ONA handcrafts our products in the U.S.A. in small runs of 25-250 pieces — instead of thousands at a time — so we have a high attention to detail.
Producing in this way allows us a high level of craftsmanship, quality, and continuity. An individual bag can require up to 5 hours of total hands-on work to produce, with at least 3 quality checkpoints. The design team that helps us develop each new style trains and works directly with the craftspeople who ultimately produce them.
All of the raw materials — full-grain leather, 14 oz waxed canvas, solid brass hardware — are assessed, cut, and prepared for assembly through a number of methods depending on the style. The materials are then carefully sorted and organized until they’re ready to be produced.
Each bag comes to life — gradually, deliberately — through a number of individually-manned stations, each dedicated to specific pieces of the process: stitching large panels together, attaching hardware, fine details, edge-painting. Finally each bag is given one last check for quality before being placed in a dust-bag and packaged.
