the horowine leather company was just a few miles away. horoween leather is the best in the country and i spoke with george and rick and that is how it started. george is here once a month, but we talk much more often. he want ts to know the footage d how is it going to be ready and that is a service we are here to provide. they are the long time supplier of leather to the companies who make high end shoes like edmond s, and nick is the fifth generation at his family s legendary company is very interested in making sure that the leather that takes up to six months to tan is just right, even for a smaller company like oak street. making leather is a craft. there are a lot more steps than people realize. with with the leather sourced in america, george started working on the designs and many of them are a riff on the cl classic boat shoe, and the key element in his version, hand