After losing everything in a leverage trading accident, our artisan-in-chief is left living in his car with nothing but a few leather Coldclutches — gifts from his mother. He sells them to survive. But instead of chasing another gamble, he chooses a harder path: work. With no tools, no money, and no skills, he rents a small studio in Montreal’s Saint-Henri neighborhood — once known as Saint-Henri-des-Tanneries, the birthplace of leathercraft in New France dating back to 1685. There, he begins learning the craft that would define his future.
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