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We offer a few different belt models at Craft and Lore, which leads many to wonder which belt is right for them. This blog is meant to provide you with information about each model, so that you can more easily choose the belt that fits your needs.    THE MOUNTAIN BELT The Mountain Belt is one of the flagship products of Craft and Lore.  The Mountain Belt is built with a particular leather: ultra-heavy-duty, 13oz Old World Harness from the family owned Hermann Oak Tannery in St. Louis.   We only offer this leather in two colors, Russet and Dark...

Peak Design is a brand that creates stunningly well-designed products for photographers, videographers, and everyone else.  Their products range from camera bags, to tripods, to camera-focused luggage items.  At Craft and Lore, we have been utilizing Peak Design products for our media production for years.  Starting with the Everyday Bag and moving forward to their straps, tripods, and incredibly useful Capture Clip, we’ve been blown away every step of the way.  We also know we’re not the only ones, as many of our customers, friends, and essentially the entire photographer community are obsessed with everything they release.  Their crowd-funding campaigns...

Horween Shell Cordovan is one of the premier leather offerings at Craft and Lore. It comes with a lot of hype from dedicated fans and a hefty price tag, so we often get questions about it. What is Horween Shell Cordovan? Horween Shell Cordovan comes from Horween, a world famous tannery based in Chicago Illinois that has been in operation for over a hundred years. The term "shell" refers to a very specific type of leather that only comes in a round shape from the rump of a horse. The biggest a single shell can be is typically around 2.5...

Which leather will patina the most? In order to answer that, let's ask what is leather patina? We're often asked what leather will form the best patina over time. The definitive answer will always ever be Natural Veg Tan. Leather without any dye added during the tanning process is what we refer to as "natural". But different tanning processes can produce a different color of "natural". Take for example Horween Chromexcel in natural. Even though no color has been added during the tanning process, the color ends up a rich gray brown just based on it's unique tanning with blends...