About Ursus Maxymus Leatherworks

A couple of words on the subject of ours

We are a team of young and passionate creators. Before setting up Ursus Maxymus we wouldn't have ever thought about what we are and where we are now. 

Our leathercraft adventure began not so long ago, but nonetheless we have fallen in love with working on leather products from the very first day. Our commitment to this new activity became so significant that we decided we can not wait any longer and it's time to take a risk. Maybe it's the thingweI had been waiting for for years. We believe it really is. 

The values

If we were to point on a couple of virtues we value the most and admire in other people these would be: loyalty, honesty and courage.

We put the loyalty on the first place because that is the closest to us. How can a man be a decent one if not being loyal to his family and friends?

Honesty goes along with hard work deserving a just reward. We strongly believe that it is a duty of us all to be honest and to work hard to make living. It does not matter if you are an accountant, a model, a teacher or a plumber. We are all born to serve the society by being honest men. It could not be more simple.

Courage is the most demanding of the three because it is often difficult to find it inside you. The courage to shape the world, not to conform to stupidity and unethical behaviour, to be decent even among those who lost their sense of morality. I am sure that every one of us has a great ability to have a positive and motivating influence on surrounding people.

It's obvious we are all imperfect. But why don't we try to be better? We say: go and be decent. Whatever you do in your life, do it right and don't hurt the world around you. If you have lost your way, go back and find it. It's never to late to be a good man. These are the principals which every person can remain true to.

The brand

As far as the name is concerned it's one of the most clever things I ever invented. But that's unfortunately only my opinion. The words "Ursus Maxymus" come from latin. The first means "a bear" and the latter (originally Maximus) means "the greatest". The case is that my name is Maxym and I find bears to be the coolest animals in the world. In fact if I were to be an animal, I would definitely want to be a bear. Yes, that's where the brand's name comes from.

The leather

The leather we use comes from polish tanneries. It's mainly natural vegetable tanned leather we dye on our own in the workshop but also pull-up leather and 'crazy horse'. It all depends on the particular project which type of leather we choose. Some products look better when made of those and some made from the other. The quality of our leather is absolutely the highest we can get because Ursus Maxymus products require to be made of such.

The design

All the products are handmade by us. We design them, cut leather, sew it all, take photos and sell them on our website and locally. In general we intend to keep our leatherworks simple but still functional and attractive as well. It's undoubtedly a great challenge to come up every time with a design that suits customers and is in our opinion a good looking product. Many of my works that we find to be spectacularly astonishing just did not get to right people and some of our least favourite seem to sell like hot cakes.