Horween is the name of a famous leather tannery in Chicago, Illinois. Vaer has used Horween leather as its premium leather option since 2018.
Great leather comes from great hides, and our Horween straps are made from some of the very best available. We use USA-raised steer hides which are sourced by the Horween Leather Company in Chicago, Illinois. Horween is a fifth-generation family business and one of only a handful of tanneries in the United States that still process hides from their raw state to finished aniline leather. Founded in 1905, the company’s unique tanning process has gone relatively unchanged over the past century. To this day, all Horween leather is treated at a 90,000-square-foot factory at Elston and Ashland Avenues near the Chicago River.
Ryan Torres, Vaer Co-Founder
