55 years
55 years celebrating a love of leather and limitless craft.
55 diamonds, 55 years, 55 moments of craft of love of leather. Townsend Leather is 55 years old this year, founded in 1969, and still hungry for the future – we are celebrating and honoring a love of leather and limitless craft.
In September of 2024 Townsend Leather celebrated a birthday of 55 years and we are looking forward to 12 more months of celebration and honoring.
This year will be a continuous celebration of our history and our future, of what it took to get to today, and where we are going, of the people who lead the way and the people who are taking the reigns.
We kicked things off this fall with our annual longevity luncheon where we took a day to focus on us, on each other, on the history and the future. Below is a very brief remixed recap video of the photos, videos, and memories we talked about at our Longevity Luncheon. It certainly doesn’t cover it all, but it is a fun smattering of good times.
It was a day of laughs and tears as we looked back over Townsend’s 55 years. Starting in 1969 with Red Kucel who set out to create a great place for him and his friends to craft leather. We ventured into each decade, sharing stories photos, and songs, but took a special moment to honor some of our Townsend Leather legends who joined the team during each of those decades. We celebrated Townsend Leather partners who have been here for 5 years those who have been here for as far back as 35 years, and even one Townsend superstar who has been with the company for 45 years!
This year we will take a flight through history, and ride of memories, feel the celebration of 55 years of Townsend Leather and the legends that brought us to today.
Leaning into our “the sky’s the limit” attitude this year, we will be riding high and feeling the breeze all year as we find little moments to celebrate our history and look out to the horizon of our bright future.
So much more to come on this, we are excited.
If you have a favorite Townsend memory that you want to share with us from the past 55 years, send it in through this secret gift-giving form (you will get a gift for sharing a story)
Through all the changes, ups & downs of Townsend’s history, we have always stood for Partnership and values.