The Makers
The Hands Behind the Work
True Cut Rustics is a husband and wife team — Diamond and Josh — united by a shared obsession with making things by hand.
How It Started
It didn't start as a business. It started as a need to make something real — something that would outlast a season, a trend, or a shelf life. The first leather piece was rough. The second was better. By the tenth, there was no going back.
True Cut Rustics grew out of a simple conviction: the things we carry, sit on, and live with should be built with the same care we put into the lives we're living. Mass production has its place. This isn't it.
Every craft here — leather work, upholstery, blacksmithing — came from the same place. Curiosity, stubbornness, and a refusal to settle for something that could have been better.
The Philosophy
Built to Last
Nothing leaves this shop that isn't built to outlast the person who commissioned it. Heirloom quality isn't a marketing phrase here — it's the minimum standard.
One at a Time
Every piece gets full attention from start to finish. There's no production line, no shortcuts, no cutting corners to hit a quota. One project at a time, done right.
The Work Speaks
The carving, the stitching, the hammer work — it either holds up or it doesn't. The craft is the argument. No amount of branding changes what the hands made.
Your Vision, Our Hands
A commission is a collaboration. You bring the idea, the story, the meaning. We bring the skills and the tools to make it real. The best pieces come from that conversation.
Meet the Makers
Diamond
Leather Work & Upholstery
Diamond is the leather worker and upholsterer of the team. From hand-carved floral tooling to fully restored antique frames, she brings patience, precision, and an eye for detail that shows in every cut, stitch, and seam.
Josh
Blacksmithing
Josh is the blacksmith. He works steel the old way — fire, hammer, and anvil — forging blades, hardware, and ironwork that are built to last generations. The forge doesn't lie, and neither does his work.
The Process
Every craft has its own rhythm, but the approach is always the same — start with the best materials, work slowly, and don't stop until it's right.
01
Leather Work
Vegetable-tanned full-grain leather, hand-carved with swivel knives and bevelers, then sewn on industrial sewing machines for seams that hold for decades. The tooling is done wet, the dye is applied by hand, and the finish is built up in layers. Every cut and stitch is intentional. It takes as long as it takes.
02
Upholstery
Old frames get stripped to the bones, assessed, repaired, and rebuilt from the springs up. The fabric or leather is chosen for the piece — not the other way around. Nailhead trim is set by hand, one tack at a time. The goal is always to make the frame look like it was always meant to wear what it's wearing now.
03
Blacksmithing
Steel heated to critical temperature, shaped at the anvil, quenched, tempered, and finished by hand. Blades, hardware, hooks, and decorative ironwork — all forged the old way. The fire and the hammer don't lie.
"We're not trying to make a lot of things. We're trying to make the right things — and make them well enough that they're still around long after we're not."
If you have something in mind, let's talk.
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