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A Family Tradition<br />
Since 1982<br />
Samson Family Leather is a third-generation family business. The company was founded as Jack’s<br />
Jacks in 1982 by Jack Samson. Jack focused on handmade leather drinking vessels lined with beeswax,<br />
as well as his shoe repair shops. In 1994 the business changed names to The Gentle Craftsman<br />
under his son Bob Samson. Bob, along with his wife Darla, taught his sons a love of history and<br />
how to make the same high quality leather drinking vessels he and his father had sold for years.<br />
In 2011 Casey Samson, the oldest of the three sons, purchased the business from his father and Samson<br />
Family Leather was born. Working out of an attic, slowly the business expanded into custom manufacturing<br />
of knife sheaths for fi rst one company then another. Samson Leather has expanded to over 200 products.<br />
In 2014 SFL moved out of the attic into its new home at 119 N Meridian St on the square in<br />
downtown Lebanon. In August of 2015 Casey married his high school sweetheart Abbie and later<br />
the fourth generation of SFL, Payton, was born. A few short years later we are expanding again.<br />
Seeing a need in the reenactment for more selection of high quality colonial goods at affordable<br />
prices, we are now offering 18th century clothing, shoes, and expanding our line of accouterments.<br />
It is our promise to always “stand behind our work 110%”, as Bob has said from the start.<br />
Always a family business, it continues to take a village<br />
to grow SFL. Everyone lends a hand. We invite you<br />
to be a part of the SFL Family. In 2017, we added<br />
Samson Historical as a division of Samson Family<br />
Leather.<br />
Here’s To Your Very Good Health!
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