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Leather Journal

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Leather Journal

Christin Fargo

Duluth, MN

Price

$20.00

About this piece

Leather Covers, 80 sheets of heavy parchment paper, bound with oak and brass, assembled by hand by us in Duluth.... these journals are distinctive and do what they can to promote creativity.

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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