Lantana Leather Co.

The Craft

Five steps. One pair of hands.

  1. I

    Selecting the Hide

    We source full-grain, vegetable-tanned hides from American tanneries — the kind that age into something more beautiful than they began.

  2. II

    Drafting the Pattern

    Patterns are drawn on kraft, refined on leather scrap, and revised until the proportions feel inevitable.

  3. III

    Carving & Tooling

    Sheridan-style florals are cased and carved with swivel knives, then bevelled, shaded, and backgrounded by hand.

  4. IV

    Dyeing & Finishing

    Hand-rubbed oil dyes, sealed with beeswax and resin, burnished to a glassy gleam.

  5. V

    Saddle Stitching

    Two needles, waxed linen thread, one stitch at a time. Stronger than any machine seam — and meant to be repaired, not replaced.