About
I have been making leather goods by hand for over thirty years and take pride in providing practical, beautiful and unique high quality cases and bags. I particularly enjoy making robust, saddlery-inspired products, utilizing vegetable pit tanned bridle leather sourced from British tanneries but can also work in a wide variety of other leathers depending on my customers’ requirements. Most of the fittings I use are solid, cast brass and are mainly from Italy with some from the UK and Switzerland.
If you are looking for quality leather cases and bags made with care and attention from the best available materials using traditional tools and techniques, then you have come to the right place. You can see more about me in the full version of the video, with sound, on You Tube.
My work has received a commendation from the Guild of Master Craftsmen.
As you can see from the site, most of what I do entails making bespoke, unique items for individual customers. Please do get in touch for a personal and courteous service.
My working practices are environmentally friendly, from what comes in the workshop door to what goes out of it: the distance the leather travels, virtually no use of chemicals (a minimum of glue and dyes only) and waste management – almost all of which I donate to a charity which reuses it for children’s play and educational materials (please visit http://www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk/).
To discover more about traditional English bridle leather, its manufacture and qualities, you can visit the following tannery websites:
http://www.sedgwickandcoleather.com/