steveb leatherworks: the blather

All over the country there are kids playing baseball, dogs chasing those kids and more kids playing in mud puddles. Aint life grand?

Even in this day and age – they cant give this POS away. Come an get ’em!!!

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NYC never sleeps, it rests when it has to, but it really doesnt get true shuteye.

Freddy and I spent some time toolin round the outer boroughs of NYC today. We saw some questionable style in regards to the chrome helmeted metric rider. Chrome Domes are sooo yesterday…ya know.

Yea – me an Ry-man hit the super duper weenie stand some time back to get a pre-dinner hot diggity dog snack. Doesn’t take much to get anyone in my family to break the rules when it comes to food. We just arent wired to say “no”. I will also mention that Guy Fiere came […]

One of the things l like best about old towns is that they have history just about everywhere, if you care to look. Personally, I like to look, and found these pavement markers embedded in some quality sidewalk concrete in Buffalo. Amazing to think that these sidewalks have lasted so long given the weather extremes […]

Used to be we had local food shops all around  the ‘hood, at least i used to have stores like this nearby. I came from a place that had a lot of this…type of life and energy on the street. Going to the Supermarket just isn’t the same as visiting the local specialists: bread, meat, […]

This gent was showing consummate class slicing and dicing his way through NYC mid day blech. Watching him cut through the clutter was  a bit unnerving – it was obvious no one around him saw him coming…I dont know, it always seemed so dangerous to me, being on a quiet, stealthy bike in a traffic […]

Well after some pretty major rebuilding in the Spring , the TR6 has been back on the road and I must pay Freddy big props for doing it right. We’ve not gotten stuck or had a breakdown once this season. ha, now we’re screwed, eh? Anyway, Freddy’s had a TR in the family for years […]

Well i have posted my 366th consecutive post. This blog is officially 1 year old today. I stopped tracking site  traffic some time ago, it was kind of distracting, sort of like a compulsion to keep looking in the rearview..lol..I have to wonder, is it worth it, does anyone care… If anyone has any suggestions, […]

so, I head into NYC on a pretty regular basis to get my dose of whatever it is that NYC provides. part of this adventure is waiting for the train..because driving just plain sucks 

Jon is one of my “special-needs” customers… being on the job and all, requires that his daily carry gear meet some specific specifications and really work as needed. Additionally, this stuff usually takes a beating – so it needs to be tough. Well, Jon’s BlackBerry case fits the bill: it fits his 2″ wide duty […]

Pupkin threw his annual July 4th party this year, as one could predict, it being an annual event an all. I captured some nice images of the local fireworks… and thought now would be a nice time to share and enjoy now that summer is nearly in the rearview. This summer flew by, holy shit. 

Ya know what they did? They tried fecking up Freddy and mine favorite shot and a beer joint the Duck – by showcasing it on TV, yes they did – but they DID NOT succeed.  Guy Fierie seems like a nice enough guy but when his “Diner, Dives & joints, whatever…” showcased one of my […]

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American hero, a bit of a nut, he was brilliant,  he was an iconic architect and notably  he was a  designer. This is a guy who is a national treasure. This house, The Martin House is worth seeing if you are ever in the Buffalo area. Don’t be a know-nothing, […]

I had an experience I wanted to share…check it out here…. Here’s a little backstory. I was out tooling around “the Valley”. It was a beautiful day, I felt like busting out of the shop for a bit so i grabbed my camera and beat feet. I really didn’t have a specific agenda and didn’t […]

I love seeing things like this pull out of peoples garages. It gives me hope that America still has some of what made things like this possible: craft, ingenuity, pride, money and love.

The new pocket wallets with the Duckbill Designs clips are the shit folks – these moneyclips are the very best I’ve seen – ever!! Bundled up with a pocket wallet – you’re covered! Pocket Wallets are available in a few different types/styles of leather. About exotic skins….If you have a skin you want to use, […]

Back about 10 lifetimes ago, I worked at a bar call the Continental. This place was the epicenter of punk rock, cheap drinks and a good rowdy time in Buffalo, NY, a place i called home . My best friends at the time worked and/or partied there and it was 2 floors of nuttiness… Bud, […]

Not a tremendously complicated piece, Val’s cuff didnt take a particularly long time to make, and wasnt much of a technical challenge for me… but like every cusom made piece, it took a bit of thought, clarity on what my customer wanted and a bit of care…in design and in production. Val wanted a cuff […]

I have got to have a good Italian bakery near where i live… and lucky for me, I do. Welcome to DiMare bakery. The make it all folks, even my super special most favorite of all deserts, Italian Cheesecake – made with Ricotta, rather than Cream Cheese.  They even fresh fill my cannoli’s right there […]

I grew up with cars like this. They ruled the roost. In NYC, where I grew up we had alot of urban hot rodders. Most of the fast baddass cars we young male teens all boned for, were like this beauty sitting here. I dont recall many  of the old style cut downs, slammed, chopped […]