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Leather Coaster Nest

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Leather Coaster Nest

Christin Fargo

Duluth, MN

Price

$30.00

About this piece

Leather coasters cut from the same harness leather we use for our canoe pack backstraps. Stamped with the Frost River logo and caribou.

About the artist

Christin Fargo started Frost River in Duluth in 2002 with a single sewing machine and a belief that gear should outlive the person carrying it. The company now employs 40 craftspeople in a century-old building overlooking Lake Superior. Every bag uses Martexin Original Wax canvas — milled in New Jersey since 1838 — and SB Foot Tannery leather from Red Wing, Minnesota. The lifetime guarantee isn't marketing; it's how they were raised.

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