. >> reporter: the longtime supplier of leather to companies that make high-end shoes like alan edmondsnick, the fifth generation at his family's legendary company, is very interested in making sure the leather that takes up to six months to tan is just right. even for a smaller company like oak street. >> making leather is a craft. there's a lot more steps than most people realize. >> reporter: with the leather sourced in america, george started working on his designs. many of them a riff on the classic boat shoe. the key element in his version, hand-sown seams. he went searching for a place to assemble a small con tingant of sewers pap few craft people with that unique skill was maine. once one of the state's biggest employer, the shoe industry has all but disappeared there with the work being done cheaper overseas. adam sutton's factory from bangor is one of only four left in the entire state whrchlts george contacted me and wanted to come and see the factory, he sort of fell in love with what we were doing, and then he started to tell me his story and getting back to the whole, hey,