What happened to Orion Leather Co?

https://www.instagram.com/orionleathercompany/?hl=en

Back in the day, this place was producing and selling some of the best value (buy-it-for-life) full grain leather belts. I've had several of their belts which have been worn daily for ~10 years now with plenty of life left in them.

It seems their website has been taken down and there hasn't been much activity since 2018/2019ish.

Did they go out of business?

Bizarrely enough, I also read rumors that the owners became heroin addicts or something, and this may be why the business went under. Anyone know the true story?

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Ambient47@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I don’t have specifics but I went through this a year ago they are indeed out of business, i still have a belt from them that’s roughly 7 years old sad stuff.

Kata1yst@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

Yup, closed shop. It happens unfortunately even to the best brands.

I've been using https://www.thirteen50leather.com/ since then, been pretty happy with it.