Inside the ShopCustom Leather, Filmed at the Bench — East Vancouver

Thirty unedited clips, straight off the phone and the GoPro. Cutting hides, hot-foil stamping, saddle stitching — this is what your commission actually looks like while it's being made. No studio, no script.

Laying out panels on an indigo hide — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Pattern work on an indigo panel — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Marking out the next cut — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

On the cutting mat — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Bench reset between cuts — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Trimming a fresh indigo piece — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Fitting up indigo panels — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Hot-foil press at temperature — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Peeling back the foil — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Gold stamp, fresh off the press — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Burgundy bifold in the daylight — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Building the stamping jig — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

A card wallet, fresh off the bench — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Skiving the edges thin — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Edge work and finishing — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Setting up at the press — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Lining up a stamp — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

A sheath taking shape — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Gluing up small panels — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

A full hide on the bench — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Foil stamping, up close — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Working the jig — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Head down, mid-build — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Saddle stitching by hand — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Stitching a two-tone piece — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

A pouch coming together — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

The long cut — a tote build — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Pressing into red leather — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Lining up the next stamp — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

Hardware going onto a key fob — Rogue Artisan leather workshop, East Vancouver

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