Yeah, yeah. Just give them my address so she won't find it in your mail. 😂

What do you mean? Was the drop even live when you checked? Currently there are still Frankensteins and other wallets and items up for grabs.

Good feedback thank you!

They always are lol : )

I like that, or "Hallorween". 😁

@@lovelessgreen2751 we have a mystery box planned

Agreed, it fills a different niche. It would be nice to see everyone talking and exchanging knowledge. It's nice when there isn't a whole lot of overlap. I have seen Skip Horween praise both Wickett & Craig and Herman Oak due to not really having a lot of products that overlap between them as well. It's nice to see the tanneries talk to one and other. I remember hearing about a Wickett & Craig and Horween collab a few years ago. It could be fun to hear the details if there was much to it!

⁠I’d like to agree with you agreeing with me. I think it’d be interesting to know theoretically how Ed might use hot stuffing and pit tanning if it was available to him. And along those lines, practically speaking, would a Gallun x Horween collab like that make good business sense or if they’d bump too close to each others proprietary knowledge. I’d hope that American tanners collaborating with each other would be a net positive for tanners, makers, and end consumers; but I can also see how that could lead to tanneries eating into each others markets if it wasn’t done carefully.

@@chrislee8888 Ed spawned off of Law Tannery to my understanding. SB Foot used to do Pit Tanning but doesn't any longer. Pit tanning offers some distinct advantages you can't realize otherwise. The main issue with it is real estate. It takes up a lot of room and you have to know how to clean and maintain it and it is a whole lot slower. Hot stuffing the way Horween does is rare these days. Most tanneries tend to emulsify their ingredients. Nick goes into it on one episode. Chrome Excel smells like no other leather for a reason. I am not sure that Horween has the luxury to do a collab in terms of room. If they have some downtime maybe? Ed seems to be doing a lot of experimenting, I imagine with time he will iron out and refine more and more of his recipes. I more mentioned I would love to see them all together on Full Grain Podcast doing an episode together. It would be nice to see them all get nitty gritty into leather and experimenting with it all. I would personally be curious to see an combination tanned elk hide with lots of oils and waxes. It could make for a good work leather and would be something in his sand I would be interested in. Hopefully with a lot of pull-up. Where I live Nubuck or Roughout isn't the best. It gets too dirty, too fast due to air particulates. Smooth leather is ideal because you can brush it clean easier and is less maintenance. I would be curious as to his recommendation for myself if I could ever get a response back from him.

@@Vultain I was looking back at some old episodes of FGP and the wickett and Craig collab slash tannery collaboration was mentioned: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGrIinljn8qBh7s I wonder if the jabari boar crust with a cordovan finish or the light metal Teton stag base tannage with a chromexcel retan would be cool products, or if they’d be consigned to the scrap heap of bad leather ideas.

@@chrislee8888 Hard to say, whatever it might be I would prefer an unbuffed full grain aniline surface and made to be a good boot leather. It would likely be a one off. Also thank you for the link. I remembered the collab being discussed but not the details. Thank you for going the extra mile and putting in the leg work. Alum tanning tends to stretch a lot but the other intrigues me. I prefer boots that mold to me and so stretch isn't something I seek more due to my volume issues.

Was great to see you there!

Amaretto is much lighter and more orange/tan when compared to Armagnac and Cognac -- those are much darker and more brown

there was at least one pair there, the storm kudo

I agree. Bring the Ottawa in color #8 back.

Depends on what you are trying to achieve but I know a lot of people recommend Venetian Shoe Cream (VSC) to fill in the scuffs and get a subtle shine. I like tanner's blend for conditioning.

I think they got discontinued. The Oxfords are getting phased out next.

new private stock coming soon (this month)

Yep been thinking about this

@@AshlandLeather it would be nice. I’ll be ordering your current zip around next week. I’m just debating on what leather I want.

All of the leathers we use will hold up and we guarantee them. They all wear in differently. For a tough/resilient leather I recommend Cypress. We have it in Brown and Blue.