Lisandro Serra

Gau­cho Ninja's Ar­gen­tin­ian great-grand­fa­ther was a sad­dler and a gau­cho (the cat­tle­men of the South Amer­i­can pam­pas). Some of his great-grand­fa­ther's knowl­edge was passed down to him. His love for the smell and feel of leather seems to con­firm the con­nec­tion with his an­ces­tor. Back in those day, things were highly-val­ued be­cause they where made to last, and Gau­cho Ninja tries to hold on to this feel­ing, this re­spect his an­ces­tors had for things prop­erly crafted. In fact, it is this re­spect for his an­ces­tors that fuels the cre­ative force that turns each piece into a mas­ter­piece. All the items he makes are crafted using tra­di­tional tools and tech­niques.

1. A pic­ture of his great-grand­fa­ther's. He was sad­dler, a per­son who made, dealt in, and re­paired sad­dles and other leather equip­ment for horses.

2. Hand­bags. All the pieces are brand-stamped by hand, cold pressed or heat branded with the Gau­cho/Ninja logo. All the el­e­ments on the bags are care­fully hand­crafted, such as the riv­ets, which are set in­di­vid­u­ally by hand.

3. Bu­jinkan diploma. This is a tra­di­tional mar­tial art from Japan that was prac­tised by the Samu­rai.

4. Mate. A kind of bev­er­age made from steep­ing dried leaves from the yerba mate.

5. Cha­rango. . A mu­si­cal in­stru­ment of Bo­li­vian ori­gin.

6. Ninja Tabi. De­tailed sewing on tabi shoes made with Gau­cho Ninja's 1895 Claes & Flen­tje's Patent Elas­tique sewing ma­chine. All threads are knot­ted by hand and burnt, pro­vid­ing qual­ity and dura­bil­ity.

7. Sporran. The tra­di­tional pouch that forms part of tra­di­tional Scot­tish High­land dress.

8. Steel round knife. A razor-sharp Dam­as­cus steel tool for cut­ting by hand the spe­cial full-grain bark tanned leather which is sourced from two re­mark­able fourth gen­er­a­tion tan­ner­ies.

9. Leather. Veg­etable-tanned leather is pre­ferred. In fact, the full-grain tanned leather shows the story of the an­i­mal it came from: its wounds, bat­tles and sor­rows. In this way each hide is unique.

10. Belts. Fin­ished with a nat­ural resin from a trop­i­cal bee­tle, which pro­vides a nat­ural sealant.

11. Cow­boy 4500. Sewing ma­chine for leather.

The leather pieces are all treated with nat­ural oils, beeswax and saps, pro­vid­ing it with full pro­tec­tion, elas­tic­ity and dura­bil­ity. It is just what leather needs.

Each prod­uct comes with a spe­cial treat: a tin of Gau­cho Ninja's se­cret leather treat­ment, meant to con­di­tion high qual­ity leather goods.

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