Our Story · EST. 1987

Forty years with leather

It began with a small workshop in Kaohsiung, where we slowly turned everyday life into an understanding of leather. From carving and materials to contract work, bespoke pieces, repair and teaching — nearly four decades of workshop days are the only language this brand speaks.

The early SG Leather storefront with its sign overhead — where the workshop's story began

It started with a mallet and a chisel

In 1987, two craftsmen built a business from the ground up in Kaohsiung, with little more than the leather-carving skill in their hands. In the early days, we sold leather materials and findings — life was plain, and the focus was total.

Only in the last decade or so did we gradually shift — into contract work, bespoke making, teaching, and brand partnerships. The number of processes grew, but our care for the leather never changed.

Everything we do is rooted in craft —
from making to mending, we stay with a piece through its whole life.

One workshop, four things

We've shaped nearly forty years of experience into four facets: teaching, so more people can feel leather with their own hands; repair, to give cherished things a longer life; bespoke & manufacturing, turning a brand's vision into something real; and materials, sharing an artisan's eye for selection.

They may look scattered, but they're really different sides of the same thing — caring about leather, all the way through.

An artisan cutting leather at the material rack — an everyday scene in the workshop
In the Workshop

Everyday at the Bench

No clever talk — just hands, leather, and time. A few ordinary moments from inside the workshop.

An artisan punching holes precisely with a stitching chisel — a close look at the handwork
A feel for it, unchanged in forty years
A craftsman unrolling a full hide, checking its grain and color
Selection is the first step
A rich, colorful stack of leather materials in the workshop
Leather swatches and a multi-colored stack of hides — a wide array of color choices
The entrance to the SG Leather workshop, warm light spilling out into the everyday
Why Us

Why Choose Us

01

Nearly Forty Years

From 1987 to today — from carving and materials all the way to contract work, bespoke, repair and teaching.

02

Made In-House

Cutting, skiving, machine sewing, edge finishing and burnishing — the key steps all happen in our own workshop.

03

Local to Kaohsiung

Rooted here in Kaohsiung — talk to us face to face, see it, touch it, trust it.

04

Honesty & Care

An honest approach, and doing only what needs doing — well.

Want to get to know us?

Whether it's a class, a repair, a custom piece or a partnership — come by the workshop, or just say hello first.

Let's talk