Andrew Chen and Johan Lam from 3sixteen tell us about their 20 year history. Starting with t-shirts and inspired by vintage clothing, they are now known for raw denim jeans.

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Jason Gregory simply loves making stuff. From leather goods, canvas bags, furniture and even architecture -- Jason's entire being is devoted to creation.

https://makr.com/
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What is patina? Nick Horween explains what patina is, how to prevent it, and what we love about it. 

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Today's guest is the founder of SYSTEM Seltzer, Anthony Spina. Anthony describes drinking habits in the US, Chicago dive bars, the export of US culture, social media, being an informed consumer, PR spin and more.

1:55 US Drinking Habits 

5:56 First Cell phones

11:05 Inclusive Drinking

15:33 Chicago dive bars

23:37 Export of US Culture

26:15 social media, being an informed consumer, PR spin

37:31 Building Community, Schlitz, Old Style, White Claw, Chicago Pizza Summit

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Skip Horween is the 4th generation owner of Horween Leather Company in Chicago.

0:00 What it is like working at a tannery?
5:50 Material Price increases
8:26 Leather Lead Times
12:15 Seasonality of Hides
15:47 Supply Chain and Inflation Cycle
24:09 Shoemaking in Maine
30:34 The Boat Shoe Indicator
36:36 Football Cycle
39:44 Hides are Different Today
45:11 I can't believe it's not leather
49:13 Supply Chain Overview, inflation/deflation

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Space facts! Along with just about everything, we are experiencing leather price increases. Why are they going up? Chatting about supply chain issues, globalization, just in time inventory management, and the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Sustainability is a loaded term. Everything has an impact. Nick Horween breakdown the environmental auditing process that many tanneries receive.  "Vegan leather" are two words that probably should be used together. Patagonia is making an effort to move away from durable water repellant. Fluorinated DWR contains PFCs which are a suspected carcinogen.

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A conversation with Brett Viberg from Viberg boot. We ask Brett about what changes are being made to the brand, how the service boot ushered in a new era, what each generation has brought to the business, the Chromexcel Lottery, customer service, and other topics.

Check out Viberg Boot here.

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As you expect, everything else is falling apart.

Today's episode goes hard on leather marketing terms like, full grain, top grain, genuine leather, aniline leather, and more.

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Please allow myself to introduce...myself. Full Grain Podcast is Nick Horween and Phil Kalas chatting about quality goods and the people who make them.

First episode! Today we chat about how raw onions are terrible on Chicago Hot Dogs. They aren't good, right? Today's intro episode is about podcasts that we like, what type of content to look forward to at Full Grain and what content we don't want to do (politics), how twerking makes Phil feel old, and our favorite recent HBO shows.

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