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Why factories won, and sewing never needed one ...

This one picks up where the last newsletter left off - decentralisation, and what Kohutt is becoming.  "Cottage" used to mean something specific: a cotter's home, a peasant farmer's hut,...

Car park handovers and the cottage industry | F...

Tasmania has a population under 600,000. Spread out, mostly along the coast, thinner the further you get from Hobart. Somewhere in that number are the people who can sew heavy...

The chore coat, or bleu de travail | From the w...

A chore coat is one of the oldest working garments there is. The French call it the bleu de travail - the blue of work. It was the coat of...

You chose the last oilskin product | From the w...

I asked what the last oilskin product should be. You told me. There were more replies than I expected and I read every one.

What L.L.Bean and Carhartt got right | From the...

USA made has always been a big inspiration for me. Original USA made Patagonia, Kletterwerks bags, L.L. Bean, Union Made Carhartt and the like. L.L. Bean out of Maine has...

Counting what is left of the oilskin | From the...

Oilskin canvas is the cornerstone of Kohutt and our point of difference. I look down at the bolts under the cutting table and regularly do the math on how many...