George Hurst

George Hurst (April 1, 1933 – September 13, 2022) was an American leather artist known for his contributions to leathercraft instruction. With nearly 8 million views on his leatherworking tutorial videos on YouTube,

Early life George Hurst was born in New Berlin, Pennsylvania in 1933. He was first introduced to leatherworking in shop class in highschool and began selling his work to family and friends. When Hurst joined the Army in 1952, Hurst built his store's business through innovative teaching techniques and was regularly one of the top selling managers in the company.

After leaving the company in 1978 to help establish The Leather Factory, Hurst was rehired by Tandy Leather as Merchandising Manager in 1985. While in this position, Hurst modernized leathercraft education by teaching leatherworking by means of video.