steveb leatherworks: the blather

Friend, neighbor, riding partner, local titan of business, TR is a good guy whose been kind enough to give me some business over the years. I’d made him a pretty unusual belt a year or so ago, a Scrapper that was pretty fun and good with jeans. It was a rugged belt that was more […]

Ah yes, we’ve all felt it  at some point during the aging process – the dreaded shrinking belt syndrome, which is usually preceded by shrinking pants syndrome and shrinking jacket syndrome. Well some many many years ago, I’d made Chris, a beautiful flame  belt, as I called them – and he loved it and wore […]

Most companies cringe when it comes to talking about their fan mail and comments from their customers.  Conversely, I actually have come to look forward to hearing from the people I do work for and for those in the “trade of leather”, so to speak. At first , many years ago when I’d see an […]

Many of my customers come to me for custom work after previously having had a “not-so-good” experience with leather hobbyists who do “work for hire”.  It’s understandable that this happens – as it takes time to get a handle on the art, the craft and most of all the materials necessary to make something from […]

Keeping pants up is serious business and I take it seriously – believe it! This ultra thick 12oz veg tan belt is for Chris – who will wear it every day for work. This belt is replacing a belt I made him 6yrs ago, which quite honestly is just about worn to death. This new […]

I cant get enough of these, people seem to like them and seeing mine every AM when I am pulling on my droopy drawers makes my heart sing with joy. You can see whats available here, and remember – Custom orders are accommodated! Cheers!                  

To a person living in the Northeast when the phrase “hatbands” is uttered , well, it conjures up visions of  a weird musical unit. For the most part we don’t wear hats in the East, we wear caps and so I’ve not been exposed to things like “real hats” in any great way.  Well wouldn’t […]

If you bought one of my wallets and wore it hard everyday for 5 years, what would it look like? Well, this is what Jon’s looks like. Pretty damn good He sent this to me along with an order for a guitar strap. Thanks Jon!!

                  I’m a fan of color & texture. In my world, it should feel as good, as it looks,  as it works. My customers seem to agree…

The SteveB Valet is made, by me, right here in the USA,  of two 10.0z squares of seriously heavy duty vegtan leather between which is another sandwich of chrome tanned leather from Langlitz. This whole shebang is glued, stitched and riveted together – so you know this unit will outlive the roaches and will be […]

I was thinking this morning… …it’s really nice to get feedback  about the work we do. Its useful (but not fun) when that feedback is critical, but even then, it can spur you on to do greater things and produce better work. Its even nicer to get feedback that is positive – and so, I […]

You are going to tell me that keeping your pants up is not important? Please Do you want to be one of those no-shirt having, pants falling down around his ankle characters like in (the show) Cops. Hail no, you sure don’t ya’ll. What you want is a fine device like the one displayed here […]

So to continue on with the Proto-Manta plug belt saga.. I wanted to talk about color a bit. Black is the turd in the punchbowl when it comes to leathercraft. There isn’t a skilled leather crafter alive that likes to work in black. Black sucks – it soaks up detail like the dickens. Black, unless […]

I love the sound of  “proto-manta-belt”, feels like I could have a ray gun hanging from it, and not be out of place.  Well I don’t know that I’ll be slinging a ray gun any time soon, but i can say this – creating a good looking plug inlay with a skin like Manta ray […]

I made a wallet (nice images Walter, geez!) for Walter (owner of Kickstart cycles and founder of the Gypsy Run) to auction off , the proceeds of which are to help pay for the run….  I don’t support a lot of events, but I dig Walter and I dig the Gypsy Run. I can’t  support […]

People say – where have you been, what have you been doing?   To which I respond – I’ve been busy here, hey! For example – this new stinker just got bagged and tagged and is ready for consumption – and it was no mean feat getting that accomplished, it fought me! This is a 3 […]

This weeks sale unit – the AllStar Travel Wallet, This is a travel wallet to hold travel/on the road documents and receipts. It has an unusual and unique stamped design. It is thick and substantial, it is one of a kind and measures 8.5″x 4 5/8′. It’s designed to be able to slip a passport, […]

the OLD SHOE, a generation 2, belt fob – check it out – a tried and true design. I wore it on my belt as I do all of my designs to insure “structural viability and integrity” (only the most rigorous tests on my stuff will do) and now that the design is well vetted, […]

If you ride a motorcycle, you need to know the stuff you carry, the items you wear  – as well as the bike you ride – are all rock solid. If you want some really well made, nicely designed and unique leather items to wear on your person – take a look at what is […]

the 2-Too, a generation 3, belt fob – check it out – a new design – only made 10 of these and will probably not make more of this design, so get one of this limited run while ya can!@  

Every week – I am going to offer up a single item from my store, picked randomly – for a 1/3rd off. This week, up for dibs is the Walnutty Fob, available on ETSY

This is a travel wallet to hold travel/on the road documents and receipts. It has an unusual and unique stamped design. It is thick and substantial, it is one of a kind and measures 8.5″x 4 5/8′. It’s designed to be able to slip a passport, plane tickets, license, receipts, maps and all the paper […]

Check my store on ETSY to see whats new and available – If you need/want custom – let me know.

My customers are rulers! Andy & Liz in AK have been steadfast customers of steveb leatherworks for some years now.  I always look forward to their “ask’s” and Andy’s latest request was not different – One of your regular customers from AK wondering if you are/considering making any more of the travel wallets pictured in […]