Mascon Leather - The Leather Blog
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Mascon Leather is a maker of handcrafted leather goods in Williamsburg, VIrginia. Leather goods painstaking crafted with passion, patience and pride.
Mascon Leather - The Leather Blog
2y ago
One more: “Suck it up, Buttercup” post.
A brief lesson on skills, shortcuts, experience, efficiency. (As usual?)
Leather skiving. Essentially, thinning leather. Don’t confuse this with leather splitting. Which is sort of the same.
“Splitting” is thinning an entire leather piece (or hide) to one continuous and hopefully consistent thickness. Example, going from 10 oz to 6 oz.
“Skiving” thins, as well. But usually it’s only a section of the leather piece. Usually a gradual slope sliced off. Example, from 10 oz on one end down to 2 oz to the other. Think of a wedge.
Skiving is good for when fold ..read more
Mascon Leather - The Leather Blog
2y ago
Story time:
When I was younger (12 - 17 years old) my father and I were building our house. Yes, it took 5 years from start to finish. He literally did every step. He’d work on it every day after his midnight shift at work at the brewery, and I’d go every Saturday, Sunday, school holiday and every day during the summers. My entire high school life was building a house with my dad.
We’d always stop at Pop’s footlong hotdog for breakfast on the way out. So the 1974, “Ole Blue” Ford F-250 pickup truck (with 36” tires) sat in the parking lot loaded with brick laying paraphernalia, wheelbarrows an ..read more
Mascon Leather - The Leather Blog
3y ago
Since my hands and arms are the “face” of my YouTube channel, I thought it fitting to post the last ink installment. With some more details about inspiration, meaning, planning, execution, etc. And yes, forewarning, no leather is present in the photos. If you came for leather, move along. If you came for story, enjoy.
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Ink Composition and inspiration:
Books, coffee, mermaid, Lilly flower, scallop shells
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Ink meaning:
Books - for my mother (deeper inference withheld here for obvious reasons)
Coffee - see meaning for ..read more
Mascon Leather - The Leather Blog
3y ago
If you want to feel pure luxury every time you fondle your mouse, this is the answer!
Leather Rougher, now available to preorder! - http://zeebeeleather.com/shop/leather...
Double layered, hand stitched mouse pad with incorporated hand stitched wrist support (an additional two layers of leather ..read more
Mascon Leather - The Leather Blog
3y ago
As of July 17, 2019, the official Mascon YouTube Channel is live. Content is being loaded as fast as possible.
Make sure you subscribe! Also, hit the notification bell so you don’t miss anything (forcing YouTube to do the work and alerting you any time a new video is posted).
The latest video to be posted (as of this blog date) is here -> Desk Pad ..read more
Mascon Leather - The Leather Blog
3y ago
This is the making of Santiago wallet in Horween Dublin. From grabbing the Horween hide off the rack, to finishing the edges, and everything in between ..read more
Mascon Leather - The Leather Blog
3y ago
We’ll start off with some fresh coffee, then shift gears and get these things going. Grab yourself a cup-a joe, sit back, and enjoy the ride ..read more
Mascon Leather - The Leather Blog
3y ago
I’m often asked if I could give a “virtual tour” of the Mascon Leather. Today, on a bit of a whim, I walked around and snapped some shots. Pardon the mess.
The first section of photos are of the leather studio itself. The second section are of the photo studio.
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize ..read more
Mascon Leather - The Leather Blog
3y ago
We had a few special guests over to the house / studio yesterday. A few months ago I was asked to have “Mascon Leather” featured in an upcoming issue of “Distinction” magazine. Of course that means an interview and photo shoot. The magazine’s Creative Director, E.J. Troudt, arrived in the morning and brought with him the Adam Ewing Photography team (Adam Ewing and Jeff Master). The crew systematically and efficiently took over the leather studio, leather loft and photo room, setting up camera gear, lights, laptops, tripods, backdrops and more.
Adam is the most brilliant photogra ..read more