About Us

Hi! I am Glen Kochanowski, the owner of Brass Mountain Leather. This business is the culmination of years of hard work, learning, failure, success, patience and determination.

I have been working with leather since 2014 as most start - with a strip of leather and a Tandy starter kit. I spent 60 hours on my first belt, as well as about the same amount of time watching Youtube videos on how to do it. What resulted was an overdyed, messy, hacked up version of a floral tooled belt. But by golly I was proud of it and wore it with pride. Off and on I worked on many different projects, but in 2016 college and eventually sailing on commercial ships forced me to shelve the hobby for a few years. 

In 2022 I had moved with my now wife to the great state of Arizona, and ended up leaving my sailing days behind to focus more on starting a family. It was then I decided to pick the hobby back up, and with that came an almost immediate flood of interest from family and coworkers for various projects of all sorts, shapes and sizes. My growth was set on a fast track and I even started attending multiple local markets. But it wasn't until I started making one thing that changed the course of this whole hobby/business.

Holsters.

I found out there is a huge need for quality, handmade leather holsters. Kydex works, and is a perfect functional medium, but sometimes was uncomfortable. It would pinch and get in the way on occasion. Leather was the perfect medium to provide the needed retention and security, while conforming to your body and providing comfort for those that sought it. This explosion of interest is what caused me to leave many other ideas behind and focus on the one thing the people were clamoring for - quality gun leather.

I have poured my heart, soul, and all of my free time into perfecting my construction of holsters. They need to be rigid but not hard, provide retention without locking the firearm, and provide security without wearing out. All while looking good to boot. At this point I feel it is time to release them to the general public, and enable those who may have shied away from leather in the past to have an affordable chance to enjoy the beauty and comfort that only leather can provide.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart that you have taken the time to see what we offer, and we look forward to providing you with a fantastic product.

- Glen