About the Brand
C.S.Osborne & Co.
Since 1826, C.S. Osborne & Co. has been manufacturing the finest
leatherworking tools at its New Jersey factories. The company has
always been family-owned and operated beginning with Charles
Samuel Osborne and to this day, the Osborne family continues to
operate the business making it one of the oldest family-owned
companies in the United States.
C.S. Osborne & Co. began manufacturing tools for harness makers
and saddlers in the early 1800’s. As horses and carriages represented
the primary means of transportation for the better part of the
nineteenth century, tools used in horse–n-tack, harness and saddlery
were in major demand, not just in the United States, but all over the
world. Not to mention, Newark, NJ represented one of the largest
concentration of tanneries on the east coast…so it made perfect
sense that a tool manufacturer like C.S. Osborne & Co. would flourish
at this time by making the highest quality leatherworking tools in the
country.
Great pride, workmanship and the finest materials have always gone
into C.S. Osborne’s tools. Towards the turn of the century (1900 that
is), the company would exhibit it’s tools at major international fairs
including the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876, the Exposition
Universelle International in Paris 1878, and the 1881 International
Exhibition in 1881 in Melbourne, Australia. It was not uncommon for
C.S. Osborne to take home the gold medal when exhibiting at such
competitions.
To this day, C. S. Osborne & Co. puts the same craftsmanship into its
leather working tools as it has in the past. The company controls the
entire manufacturing process from forging the raw steel to hand-
sharpening the final cutting edge, and does so one tool at a time,
piece by piece. It is this dedication to making the finest quality hand
tools that continues to drive and inspire C.S. Osborne & Co. into its
next 100 years.