Leather Insights: Navigating Patina, Styles, and Traditional Craftsman

The Case for Leather: Why Q4 Corporate Gifting Deserves More Than a Branded Water Bottle

Q4 sneaks up fast. One minute you're wrapping up summer event season, and the next you're staring down a corporate gifting deadline with a list of clients, partners, and team...

How Long Until It Breaks In? Its up to you!

It usually happens within the first week. Someone picks up their brand new piece, gives it a squeeze like they're checking a peach for ripeness, and asks the thing we've...

A gift that keeps on giving - thats why they call it a love language.

You can tell a lot about a company, and their team, by what they decide to give as a gift. Typically it's a stress ball, a branded grocery tote, a...

Leather in the Heat

I couldn't help but wonder. When it's ninety four degrees in Charlotte and the sidewalk feels personally offended by your existence, what happens to the bag on your shoulder? Here's...

One Belt, Made Once; Your Honorary Leathersmith Badge

One Belt, Made Once I've always believed the things we choose to own say more about us than the things we chase. But here's a question I couldn't help but...

The ColsenKeane Sample Sale: A Little Game of Chicken

Once a year, we open the studio floor. Not for tours. Not for classes. For one of the most anticipated events in the ColsenKeane calendar: the Sample Sale. If you...

Learn to Work with Leather: Inside the ColsenKeane Leather Crafting Residency

Learn to Work with Leather: If you've ever watched a skilled craftsperson stitch a leather bag by hand and thought, I want to learn how to do that - well,...

What to Pack When You're Packing for Everything: A College Send-Off Reading List (for Your Bag)

There's a particular kind of nervous-excited that comes with the weeks before college move-in. You're folding shirts you've never worn into a new closet, learning the name of a roommate...