Leather Goods Handmade since 1957Davy Joel Rippner - LeathersmitheNew: iPhone Pouches
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- History
- Peg & Awl window-shot - Haight-Ashbury 1963sandal-making collective. An inspiration.
- 1st Leathersmithe sandal workshop in the Psychedelic Shop 4th Avenue Kitsilano Vancouver BC Spring, 1967
- Ross and Davy at the Easter Be-in Stanley Park, 1975
- The Good Earth 1970 - 1973
- Southern Cross & LotR The Good Earth 1970 at the “foot” of Lonsdale North Vancouver BC
- 1010 Cook Street Victoria window display
- Leathersmithe with Lord of the Ring sandal 1977
- New LotRs ready to break in
- 1010 Cook Street showroom 1977 Victoria BC
- Building LotR sandals at 1010 Cook Street
- 1010 Cook Street Victoria rear workbench building 11 pair of P&P latigo LotRs simultaneously
- December 1974 saddle-stitched & cushioned LotRs
- 1010 Cook Street showroom & front workbench with 8 pair of finished sandals in the front window waiting to be fitted
- Ready for pounding clincher nails
- 1976 R90S sandal display in 1010 Cook Street showroom
- Vibram sole LotRs ready for final fitting(note bronze screws)
- Departing Victoria on new R90S BMW to discover America in 1977
- Sausalito bayside shoppe 1979
- Fred Bauer, Davy & parrotson the road south to LA
- Rennaisance Pleasure Faire Black Point Marin County 1980
- Shoemaking kit
- Brown Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully boots ready to saddle-stitch onto midsole & knife in saddle-stitched welted heavy brown latigo sheath
- Harness cowhide welt-seam sheath
- Buffalo & pigskin boots
- Brown Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully & calf shoes ready to saddle-stitch to mid-sole (scroll down)
- Blue & tan Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully brogues
- Tan Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully with brown toe natural crepe rubber sole brogues
- Brown Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully brogues with tan toe piece
- Light tan Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully brogues with brown toe
- High tan Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully shoes with deerskin edge-piping& honey Vibram soles
- Buffalo mocassin-boots
- High wraparound deerskin moccasins with natural crepe sole
- Poetsch & Peterson latigo bag & tall deerskin-topped blue boot Sausalito 1978
- Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully cowhide with deer piping
- My own side-tie Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully & calf shoes
- Calf slip-ons
- My own Sam Brown stud loafers being dyed
- Dewdney Trunk Road Pleasure Faire
- Christmas Pleasure Faire
- Call to the Craftsmen
- California Historical Tannery Archive
- Salz Tannery GalleryPhotos by Ansel Adams, Vester Dick & Jeremy LezinThanks to Santa Cruz Public Libraries Archives
- Recollections of Manasse Block Tannery
- The Pacific Tannery, Wagner Leather Company & Pacific Storage CompanyFinding Success in Business for 138 Years
- WHERE THOSE MEDICOS TAN HUMAN SKIN
- Ross and Kimberley in The Good Earth - 1970
- 1962 college-years part-time job at Donnin’s Arms Museum antiquing armour & selling Colts
- île de Noirmoutier France
- Shoulder Pouches
- SOLD $180 welt seam tan deerskin ranger button closure lightweight 58gm 6" x ½" x 7" (scroll down)
- SOLD welt seam lightweight blue-black glove cowhide ranger button closure lightweight 62 grams 5¾" x 7”$140 welt seam lightweight blue-black glove cowhideflap & ranger button closure 92 grams 5 1/2” x 5/16" x 7”not shown
- SOLD $140 welt seam lightweight deerskin & blue-black glove cowhide ranger button closures (scroll down)
- $200 expandable P&P latigo/deerskin belt pouchHolds a grapefruit inside!129gm 6½" x 5" (scroll down)
- $140 calf open-top pouch lightweight 26gm 3¾" x 3/16" x 5¼" (scroll down)
- SOLD $140 elk open-top pouch 51gm 4¼" x 3/16" x 5¼"
- SOLD $150 buffalo open-top pouch 83gm 4¼" x ¼" x 5¼"(scroll down)
- SOLD $160 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson burgundy latigo open-top pouch 124gm 4¼" x 7/16" x 5½" for iPhone (scroll down)
- $140 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson Ginger-Bully open-top pouch 56gm 3½" x 5/16" x 5¼” (scroll down for back view)
- SOLD $120 calf wet-moulded pouch 39gm 3¾" x 1" x 6" (scroll down)
- $80 welt seam goat 49gm 3½" x 1" x 5⅛" (scroll down)
- $80 welt seam calf/elk 52gm 3½" x 1" x 5⅛" (scroll down)
- $80 welt seam calf 44gm 3½" x 1" x 5⅛" (scroll down)
- Burnished welt seams protect the beeswaxed saddle-stitched 4 strand flax cord
- SOLD $140 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson ginger bully light brown cowhide with inner pocket 74gm 4¼" x 1" x 5¾" (scroll down)
- STOLEN $150 welt seam elk/calf long with expandable thickness to accommodate lumpy treasures 59gm 3¾" x ⅝" x 5¾"(scroll down)
- Hand-burnished cowhide welt seams protectbeeswaxed saddle-stitched flax sinew
- $100 welt seam calf long 48gm 3¾" x ½" x 5¾" (scroll down)
- $110 welt seam calf 51gm 4⅜" x 1" x 5¾" (scroll down)
- STOLEN $150 welt seam deer/calf expandable (⅜" to 1") pouch accommodates lumpy things 51gm 4⅜" x 5¾"(scroll down)
- SOLD $150 welt seam calf elk 59gm 3¾" x ¾" x 5⅝"
- $110 welt seam calf 48gm 3⅞" x ½" x 5⅝" (scroll down)
- $110 welt seam calf 52gm 4 7/16" x ½" x 5¾" (scroll down)
- Gifted $150 calf/dark deerskin 51gm 4⅜" x 7/16" x 5¾" (scroll down)
- $110 slim calf lightweight 45gm 4⅜" 3/16" x 5¾” (scroll down)
- SOLD welt seam calf 56gm 4⅜" x ½" x 6" (scroll down)
- Detail of modified sheet bend knot used to affix replaceable deerskin shoulder straps to sewed-in calf loops. All handwork is guaranteed for 10 years or life,whichever comes first or last.
- Passport Pouches
- SOLD $160 Elkhide tall passport pouchw/ranger button closure 160gm 5" x ¼" x 7¼" (scroll down)
- Gifted $200 deerskin piping Poetsch & Peterson ginger bully brown cowhide tall passport pouch 93gm 5" x ¼" x 7¼”(scroll down)
- Sold $140 deerskin piping tan calf short passport pouch5" x ½" x 6” (scroll down)
- SOLD $180 deerskin piping Poetsch & Peterson ginger bully brown cowhide short passport pouch 5" x ¼" x 6" (scroll down)
- Belt Pouches
- Gifted $170 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson ginger bully cowhide & dark blue glove cowhide large pouch 72gm 6" x ¾" x 4¼" (scroll down)
- STOLEN $170 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson ginger bully and elk long pouch 88gm 6⅜ x ¾" x 4”(scroll down)
- $125 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson ginger bully cowhide & deerskin front large pouch65gm 6" x ⅝" x 4½" (scroll down)
- Gifted $120 dark blue goatskin & calflightweight 30gm 4¾" x ¼" x 4¼” (scroll down)
- $120 dark blue goatskin and calf lightweight 30gm 4¾" x ¼" x 4¼"
- SOLD $170 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson ginger bully cowhide & firm oak tan harness cow front 74gm 4¾" x ¾" x 4⅛” (scroll down)
- $125 welt seam drum-back calf & Poetsch & Peterson golden latigo front 69gm 4¼" x 1" x 4¾" (scroll down to see belt loop)
- $125 welt seam calf drum-back and Poetsch & Peterson tan ginger bully cowhidefront 50gm 4⅜" x ⅝" x 4⅞" (scroll down)
- $190 welt seam drum-back calf & Poetsch & Peterson latigofront 105 gm 5 ¼" x ¾" x 5 ⅜" (scroll down)
- $50 Saddle-stitched knife calf belt pouches2.5” x 2.5” to 3” x 4.75"
- Bags
- Poetsch & Peterson golden latigo fully laced 3 compartments two front pockets 9½" x 3½" 12½” $950 (scroll down)
- Oyster 3 piece Poetsch & Peterson latigo bag
- Oak tan bridle cowhide goat piping welt seam viola peg closure 8" x 3" 10” $650(Scroll down for details of construction)
- The Unity one-piece Poetsch & Peterson golden latigo cowhide courier pouches(Scroll down)
- Irish linen and Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully Mexican algodon lining with saddle-stitchedgoat piping pockets inside and out(scroll down for detail photos)
- Poetsch & Peterson latigo bags in the Victoria 1010 Cook Street shoppe ready for lacing
- $450 Poetsch & Peterson golden latigo linen canvas-lined cartridge bag 9" x 4½" x 10½"
- Saddle-stitched Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully cowhide deerskin piping viola peg closure braided shoulder strap Sold $750 (scroll down)
- Saddle-stitched & laced Poetsch & Peterson medium-weight latigo cowhideSold $750
- 1010 Cook Street Victoria BC Canada 1978 (scroll down)
- Cartouche one piece calf $250 (scroll down)
- 2014 Pender Islands Fall Fair
- iPhone pouches
- Wallets Saddle-stiched minimalistcash & credit card holdersLifetime Guarantee$80 - $145CDN20 - 52 gramsWallets fit inside most Leathersmithe pouches
- $80 Calf hand-sewn with beeswaxed linen cord 4½” x 3 ⅞” x ⅛” Perfect for credit cards and folded banknotes Lifetime guarantee 22gm
- $80 Choose from brown, British tan, burnished tan light brown or natural calfskin 22gm Scroll down
- $80 Tan calfskin wallet holds 10 - 15 credit cards securely
- $80 Banknote wallet with contrasting saddle-stitched beeswaxed linen cord 24gm
- Bridle cowhide saddle-stiched with beeswaxed linen cordFinished with saddle soap, dubbin & carnauba wax About 7 x 11.5 cm 25gm very thin
- $80 Calfskin hand saddle-stiched with beeswaxed linen cord Finished with saddle soap & dubbin About 7 x 11.5 cm 25gm Very thin
- Goat, calf, & Hermann Oak cowhide saddle-stitched 4 pocket lightweight wallets
- Stashes or coin purses
- Durable calfskin & shoe leathers are saddle-stitched with waxed linen cord and finished with a light coat of carnauba wax, saddle soap, dubbin and beeswax.
- The saddler's awl produces a diamond-shaped hole; waxed linen cord lays-into the holes in a unique configuration. The completed saddle stitch can't be confused with machine sewing.
- Saddle-stitching begins and ends with a few back-stitches to add security and long life to the seam.
- Saddle-stitched vegetable-tanned cowhide, calfskin, & Italian goatskin finished withsaddle soap, dubbin & beeswax.
- Saddle-stitched Wallets
- $135 & $145 4 pockets calf, goat, & cowhide 3 ½” x 5 ⅛"
- Sandals
- M. A.'s LotRs after final fitting
- Steel clincher hand shoe tacks are used to secure the layers of top-grain bridle cowhide
- Ready for fitting continuous slim straps through broad straps
- The sandals have been wet-fitted & channels embossed into the arch straps to accomodate the long, slim one-piece straps
- Wet-fitted & ready for adventure. Go for a 30 minute walk while they are still damp.Your feet will move forward in the sandals as the arch straps stretch.
- Strap sizes are chosen according to your body proportions & lifestyle
- Variations in cowhide colour and texture disappear as the leather ages, absorbs your skin oils, and is tanned by the sun
- Thick, resilient heels and tough butterscotch-Vibram or cushy crepe heels & soles may last the life of your sandals
- After a few months the oak-tanned bridle cowhide takes on a rich, warm glow
- Large man's LotRs ready for 2nd fitting
- Prepared for assembly with Barge shoemaker's cement
- Channels for the strap are free of Barge cement & are lubricated with parafin. This allows fine adjustments over the long life of the sandals. It also makes replacement of the long strap a simple task.
- A tightly-cemented bond between insole and midsole is assured before the clincher nails permanently unite them
- Chappelle's Sandal shop 599 Bridgeway Sausalito CA 94965 (scroll down)
- Lords of the Rings On the Road (scroll down)
- LotRs on Castle Ridge
- Saddle-soaping, applying dubbin, repairs
- Repairs
- Protégés
- Breaking-in Your New Sandals
- Pender Islands Fall Fair 1st in Class
- Test LotRs
- About using an edger on the straps
- Flatfooted
- Strap Replacement
- Saddle-Stitching, Piping& Welt Seam TechniquesClick photos to enlarge
- Wood clamp used as a stitching pony is C-clamped to workbench
- Calf wallet and Poetsch & Peterson tan Ginger Bully cowhide pouch with deer piping
- Completed Poetsch & Peterson tan shoe cowhide pouch with deer piping
- Expandable deerskin/latigo/harness cowhide belt pouch $200
- Cowhide glove cowhide welt-seamed tall pouch sewed and ready to be turned inside-out
- Dark blue glove cowhide welt-seamed pouch 8gm 5¾ x ½" x 7⅛" $180
- Blue glove leather welt-seamed pouches calf ranger button closuresLightweight - 58gm & 62 gm $160 & $180
- Saddle stitched cellphone pouches
- Buffalo & Poetsch & Peterson cowhide saddle stitched cellphone pouches
- Elk & calf saddle stitched pouches
- Small goat, calf and calf/goat flapped welt-seamed pouches for cellphones, wallet, keys 3½" x ⅜" x 5" $140
- Calf ranger button on small Poetsch & Peterson shoe cowhide pouch 4½" ⅝" x 5" $140
- Elk tall passport pouch gifted $140 and braided pigskin & calf tassels $40
- Short and tall Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully cowhide passport pouches with deer piping $160 & $180.
- Pouches ready for the Pender Islands Saturday farmers market
- Mini-Unity pouch, a Leathersmithe original design. One piece of calf, no sewing. 3¾" x ⅞" x 2¾"
- A Mexican "redes" cactus fibre bag of pouches ready for the Saturday market
- More saddle-stitching
- Commemorative Poetsch & Petersonsaddle-stitched welt seam pouches
- Calf, buffalo & commemorative Poetsch & Peterson cowhide pouches
- $120 Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully brown cowhide ranger button closure 132gm 6" x 1½" x 7¼” (scroll down)
- $100 Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully open-top medium brown cowhide 61gm 4½" x 3/16" x 5⅜"
- STOLEN $150 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson Ginger-Bully open-top pouch 56gm 3½" x 5/16" x 5¼"
- STOLEN $160 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson burgundy latigoopen-top pouch 124gm 4¼" x 7/16" x 5½" for iPhone(scroll down)
- $110 Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bullyexposed seam cowhide 72gm 4" x 1" x 5¾”(scroll down)
- $110 saddle stitched Poetsch & Peterson buffalo/calf ranger button closure 54gm 3½" x ¼" x 5½” (scroll down)$110 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson buffalo/calfranger button closure 72gm 3⅞" x ⅝" x 5⅝” not shown
- $100 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bullybrown cowhide 74gm 4½" x ½" x 6"
- SOLD $160 welt seam P&P Ginger Bullydark brown cowhide 100gm 4¾" x ⅞" x 6⅛” (scroll down)
- $100 Poetsch & Peterson Ginger Bully dark brown cowhide/calf-formed cellphone pouch 54 gm 4⅛” x ⅜” x 5¾” (scroll down)
- SOLD $200 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson golden latigo/dark brown Ginger Bully small bag 154gm 6¼" x 1" x 6½" (scroll down)
- SOLD August 2024 $200 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson dark brown Ginger Bully small shoulder bag 129gm 6⅛" x ¾" x 6⅜" (scroll down)
- $150 gusseted Poetsch & Peterson chocolate Ginger Bully small shoulder bag 135gm 5¾" x 1" x 6½" (scroll down)
- SOLD $160 welt seam Poetsch & Peterson chocolate Ginger Bully small shoulder bag 100gm 5¾" x 1" x 6⅛ " (scroll down)
- Gifted gusseted Poetsch & Peterson tan Ginger Bullysmall shoulder bag 147gm 6" x 1½" x 5" (scroll down)
- Poetsch & peterson Latigo Bags
- Key Fobs, Tassels & Belts Click photos to enlarge
- Key Fobs & Tassels $35 - $55
- More Key Fobs & Tassels $35 - $55
- Keep your Readers close at hand
- Latigo & bridle leather saddle-stitched belts with brass & leather buckles
- Buckles of latigo and bridle cowhide which fasten with a sheet bend tongue (see next panel)
- Sheet bend tongue, used to fasten sandal straps on latigo & bridle leather belts & buckles. A large ranger button fastens the strap to the latigo leather buckle on the bottom belt.
- Endless-braid latigo belts from another era
- Bar Stools Vegetable-tanned Seat Replacement
- Watchband
- Archive & Environment
- Archives & Environment
- THE GOOD EARTHPearl S BuckPublished 1931 A Guide to Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth
- The Doors of Perception Aldous Huxley
- The Blind WatchmakerRichard Dawkins
- The Moral Animal
- The Moral Animal
- Barnsley & Sons toolmakers - Sheffield, England
- West 4th Avenue and the Summer of Love 1967
- Mudflats Living, Shangri‐la, and Malcolm Lowry
- Revolution show flashes back to city's paisley past
- Photos: The 1971 burning of squats at Maplewood Mudflats
- Barbour's linen saddle-stitching cord
- My Grandfather’s Old RamFrom ROUGHING ITby Mark Twain
- The Beats
- DeLuxe Utopian Vision: Q & A with Davy Joel Rippner
- don marquis
- Jan 13, 1991 Owsley "Bear” Stanley excerptfrom a 6 hour interview by David Ganssource: https://archive.org/details/bear-gans1991-01-13
- LSD king Owsley Stanley’s ‘Sonic Journals’ surface after 50 years
- HMS Manual Pagemaker.pdf
- 1998 Manual December1.pdf
- Put that Damned Old Mattock AwayExcerpts from David J Spalding’s writing
- 2 Years Before the Mast an excerptBy Richard Henry Dana
- TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MASTA Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
- Across the Atlantic in a Leather Boat☛ select leathery-excerpts from The Brendan Voyage ☚
- In Praise of Teachers
- This successful business was sold February 15, 2016ALL the old stock is long-gone and Ross has quit usOwner Ross Garrick was my apprentice at The Good Earth in 1970Craft show setups HERERed Crow LeatherLEATHER ARTIFACTS FOR BODY & SOULHandcrafted since 1969
- feedbooks_book_3374.epub
- Photo Retoucher
- GreenAngels Foundation
- Cranberry Lake's summer of drugs
- Jayzey Lynch
- The Prince of Possibility
- How to Run the Economy on the Weather
- The White Darkness
- Obituary: John Perry Barlow died on February 7th, 2018
- Are you killing your lithium batteries?
- Saved stuff
- Peanuts
- Food of the Gods
- Kim
- Ecology Links
- Pender Island Groundwater
- Jim Henderson’s Ph.D. dissertation in downloadable PDFs
- Title page_revised.pdf
- ABSTRACT_revised.pdf
- Revised_Table of Contents_nov2007.pdf
- Appendix A_JUNE_2007.pdf
- Appendix B.pdf
- Chapter 1_revised.pdf
- Chapter 2_revised.pdf
- Chapter 3revised.pdf
- Chapter 4_revised.pdf
- Chapter 5_Oct08.pdf
- Chapter 6.pdf
- Chapter 7_revised.pdf
- Chapter 8_revised.pdf
- Chapter 9_revised.pdf
- Chapter10_revised.pdf
- List of Tables.pdf
- NPender_water_well.xls
- South_pender_water_wells.xls
- References_revised.pdf
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.pdf
- Pender presentation_6.ppt
- SLIDE NOTES.docx
- groundwater.pdf
- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
- How to Roast Coffee
- The Roast of San Francisco
- 'Plastic recycling is a myth': what really happens to your rubbish?
- Enviro-threats
- Plastic litter taints the sea surface, even in the ArcticFor the first time, researchers survey litter on sea surface at such high latitudes
- Sandvox Website Software
- “The American Love Affair with the Automobile”The Unspoken History of the Electric Car
- Pignic-1996 copy.pdf
- Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy
- How Quirky was Berkeley?
- Panasonic Lumix GX8 settings, tips and tricks
- Friends of PICA
- Birth of PICA
- Ethical Issues in Advanced Artificial Intelligence
- The historical and political background to the war in Ukraine
- NEUROMANCERWILLIAM GIBSON
- iPhone 11 Overview
- Handcrafts/Environment
- The-Psychedelic-Experience-A-Manual-Based-on-the-Tibetan-Book-of-the-Dead.pdf
- Price hikes continue to loom over leather industryJust-Style.com March 31, 2014
- Our Renewable Future Or, What I’ve Learned in12 Years Writing about Energy MuseLetters 272/273 January/February 2015 by Richard Heinberghttp://richardheinberg.com/
- Elizabeth May - Member of Parliament for Saanich - Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada
- Preliminary Assessment of Subtidal Habitat at Thirteen Anchorages in Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of CanadaSteve Oates - Parks Canada Ecosystem Scientist
- Recycling Survey Summer 2012
- Implications of Sea Level Rise to Coastal BC Waters_for posting.pdf
- FCC’s net neutrality plan a win for startups, consumers
- Could BC Become a 100% Renewable Energy Region?
- Glassworker/LeatherworkerAn exchange of comments about their craftsApril, 2013
- Saddle Parts
- Tumbleweed Tiny House, the Fencl
- Why We Need a Speed Limit for the Internet
- A social activist's ultimate legacyadvocating for the right to dieA long page of information for DIYersScroll down
- Mrs. Blunt's Bequest
- Legalize It All
- Wood-chopping charity struck a cord.pdf
- World Corporation Control
- Reducing water use in tanneries
- Hide and skin production around the world
- Alternative materials to leather: environmental impacts and cost
- Tanning methods and the danger of using chromium-tanned leathers
- Tanning methods for leathersused by the shoe industry
- Carnauba Wax
- The entire epidermal layer of your skinturns over every forty-eight days
- Generalized International Feet Shapes
- Connolly Leather1878 - 2002
- SOLE SURVIVOR
- Stoner Panels
- Leather Care
- How Fashion Giants Recast Plasticas Good for the Planet
- Crafting a Life
- Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence?
- Scythian Shoe Preserved for 2,300 Years
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