No One Brought This to Market Before Us

Full-grain leather American flag by Iconic Hides – the first original design, handcrafted by Crank & Stroker

No One Brought This to Market Before Us

Before the noise, before the knockoffs — we made the first one.

Not vinyl. Not screen-printed junk. A real flag, built from full-grain leather. Cut, stitched, and finished the same way we build jackets and vests — with weight, depth, and pride.

We didn’t do it for a trend. We did it because we could. Because we know how to work leather right. Because it felt like the right symbol to hang above the workbench or behind the bar. Something real. Something earned.


Why We Built It

We’re not decorators. We’re garment makers. But after 30 years of making and apparel and leather apparel for real riders, veterans, and craftsmen — this idea hit different.

We wanted to make something that wasn’t just patriotic — but tactile. That you could feel. Smell. Age. Pass down.

It started with one flag. Then five. Then we knew we had something that hadn’t been done before — not like this. Not at this scale. Not at this quality.


Launching Iconic Hides

We didn’t slap our name on it and call it done. We launched a new project for it: Iconic Hides.

Same DNA. Same hands. Different direction.

Iconic Hides is where we bring leather into the home. Not soft. Not mass-made. Not made to please anyone but the people who get it.

This isn’t decor. It’s declaration.

→ View the Original Leather Flag

→ Visit IconicHides.com


Why We're Saying This Now

Because the copycats are coming. They always do. Cheap versions. Pleather. Imports. Hollow branding.

So we’re putting it on record — clearly and quietly.

No one brought this to market before us.

We created this. We still make it. And if someone else tries to knock it off, remember this:

You saw it here first.

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