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As a keen shot and fisherman, I design my products to be practical with pleasing aesthetics. All my leather goods are made in England in the traditional way, using traditional materials. Consequently, I sell sporting accessories that outlast cheaper alternatives and are a joy to own.


I am particularly interested in vegetable tanned leather. Hide was virtually 100% vegetable tanned before the 2nd world war. Consequently, it gained a pleasing patina with use, handled pleasurably and smelt of leather. Today, leather is virtually all chrome tanned. This results in leather that is usually stiff, looks permanently like plastic and invariably doesn't even smell of leather, but it is cheap and quicker to produce!


 
ELK of Derbyshire, The Glen, Longford, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. DE6 3DR. Tel 01335 330156  Principal: Tim Pywell