Excellent video and thank you for inviting me to film for you! It was very educational to see how leather is made right in front of your eyes.

It’s great to see a company NOT optimizing efficiency in an effort to stay true it’s craft.

Awesome! Absolutely loved this.

Great vid. Very good detail that isn't often seen. A small couple gripes: While we do correct grain on some leathers, many are not. For example, we sell a large amount of veg-tanned Essex and Dublin, baseball glove, and Latigo. All of which are full grain. The olive tanned leather is tanned using olive tree leaves (not olive oil) which are a renewable resource.

27 years @ Eagle Ottawa Leather Grand Haven. I was a "Swabber" on the Speco Machine & operator. tough Job, Murder on the fingers & Back. EOLC got out of Side Leather(PTL!!) I loaded and pulled the paddle wheels( those were gone PTL) I loaded & unloaded the Canbar Mixers 6. of them. I made the "New car" Smell AKA Aroma. I even did the "Roller Jack "and 24' buffer I did many of the jobs shown there. We concentrated on automotive leather. The Grand Haven Tannery closed in 1986 three years after I left. EOLC is now Lear.

Loving all the behind the scenes footage. Heritage and craftsmanship needs to be a larger factor in deciding where we spend our money. Thank you for adding some of that back into menswear!

My Aero (made in Scotland) A-2 Bomber jacket is made of Horween cordovan color front quarter horsehide. It is the best leather jacket I have ever owned (over 7 years). It's one of my truly prized possessions. I wear it almost every day in cool and cold weather. I get compliments and questions about it all the time. People love the color. They frequently ask to touch it to feel the quality of the leather. I'm in the Chicago area and when I tell them the leather is tanned in Chicago, they are surprised.

So i used to work for a Tannery in Berkeley Ca. Manasse Block Taning Co. We did try to compete with you you folks at that time. mid 70s to early 80s. Sadly do to many factors we closed in 1985. I continued worked in the industry for another year in Napa instill they closed in 1986. Really glad to see some working working tanneries in this country.

Fascinating stuff! Makes me think of the glory days of America when we used to make all of our own stuff! Just got my Higgins Mill boots and this video makes me appreciate them even more!

Now that was awesome. Thanks for doing this. They are the BEST remaining American leather company. I will continue to support makers who use their leather.

I just received a pair of Alden's Longwing Bluchers in Color 8 Shell Cordovan. Wow, just wow. This leather really is a marvel to behold. Simply amazing.

Makes me want to go buy some shoes/boots to support this home grown legend. Thanks for bringing this to my attention

Outstanding video. Excellent review is a very famous leather maker.

Wow I loved this video Jon ! Great job

Fantastic vid. Carl, great film work!

I love when you dive into the business side of things

This was great. Horween is known and I love that they are still in Chicago.

This video and your Allen Edmonds video are some of the most well done informational/documentary style videos I’ve seen. The flow is amazing! Thanks and great work

Very well done. Great presentation. Only one point for clarification....After the initial chrome tanning, I believe Horween treats the leather to a second, vegetable tanning, process. This re-tanning, and it's hot oil stuffing process, that gives CXL its distinctive properties.

Excellent vid. So informative!!!⭐️

A fascinating look at the processes used by a company producing quality products.

Great job showcasing an American icon of industry. I think I wear my AE Dalton Shell Cordovan boots tomorrow.

Was a little late to this vid jon but this was soooo cool! The other John seemed cool and really charismatic even though we didn't hear him lol - horween is def the best of the best and I think as much as it behooves them to change their recipes and efficiency for sentimental reasons, the product is simply the best out there. Well, I like SB Foot too haha

Incredibly excellent video. And the beard is back! So much better than the mustache

Thank you! I've noticed that you had refrained from wearing Horween leather shoes to the Horween factory. I would've been tempted to wear my shells.

Great video. Makes me happy to see so much effort go into the craftsmanship of great footwear!

Very interesting and educational. Lot of focus on boots, basketballs and footballs. Horween produces some of the best leather jackets on the planet along with shinki. I'd like to see more on that aspect.

Awesome video! Thanks for featuring a great Chicago company!

Wonderful video. Educational and right to the point. 10/10. Proud to be a Allen Edmonds horween boot owner

Good being the scenes review.

This is a terrific video. Will be buying my next Allen Edmonds shoes in shell cordovan. Informative and interesting. Big fan of your channel.

He wears his leather jacket to a leather factory!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

We still call it Sears tower here in Chicago

That was really cool. Loving these vids!

I love Thursday Boots, and now I know where they get their leather. 👍

You should get your facts straight, There are numerous leather tanneries older then Horween, especially European leather or Herman oak leather in the USA since 1881! You did do a decent job of an overview on what they do, but could of sold their product a little more by explaining the tanning concept better. But don’t make statements that are not true and easily check.

Jon, You mentioned all leather is corrected to some extent. Could you please expand on that? Would the ChromeXL used by AE for their Higgins Mill boot be corrected? I have always thought that corrected grain leather is inferior.

Nice job

Wow thank you

Bravo Jon!!

Always wanted to go to horween for a tour, congrats man. Do they offer tours to the public?

Great video

Before this video I thought that Horween does not have any products that make use of Chrome. The report could go more into detail but I understand that Horween does not want to give more insight.

Very educational.

I didn’t know bucky barnes was into leather

Well done...

Love it.

Like first. Watch second.

thats cool

Love my Nomad rugged brown leather case on my iphone 11 pro max space gray 256gb. Great high quality leather. Just perfect.

While I love the shoes made from the leathers they produce…..I worked down the street from this lance for years and it stinks up the entire area. And yes, my job was there first.

awesome

I look for the Horween name to make sure it’s quality.

Wooooooow

So what's better quality, suede or nubuk? Interesting

Where do they get their hides from? Are they American?

Do you have a mtm shirt round-up?

Had no idea shell was horse.

watching this just to hear about the environmental impact :O

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