Stronghold Leather

09/10/2025

The rainbow over the booth last Saturday captured by J. Penfield Photography.
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After the rain passed there was a beautiful rainbow over the grounds.

08/23/2025

Second weekend at The Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Plenty of leather for all to see.

09/21/2024

Last two weekends to sn**ch up these pretties at MN Renaissance Festival.

09/07/2024

Stronghold Leather Crew from Labor Day Weekend. Photo by Justin Baysinger.

09/02/2024

Stronghold Leather crew is ready to help you try on our fine leather art work. Stop in and see what we have at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival.

08/24/2024

Stronghold Crew is ready for the second weekend of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival.

08/16/2024

Staff has started to get ready for tomorrow. Crew has been busy during the off-season.

09/10/2023

What a frantic 2 days, splitting the stock packing the van, and packing the motorcycles for the trip to California. But we have left town and made it about 2 hours down the road thank you everyone who helped this week and the stronghold MN staff I know I left the business in good hands

08/19/2023

It's time. We're ready for you.

05/23/2023

Hello everyone. Sorry for the radio silence, and this post as a comeback is not what I had hoped.
Many of you know over the past few years, we went from having the hours equivalent of 3 full time employees down to essentially just me - Eric. I get some help from family and friends but 90% is all me. Despite this I've kept my booth full by working my butt off all year. Things have gotten neglected for too long and are now at critical mass.
Stronghold needs major shop renovations, and I simply cannot do it. I cannot take the time off, nor do I have the ability to do all the work myself even if the funds were available. This project is a "leg bone connected to the foot bone" kind of thing where it really needs to be done all at once.
Please take the time to read the Gofundme, contribute if you're able, share with others, and come visit us at MN fest in August and September, and Northern California Renaissance Faire in September and October.
We appreciate you more than you'll know.

Hello, I'm Jill, Eric's partner of 29 years. He is the artist / own… Jill Breitkreutz needs your support for Stronghold Leather, Eric needs a shop renovation

10/02/2022

To our beloved patrons at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival:
We are eternally grateful for another successful season and enjoyed seeing old friends and making new ones. You all know our little Stronghold family appreciates each and every one of you, and without you, it would not be possible to make the following announcement:
We are SOLD OUT FOR THE 2022 SEASON OF MNRF!
For our final day we will be "open" in case anyone wants to purchase our $$$ masterpiece armor sets $$$, or, if you need us to repair or make adjustments to your Stronghold pieces. Otherwise, we are closed for the season! Thank you so very much for valuing the work we do, and for your continued support for over a decade. ❤️

Eric is still at Northern California Renaissance Faire until October 23rd and still has stock left for our West Coast friends!