Religious Occasion Gifts
Crafted in the USA from American cowhide, Twin Saints Leather has the perfect Christian gift for your special occasion.
A Centuries Old Tradition of Faith
Almost fifteen years ago, we chose the name Twin Saints Leather for our company to honor the
traditions of leather work. Saints Crispin and Crispinian were historic examples of piety in the very
early church, and the Patron Saints of leather workers. These historic twins may have worked leather
in methods similar to our own. Steer hides are extremely thick and were made into a huge variety of
rigid items from saddles to shields to breastplates.
Modern leather is produced in a way that makes it supple, but unable to form because it has been split
off into thin sheets. We form all of our religious gifts from American raised processed and tanned
vegetable tanned cowhide.
Over a several day process, we form and cure each of our trays in a centuries old process and
emboss our trays into meaningful keepsakes for Christian occasions like First Holy Communion,
Confirmation, RCIA candidates and sponsors, pastor appreciation, seminary graduation, mission trip
leadership and many others.
We offer monogram services on select trays and gift packaging options. Buy your special person a gift
from Twin Saints Leather and know that your purchase supports a family run tradition of craftsmanship
rooted in a spirit of forgiveness and gratitude, and a desire to maintain the traditions of craft.
$61.00
This Rectangular Leather Tray with an Embossed Cross Motif is a great First Communion or Confirmation Gift.
The interior is hand dyed dark brown. The edges and underside are dyed black and hand burnished and polished to a lightly pebbled finish.
A three letter monogram can be added to this valet in the bottom, right corner - Monogramming is $5. *Please type the lettering in the order that you would like it to appear on your tray. Please note: Custom or monogrammed orders are not returnable and cannot be cancelled.
This item is ready to ship in 3-5 business days. Please send us a message at twinsaintsleather@gmail.com if you would like more information.
Dimensions of outside top edge (approximate):
Length: 8.5" Width: 6" Depth: 1.5"
This item should not be used for food or wet items.
What Makes us Different
Hard forming leather is an artisan technique that can take years to master. Leather is one of
humanity’s oldest materials and its ubiquity has attracted countless technological innovations in
production and tanning. Twin Saints Leather uses only domestically produced vegetable tanned
leather. Most leather products that modern people encounter with frequency are made from a
chemically tanned leather which is inexpensive and quick to produce. Vegetable tanning is a multi
week process that preserves a unique quality of leather: the ability to be hard formed.
There is no easy way to hard form leather. It is a process that requires extensive understanding of the
material , selection for quality and yield, and the physical strength and skill to form and bend an
unforgiving natural material into a rigid shape. The leather used in our trays is 8oz thick, or about the
thickness of two stacked coins.
Unlike many common commercial leather items, which are bulk dyed with petroleum dyes, each of
our trays are hand dyed, polished, and then detail finished in discrete steps. In all, each Twin Saints
Leather tray is crafted over a process that takes several days to cut, form and finish.
In the years since our founding in 2010, our skills as artisans have continued to develop. Slowly, over
time, a person’s ability becomes adapted to a skill. Just like making our trays, there are not shortcuts
in the process. The artisan hard forming of leather is a craft that could eventually be lost to history.
A selection of Christian religious gifts that are perfect for Confirmation, First Communion and other special occasions.
