About Us

    We are a ranching family living in the small town of Durkee, Oregon with our two beautiful daughters. We have several horses, a few dogs, and a small herd of beef cattle. We were both raised in the ranching lifestyle and have strong ties to faith and family. 

    Brett started tooling leather while attending Blue Mountain in Pendleton, Oregon. Makayla is still learning techniques, and together we are working to get Empire Leather Company's name and products out in the world for people to see and use.  If you can imagine it, we'll do our best to make your dream a reality. 

    We order most of our leather from The Hide & Leather House in California. We love the quality of material we receive from them.  They also provide a wide range of colors and thickness in the leather, which we take into consideration, depending on the product we are creating.