Leather Insights: Navigating Patina, Styles, and Traditional Craftsmanship
A ColsenKeane Blog.
The Pursuit of Average
I want to say this plainly. The system isn't rooting for you to be extraordinary. It's built for average. It markets to average. It assumes you'll eat what everyone else...
The Bag With No Zipper: A Feature, Not an Oversight
At some point, you will notice that a lot of ColsenKeane bags don't have zippers. No satisfying zip-zip at the top. No little pull tab. No teeth to tug on....
Charlotte Leather Crafting with ColsenKeane
Charlotte Is Becoming a Leather Town. We Have Some Thoughts About That. If you've been paying attention to Charlotte's maker scene lately, you may have noticed something quietly stitching itself...
Debossed, Engraved, Embossed, Monogrammed: What's the Difference?
If you've ever gone to personalize a leather good and found yourself staring down a dropdown menu of options you can't quite define, you're not alone. These terms get used...
Nothing Wasted: How ColsenKeane Makes Every Inch of Leather Count
There is a version of leather goods manufacturing where scraps get swept into a bin at the end of the day, miscut hides get tossed, and imperfect pieces quietly disappear....
Three People Walk Into a Leather Studio. Every Single Day. Here's What They Actually Do.
There is a version of "handcrafted" that means a machine did most of it and a person put the lid on the box. That is not what happens at ColsenKeane....
The Myth That's Keeping You From Cleaning Your Leather
You spill coffee on your leather bag. Your first instinct? Panic. Your second? Grab a dry cloth and dab furiously while whispering a small prayer (if thats how you roll)....
BEHIND THE CRAFT: From Hide to Heirloom: How a ColsenKeane Bag Is Made
BEHIND THE CRAFT From Hide to Heirloom: How a ColsenKeane Bag Is Made Most bags are made in factories, by machines, by the thousands. Ours are not. Every ColsenKeane bag...
Patina on
Crazy Horse
This backpack has been used for years. This photo captures how our cowhide, Crazy Horse, shows wear and begins to soften its shape with use.
