Atelier Portage | Bespoke leather goods made in Canada

Atelier Portage

Bespoke leather goods for every journey in life.

Handmade in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Shipping worldwide.

Current lead time for new orders is 1-2 weeks.

Open for custom work.

Please note that there may be shipping delays due to covid.

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Bleriot valet tray, for ferrying your pocket goods

Bleriot valet tray, for ferrying your pocket goods.

This one is pink wax from Badalassi Carlo. I don't really find it to be pink, rather it's a muted red that's overall quite nice. Contrasted on the outside with whiskey buttero, and with a 6oz vegetable tan insert in the bottom of the tray for stability and structure. All stitching in white vinymo MBT. Hardware I consists of four brass Chicago screws in case you ever want to flat pack it.

150 x 150 mm, 35mm tall (6x6x1.5 in).

Available now.

Another sample Cardinal wallet completed, this in

Another sample Cardinal wallet completed, this in green and whiskey buttero. This one has some velodon stiffener in the outer piece to mitigate stretching and warping over time. I've never found it to be an issue with wallets I've made in the past but it does give it a very sturdy feeling with the buttero leather.

I'm certainly excited to use it on some forthcoming projects, but I suspect it will remain as a request item for typical bifold wallets.

Making another minimal wallet in more common colou

Making another minimal wallet in more common colours this time. Also trying some velodon reinforcement in the center of the outer shell. It's already making it much more sturdy so it may become a staple of work moving forward!

Thanks so much for the 500 follows! Your support m

Thanks so much for the 500 follows! Your support means a great deal to me and I'm very glad to have such opportunity to keep making things.

Of course there's more to come - some new projects that I've been templating out, and some requests as well.

And finally the last part of the build! Polishing

And finally the last part of the build! Polishing up the edges and showing the piece.

Thanks for sticking with me through this as I figure out how to shoot and edit proper video with a phone - much has changed since I first learned 20 years ago 😂

Minimal wallet build process 2: glue up, coworker

Minimal wallet build process 2: glue up, coworker meeting, and stitching.

Cardinal - a minimal 5 pocket wallet; 4 card slots

Cardinal - a minimal 5 pocket wallet; 4 card slots, 1 slot for bills.

Seen here in heavily contrasting black and red Pueblo leather from Badalassi Carlo Tannery with red vinymo MBT thread.

This one is available now. Other colours and options are available to order.

Oh it's so wee. 😍 And after a quick strop and s

Oh it's so wee. 😍
And after a quick strop and setting the blade seems to work perfect on cleaning up edges.

Minimal leather bifold build process: rough cut, s

Minimal leather bifold build process: rough cut, skive, edge work and stamping.

A minimal bifold, 4 card pockets and 1 bill pocket

A minimal bifold, 4 card pockets and 1 bill pocket. Here in black and red Pueblo with contrasting red vinymo MBT stitching.

Made by hand, one step at a time.

Sometimes it's the littlest things that make the b

Sometimes it's the littlest things that make the biggest impacts. Flow control for glue and burnishing, giving a clean edge with no fuss on this test piece.

The Sunwapta 9 pocket traditional bifold, here in

The Sunwapta 9 pocket traditional bifold, here in bordeaux and whiskey buttero leather. White vinymo MBT #5, size 3 irons. Client order.

Hand skiving the edges for one of many pieces of t

Hand skiving the edges for one of many pieces of the next wallet. This is one of those steps that is quite time consuming, and it is easy to make mistakes where leather ends up wasted, but gives such fantastic looking final results that it cannot be looked over.

Of course a machine can do it too.

Somehow it worked! I've never done lino carving b

Somehow it worked!

I've never done lino carving before. Been on the todo list for a couple years though and today just seemed like a good day.

Happy new year everyone! ❤️

Thanks for an amazing 2020! Looking forward to mov

Thanks for an amazing 2020! Looking forward to moving ahead into next year. 🎉

Working on finalizing a few more standardized patterns and adding more options for leathers!

Been a busy season for belts! Also I suppose a bit

Been a busy season for belts! Also I suppose a bit of an update to how they've been looking as of late.

A custom SB Foot wallet done up with fil au chinoi

A custom SB Foot wallet done up with fil au chinois and vernis edge paint for the last of the Christmas season orders.

Hope everyone is keeping safe and wishing the best as 2020 rolls into 2021! ❤️

The completed passport holder, but also the same d

The completed passport holder, but also the same design for a field notes / small moleskine (except a tiny bit longer for either of those).

Passport not included unfortunately. 😅

The view from the bench. Next design is essentiall

The view from the bench. Next design is essentially finalized; will be sharing it as it goes live probably tomorrow.

Don't forget that I have that giveaway ongoing a couple posts ago (here on Instagram) ❤️ If you are interested in snagging a sample of my work drop me a follow and a comment in that post!

Two slot folding card holder; lightweight and eleg

Two slot folding card holder; lightweight and elegant. Seen here in blue and whiskey buttero, white MBT.

"The more you know, the less you have to carry" Mors Kochanski

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