If you've never heard about the suave leather goods being made by Hecklewood's TANNER sub-brand, don't blame us. We've trumpeted their fine quality product for quite some time and we see no reason not to continue to do so as long as our fine-leathered friends keep whipping out boss belts. The latest in keeping-your pants-around-your-waist technology from the Portland-based brand includes natural, brown and matte-black treatments for their best-selling Standard belt, as well as two brand new belt styles in “The Scout” and “The Eastern Bloc.” The Scout is made of the same Latigo leather as the standard bearer of the TANNER brand name but is thinner and lighter and maybe a little bit dressier, whereas The Eastern Bloc “mixes heritage styling with Eastern European military functionality.” In the event you wake up and find yourself in the military of an Eastern European Country, you'll be ready with your belt displaying a double-tongue roller buckle and retaining post that just so happens to be a tad bit wider than the standard belt. If you think these new belts are exciting, just wait the boys unleash their new lines of wallets and bags in the coming weeks.

We’ve written about Portland-based Hecklewood a fair bit around here. What do you expect us to do when we find a completely badass brand and/or store doing their own thing and doing everything right?

TANNER, Hecklewood’s sub-brand for leather goods, has been producing messenger bags and wallets for about a year now — I’m in serious need of one of their Lscape messengers; that’s a piece of beauty right there — and they’ve now moved on to the land of belts. Not these department store, last-a-year-and-fall-apart kind, but the old school could-serve-as-a-weapon-in-a-pinch belt, where the leather pretty much stands up on its own. “All of our belts are cut, edged, assembled, and branded by hand from super heavy-weight 9 oz. premium strap leather…This stuff will last a lifetime – no joke….” And, to top it off, they’re offering our faithful readers a 15% discount with the first 25 orders getting a free key leash to boot. Just enter “joshspear” as the coupon code when you check out. Then get back here and tell us who’s the first to get spanked with your new belt…or what kind of pants they’re holding up.

For all of you who will be in the Portland, OR area in the next month or so, Jason Thielke– who’s an esteemed member of the Spear Collective, and a virtual fixture on JoshSpear.com, will be showing his work at Hecklewood’s Toxic show. Starting with the launch party tomorrow night, March 16th from 6-10 P.M. with ice cold PBR’s and music from hip hopper Ohmega Watts, you’ll be able to see the latest and greatest of Jason’s industrial inspired art. If you’ve never seen Jason’s work in a live show setting, this is a must-see. And while we’re on the subject of Hecklewood, it appears as though they’ve just released some new additions to their TANNER line of leather goods, with a fresh Spring apparel line on the way. Niiice, I liiiiike!

Hecklewood, the maker of fine tees and hoodies has upped the ante with their new TANNER leather products including nice slim wallet/card holders and finely crafted messenger bags. “TANNER leather goods are designed and constructed to be functionally sound, utilitarian, and durable,” and because each piece is cut, sewn, and branded from a single hide of leather, you can expect unparalleled quality. Two styles of messenger bags are available for pre-order and there are currently a limited amount of the wallet/card holders available through PayPal, at least until the new site is up and running. We personally can't wait to get our hands on one of the Spaghetti Western wallets. Like a good pair of jeans, continued wear will only enhance the appearance of these amazing products. Look for more bi-fold wallets, women's clutches, and more this fall, only from Hecklewood! More product pictures after the jump…
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