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Originally Posted by jcommin View Post
Tabs, Allen Edmonds still uses leather (not all leather) from the USA. It comes from the last Tannery in Chicago - they produce high quality leather for Allen Edmonds, the NBA and the NFL to name a few.

https://news.wttw.com/2018/04/26/chicago-s-last-tannery-specializes-horse-leather-nfl-footballs#:~:text=The%20company%20has%20another%20 notable%20distinction%3A%20Horween%20Leather,Arnol d%20%E2%80%9CSkip%E2%80%9D%20Horween%2C%20III.%20% E2%80%9CThe%20work%20is%20difficult.
It is Horween. The leather is called CORDOVAN...and a pair of Edmonds Cordovans cost 600...
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