YOU ARE GETTING A GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST.