Stead - also known as “CF Stead” - has done just that. Family-owned and based in Leeds since the 1890s, Charles F.
Tanneries used to be a dime a dozen in England, but few have stood the test of time. CF Stead’s Waxy Commander leather on Grant Stone’s Chelsea Arnold Horween Sr., who once coached Harvard’s football team, even devised a specialized football leather, and Wilson exclusively uses Horween leather in the construction of their Super Bowl footballs. company also produces an assortment of sporting goods, including basketballs and baseball gloves. Horween is also one of the few tanneries in the world that still produce genuine Shell Cordovan leather and unusually, the. I own an enormous range of Chromexcel boots: Alden Indys, Wolverine 1000 Miles, Vibergs, Oak Streets, Allen Edmonds, Parkhurst, Helm… the list goes on. Horween’s signature is Chromexcel leather, which they call “the original pull-up leather.” It’s made from a nearly century-old formula using a bark retannage, and then it’s hot-stuffed with a blend of natural oils and greases that includes food grade beef tallow and cosmetic grade beeswax. Founded in 1905, the Chicago-based, family-owned operation has long stood as one of the most respected leather manufacturers in the U.S., and still employ craftsmen to produce their leathers by hand. Horween is among a small group of tanneries that process their leather all the way from a raw, cured state to a finished product. If you’re an American who likes boots, it’s very unlikely you haven’t heard of them.
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