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Tundra Leather

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Bridle-leather belts, messenger and duffel bags handmade in a downtown Hamilton shop, plus leather supplies and classes.

Hamilton, ON CA · tundraleather.ca

Family-owned Hamilton, Ontario leather shop tracing to a 1982 leathercraft business, now led by the founder's daughter. Belts and bags are handmade in the Hamilton workshop; leather material origin is not disclosed.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

About page describes a family business founded by Peter Grove in 1982/1991, with daughter Kristi taking over leadership in 2015; no outside investors or parent company found. A Corporations Canada federal search for Tundra Manufacturing Incorporated (the founding legal name) returned no match, consistent with a provincial (Ontario) incorporation, which could not be checked directly.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Product pages for the bridle leather belt and the King Street Messenger bag both state the item is handmade in the Hamilton, Ontario workshop.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Single retail and workshop location at 313 King Street East, Hamilton, Ontario; About page describes a small family-run staff with over 50 years of combined experience among them.

Inputs

22.0 inferred

CA 40% · US 60%

Product pages name the leathers used (bridle leather, chrome-tanned leather) but do not disclose a tannery or country of origin. The vendor's own resources page explains that English bridle leather and traditional harness leather, the types sold and used here, are typically vegetable-tanned in the United States from US native steer hides, so a majority US share is an estimate rather than a vendor statement about their own supply.

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