Full Grain Podcast with Nick Horween and Phil Kalas
For leather nerds! The finest leather, boots, shoes, bags, raw denim, drinks, watches, and more. Leather tannery veterans Nick Horween (5th generation, Horween Leather) and Phil Kalas (Founder, Ashland Leather) cover manufacturing, leather, boots, denim, everyday carry and the talented people who are creating the world's finest products. Get the inside scoop and a greater understanding for high quality goods with a new episode released every week.
Full Grain Podcast with Nick Horween and Phil Kalas
EP23: Portland Leather Goods Curtis Matsko
Curtis is the CEO, founder, and the energy for Portland Leather Goods and Patina.
https://www.portlandleathergoods.com/
https://patina.com/
0:00 Coming to America
2:22 Starting Portland Leather
7:25 Leather
12:16 Forecasting
16:19 Hide Market, Material Delays
21:24 Leather for Women
35:00 Best Leather?
43:23 Mystery Box
45:36 Scale
54:08 Growing in a Pandemic
56:16 Sustainability - Recraftable Boot?
1:00:36 Thursday Boot
1:07:41 Future Products
1:11:10 Made in USA
1:13:45 Tannery Leather Working Group Relevance
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