MacClay Leather Design

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For more than 35 years, we have been committed to excellence. Inspired classic styling, buttery soft leather and fine craftsmanship are our trademarks.

We care about the work of our hands. Our handcrafted products are guaranteed for life against defects in workmanship and materials.

We are happy to modify our existing products to suit your needs or design something completely original for you! Please contact us for details.

MacClay Leather Design is a small family owned and operated business dedicated to designing and producing original, fine quality, handcrafted leather goods.
It all started in the summer of 1972 with two friends living in a tent, tooling and staining leather on a picnic table. They soon opened their first leather shop. Out of those humble beginnings, Clay Rosenbarker has emerged a master designer craftsman in leather. Four retail stores and a small leather craft studio later, his designs were outselling anything they could buy for their stores.
In the early 80s Clay began exhibiting his original designs in some of the countrys best juried craft shows. In 1985 he sold his retail stores to focus on producing his craft. He opened a leather craft studio in East Petersburg, PA, where he continues to design and produce his work today with the help of a small staff of dedicated craftsmen. He markets his work through the studio store, at fine art and craft shows, and on the internet.

At the drawing table I transfer my ideas onto paper. As I make the patterns, I keep in mind such things as form, function and stress points.

Next, I take my patterns and cut the raw materials. We specialize in top quality American cowhide tanned to be buttery soft. The best 10% of hides that the tannery gets are specifically selected to produce this tannage. We also use a water resistant, nearly indestructible nylon to line our products. No built in obsolescence here!

After all materials are cut, skived, glued and otherwise prepared, we sew them with a nylon thread that is 50% stronger than industry standard.

Then we go to the bench for the final assembly: buckles on straps, snaps, reinforcing rivets, stuffing paper, etc. We use the best hardware available to us. Finally, we inspect the finished product for defects in workmanship and materials.

We sell our original handcrafted goods at some of the country's best, and most competetive, juried fine arts and crafts shows in the country.

We also sell our products at our studio outlet located in East Petersburg, PA.

We are one of very few leather craftsmen left in the country who will do custom leather work.
We are more than happy to take custom orders, whether you want to modify an existing product, repair something you already own or you want us to design something completely new for you.
Please call us during business hours or email us and we will be glad to help you out. We charge reasonable rates for custom work based on time and materials costs.