Introducing a brand new leather tannage exclusive to Nicks Handmade Boots!

Spokane is a new Horween leather that combines traditional formulas with new technology. 

The Spokane leather starts with Horween's Chromepak recipe. The original versions of this article originated in the early 1900’s as a 'mechanical leather' used to make oil seals.  The reason this particular leather was used for this purpose is that it has superior durability and heat resistance. Even with today’s seals, the drawback of synthetic materials is that the seals fail and completely blow out of place.  However, when the ChromePak leather began to fail, it leaked, so users had time to shut down the pumping system before a complete failure of the seal occurred.  

Spokane takes the base tannage of Chromepak and introduces a modern vegetable re-tannage that allows the leather to wear comfortably and age beautifully. 

After re-tanning the leather, the Spokane is hot stuffed with a blend of oils and waxes.  The proprietary blend developed for this leather provides a rich hand along with great color depth on the finished leather.

Spokane is a full grain, aniline leather that is incredibly tough and the footwear will look great for many years.