2025 Bootblack Round Up Presenters

Finn Gerhardt is a non-binary leatherperson, kitchen table bootblack and performing artist from the backwoods of Charles County, Maryland. Finn specializes in vintage leather restoration, and has a passion for giving dry, dusty leather from charity shops, gear swaps or your uncle's attic new life through the art and science of bootblacking. Finn is an educator, having taught classes at Bootblack Round-Up, Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, International Ms. Leather/Bootblack and many others. Finn served as Mx. Maryland Leather 2023, and currently serves as Northeast Person of Leather 2025. 

Shane Hutchinson (He/Him)  

A transplanted Canadian, now in Louisville, KY, Shane has been active in the kink and Leather communities for decades As a custom leather crafter, he is the owner, operator and head monkey at Abraided Leather.  

Shane has been working with contests and clubs since the early 2010’s producing many patches and sashes seen around the country and around the world. Shane is also an event sponsor for such events as IMsLBb. SPLF and NWLC.  

With a passion for education, Shane has had the opportunity to teach around the country with a focus on impact play, mental play, crafting as well as power exchange and relationship styles. 

Atlas (he/him) is a dominant, leatherboi, Daddy, and your Route 66 Bootblack 2025. He flags hunter green on the left in the streets and on the right in the sheets. He’s adopted from China, ethnically Vietnamese and Dai, raised in Chicagoland, polyamorous, queer, transmasc, and 100 pounds of pure muscle.  

Aside from bootblacking, he practices flogging, whips, rope, pet, little, knife, and needle play. He is a proud member of the Leather Solidarity Collective, a national organization committed to celebrating POC Leatherpeople, social justice reform, and advocacy. You can find him every second Friday of the month as a Women and Trans/Non-Binary Leather Bar Night’s house bootblack. 

Pixie Catt (they/she) is a genderfluid, queer, dominant leather girl prowling around Maryland with her Owner and Daddy, Sir Bradford and three not-so-tiny-anymore Kreatures. As Head Girl of House of Kreatures, Secretary for H&B Ministries, a Board Member of the Carter Johnson Leather Library, Co-Producer of MALW/MALWBB and the resident Back-Office Cat for the Mid-Atlantic Annex, Pixie keeps plenty of balls (and sometimes people) in the air. 

For 15+ years, they’ve been the dependable blur dashing between backstage, paperwork piles, fundraising, and community projects, anything to keep the show running and the spirit alive. Once upon a time, Pixie tried listing everything in this bio, but no one wants to read all of that. If you do want the full lore though just ask or let your favorite search engine, take you down the rabbit hole. Either way, bring popcorn.

Prince Tristian has been Interested in kink since he was a teenager and used to sneak copies of penthouse magazine not for the pictures as much as the cartoon Wicked Wanda. In 1987 he read the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy and immediately identified with the character Prince Tristian thus his kink identity was born. Without the Internet in those days, information was difficult to find and the road into the scene was long and twisted. On a trip to the local Gloryhole he found a flyer advertising for a public bar holding a BDSM night, he eventually was able to garner an invitation to a munch where he attended and began his journey into BDSM.  

Married for over 30 years to a spouse who has been extremely supportive of his kinky pursuits. Extremely experienced in navigating Poly relationships and open sexual relationships. Has been involved in several long-term power exchange relationships; collared 3 times as a slave and Daddy to a submissive middle. Identities include Masculine, Slave, Leatherboy, Primal Wolf predator, Pansexual, and Poly. 

Ox Treadway is a leatherboy, hellhound, and working dog from Fairbanks, Alaska. Owned and collared by Sir Hooker, he’s been part of the Leather and kink world since 2009 — carving out his place with sweat, scars, and service. He’s the founder of FBX-PAH (Fairbanks Pups and Handlers), the driving force behind The Drone Zone Alaska, and a full member of Hooker & Boys.

More at home in service than in the spotlight, Ox tries to build and connect in ways that make community stronger — and step forward when it matters most. Known for forging tough, vibrant rubber, gear, and pup spaces in Interior Alaska and linking them to the broader Leather world, he brings a heavy edge, sharp mind, and adaptive resilience to everything he touches.

His dedication has earned him titles like Alaska State Bootblack 2016 and winner of the Shine Off at Bootblack RoundUp 2023, and a reputation as the dog you want in your corner when the night runs long. Organizer, volunteer, masochist, and beast of burden, when Ox shows up, the work gets done, the gear gets dirty, and the play gets real.