Weinaug Leather
“I do what I love every single day and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
— Trevor Weinaug
IF YOU BRING A KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT, AT LEAST MAKE SURE IT HAS A NICE SHEATH. TOOLING A BULL ON A DEAD COW IS IRONIC.
These words of leatherworking wisdom come straight from the Kingsbury, Texas, workshop of 25-year-old Trevor Weinaug, the founder of Weinaug Handcrafted Leather. Trevor is 100% Pure-D Texan, the direct descendant of a German immigrant who made his way to the hills northwest of San Antonio in 1853 and claimed a big chunk of the newly declared state for his own. The following generations sold off most of the land; but amazingly enough, they managed to hang on to some acreage and a camp house, and that’s where Trevor and his handcrafted leather company call home.
“When I needed more space for my workshop, I asked my grandfather if I could move into the old camp house, and he said, ‘Sure, if you fix it up, you can stay out there.’” It took Trevor and his girlfriend about a year to fix up the place. They turned one of the spare bedrooms into a workshop, complete with sewing machines, headstones for
