Making a Bespoke Leather Bag

Making a Bespoke Leather Bag

So you want a nice new bespoke leather bag.  Where do you start? The first bags I made all came out of my frustration that I could never find exactly the right bag for me. As someone who is always misplacing an item because I have put it somewhere safe, I don’t want a...
Repair it, or Replace it?

Repair it, or Replace it?

One of best things about being a saddler is making beautiful items from sumptuous materials that will last and last, and be loved by their owners. Recently I was asked if I could do something about a bag that appeared to be at the end of its useful life.  It may have...
Life changes

Life changes

Five years ago I was working as Finance Manager in an IT company.  It was a job I was very good at, but the joy and satisfaction had gone out of it.  Many days were full of frustration that I was spending my working hours looking at a computer screen, wishing I was...