River Ridge Leather celebrates 39 years

Congratulations to Dennis Knight who, 39 years ago this month, completed his leatherworking internship in Colonial Williamsburg and embarked on his amazing career as a master leather craftsman.

Dennis Knight is the proprietor River Ridge Leather Co which is also marking its 8th year in Roscoe Village this month.  Congratulations Dennis!

The photos below show Dennis hard at work in his shop, teaching leatherworking to some great students, stamping a new “DOG CALLER” dog collar, and working on a few other items in his spare time.

For more of Dennis Knight’s fine leatherwork, done entirely by hand with authentic hand tools, visit RiverRidgeLeather.com any time day or night.  Dogs always welcome!

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New shop hours at River Ridge Leather

From now through December, the River Ridge Leather shop in Roscoe Village will be open each Wednesday through Sunday from 10-5 p.m.

Even when the shop is closed on Monday and Tuesday, you can always shop River Ridge Leather online — 24 hours a day – 7 days a week — at www.RiverRidgeLeather.com

Inside River Ridge Leather

When you’re in Roscoe Village for the Vintage Thunderbird show here be sure to stop at River Ridge Leather shop.  No ticket required and dogs are welcome!

This is your mission…

Imagine you’re walking down the brick sidewalk on North Whitewoman Street.  It’s a beautiful morning, the weather is perfect and you have all day to spend in the shops of Roscoe Village.

As you stop to take a sip of iced coffee from Uncorked, someone steps out from the patio and says “Lady, today is your lucky day.  I’m from HistoricRoscoeVillage.com and you have been chosen to receive $1000 to spend today in Roscoe Village!

“The rules are simple.  You have one hour and $1000 to spend any place you like in any Roscoe Village shop. That’s it, and there’s no catch. Here it is — in cash.”

Where would you go to spend your thousand bucks? 

We’d really like to know.  Take a look below at the list of all 14 shops in Roscoe Village and please tell us where you’d spend your new-found riches.  

All you have to do is click the little button beside the name of the shop and you’ve officially voted.  Voting is completely confidential and no registration is required.

Are you ready to go?  You have $1000 Roscoe Village dollars and only 1 hour to spend it.  Go get started!

*OPTIONAL NEXT MOVE:  Log-in below and tell us what you bought!

New shop hours at River Ridge Leather Co.

Beginning Wednesday June 3, River Ridge Leather Shop is open every day from 10-5 in Roscoe Village Ohio.

You can also browse and shop for fine leather goods like this hand-carved Valise anytime at RiverRidgeLeather.com 

River Ridge Leather Co.
355 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village Ohio
(740) 295-0284
Open every day from 10-5

Custom leather holsters at River Ridge Leather in Roscoe Village

Are you a Cowboy Action Shooting enthusiast?

If so, you need to make a trip to visit River Ridge Leather Shop in Roscoe Village Ohio.

These two western holsters and gun belts (shown left and bottom right) were custom made at River Ridge Leather Co.

Both custom Cowboy Action shooting rigs were handmade from 100% premium bridle leather for rugged durability and authentic Western looks.

The holster at left was custom made for a single-action Smith & Wesson .357 revolver with a 5-inch barrel.  The holster at bottom-right was custom made for a single-action Ruger .44 with a 6-inch barrel.

Each was cut by hand from oak-tanned bridle leather, then completely hand-tooled and hand-stitched for a custom fit. Both were made by shop owner Dennis Knight and hand carved by his journeyman apprentice, Tom Sesterhenn

If you’d like to see more handmade custom leather work from River Ridge Leather, then saddle-up old Cyber Paint and click on over to www.RiverRidgeLeather.com anytime — day or night — 365 days a year.

River Ridge Leather Co.
355 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village Ohio
(740) 295-0284
Open daily 10-5
No ticket required — Dogs Welcome!

* Click here to read a profile about River Ridge Leather Shop owner Dennis Knight in The Coshocton Tribune

The smell of new leather

What is that wonderful smell? 

This is almost always the first question we hear when new visitors step inside the River Ridge Leather Shop in Roscoe Village.

River Ridge Leather Co. is an authentic and completely traditional leatherworking shop.  We use only traditional hand-tools to cut, carve, stitch and stamp our leather goods.  

All of our leather goods are made by hand, right here in our shop.  We never use machines to make them, and we start each new piece from 100% natural oak-tanned bridle leather from U.S. hides.   

The signature aroma people find in our shop comes from the centuries-old natural oak tanning process used to make the new bridle leather we use to make our handmade leather goods.  

Our exclusive leather supplier is Hermann Oak Leather in St. Louis. Hermann Oak Leather is internationally renowned for fashioning the bridles and harnesses for a world-famous beer maker’s signature Clydesdale team you might recognize. 

You can always recognize high quality, natural oak-tanned leather goods by their wonderful aroma.  You won’t find them it at the mall.  You find them made by hand, one at a time, in Roscoe Village Ohio.

To see more of our handmade leather goods, 24/7 any day of the year, visit us online at RiverRidgeLeather.com

NOTE:  We love handmade goods of all kinds, and Roscoe Village is the place to find them.  Check out the new Ohio-made stoneware bird baths our neighbor carries at The Garden Gate shop here.

River Ridge Leather Co.
355 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village Ohio

No ticket required.  Dogs welcome!

National Hunting Beagle Championship this weekend

Take a stroll through Roscoe Village this weekend, April 18th and 19th,  and you’re likely to find a few extra-friendly visitors to greet you.

This Saturday and Sunday, more than 500 dogs and handlers will convene at Woodbury Wildlife Area near Roscoe Village for the United Kennel Club’s 18th Annual National Hunting Beagle Championship.

Many of these pairs will be shopping in Roscoe VIllage during the weekend event. 

Hosted by the Coshocton County Beagle Club, this premier national Beagle event will crown the 2009 United Kennel Club champions in both the hunting and show categories.    

Hunting teams from a dozen states will chase wild rabbits in the competitive hunting championship on Saturday and Sunday at Woodbury Wildlife Area.  And the weekend will conclude at 2:00 pm on Sunday, with the Bench Competition to confirm the National Show Beagle Champions in a kid-friendly spectator event at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds. 

Both the hunting trials and the show championship are free and open to the public. 

As millions of Beagle families know, nothing in the world is cuter than a Beagle puppy.  To see more than 500 Beagles in one place, stop at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds anytime this weekend.   

For more detailed information on this weekend’s Beagle Championship, click here to visit our friends at VisitCoshocton.com or call 1-800-338-4724

When your visit the Village this weekend, we recommend a stop at Roscoe Village’s most dog-friendly shop — River Ridge Leather.

Click here for an inside look at River Ridge Leather online.

Custom saddle making at River Ridge Leather

You’ve taken the Living History Tour.  You’ve had lunch at the Warehouse Steak n’ Stein.  Your wife has posed for snapshots under the Whitewoman Street sign and disappeared into the Garden Gate. 

Now it’s time to send the kids for hand-dipped ice cream at the Candy Bouquet shop and slip away to every man’s favorite shop in Roscoe Village.

Of all the shops and exhibits in Roscoe Village, River Ridge Leather Company is the most faithful to the 19th-century history and heritage of Roscoe Village Ohio. 

And the shop is operated not by actors, but genuine craftsmen working every day to produce authentic goods with traditional methods.  

Dennis Knight and his journeyman apprentices man the shop daily Wednesday thru Sunday until June 1st. 

And no tour ticket is required to visit this authentic canal-era leather shop.   

Using only traditional hand tools and traditional leatherworking methods, River Ridge Leather Company produces extraordinary one-of-a-kind leather goods made entirely on the premises. 

You can find River Ridge Leather Company in the original James LeRetilley building next to Uncorked on Whitewoman Street.  It is truly the best place in Roscoe Village to see a master craftsman at work. 

It’s also the best place to ask what happened to the Inn and the hardware store.  Click here to visit River Ridge Leather Co. online.

River Ridge Leather Company
Dennis Knight, Proprietor
355 North Whitewoman Street
in Historic Roscoe Village
www.RiverRidgeLeather.com
(740) 295-0284

New hours at River Ridge Leather

The River Ridge Leather Shop in Roscoe Village is keeping winter hours until April 1st.  River Ridge Leather is open each Saturday and Sunday from 10-5, at 355 N. Whitewoman Street. 

Shoppers can browse River Ridge Leather Co. online 24 hours a day, every day of the year at www.RiverRidgeLeather.com.  The River Ridge Leather website showcases Dennis Knight’s best handmade leather goods and all his most current work  – including custom made shoulder bags, briefcases, notebook covers, country fly swatters and leather belts  – is available for purchase online.

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River Ridge Leather Co. 
355 N. Whitewoman Street
In Historic Roscoe Village Ohio
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