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Creating leather products has been a tradition in Scotland for centuries, where leather has been manufactured to meet home demand as well as a large export trade.
Edinburgh has always been at the heart of leather manufacture in Scotland, where its tanneries, skins and products have developed significantly since the production of leather articles during the late 18th century, when shoes, saddles, snuffboxes and even drinking mugs were made.
Today, the leather industry in Scotland still thrives, and Simon Harvey-Potts is living proof. I met this exceptional master craftsman, who specialises in making
