Leather Accessories Repair and Restore

Carpenters pouch repairs

Repairs to a well used carpenters pouch, which had to be completely dismantled to fix it.

Dog collar refurbishment

Clean, treat and refurbish a dog collar

The Bridge notebook cover repairs

Replace the glued damaged panel on the inside. The lacing was added to use the holes that were made.

Hand tooled writing pad repairs

This suffered from dry rot and tears. There were also very bad repairs done in the past, which I had to rectify. The inside lining was replaced with new pig skin. The whole article was treated for dry rot, recolouring and repairs.

Conservation and preservation of WWII flight cap and googles

This is a genuine WWII flight cap with goggles. The work here was preservation and conservation to arrest any further deterioration of the leather. There was a little repair work done but due to the fragility of the leather, some parts could not be repaired.

Backgammon coffee table insert refurbishment

The original materials used were torn, curled up and some were replaced with PVC. This refurbishment was done with leather after removing all the old materials, cleaning up and sanding the wood base. A French polish was applied to the wood.

Audemars Piguet watch strap repair

The original strap was torn off by a watch repairer! This job was to repair the strap to its original state, which required some very fine and accurate (miniature) work and a steady hand.

Leather Stirrup Cup Holder

A leather cup holder, which was hand crafted. The stitching on this was torn and there was evidence of some previous repair work. This was completely dismantled, the leather treated then re-sewn.

19th century writing folder

This 19th century hand crafted writing case needed the edge lacing replaced. It was also dry and had signs of dry rot. It was treated and polished and the edge lacing made in my workshop, hand dyed and laced on to replicate the original lacing.

Camel Whip Sympathetic Repair and Restore

This camel whip was dried out, parts were torn or missing and the leather needed feeding and various repairs. All repairs done by hand.

Suede Hat Restoration Cleaning and Reshaping

The hat came to me miss-shaped and stained. Made from Suede and part of it made from a poly thread was reshaped by soaking and moulding the leather. Cleaning for suede was done to remove the stains.

Vintage Glass Hip Flasks Restoration.

Two vintage Asprey hip flasks (one was 'granddad's' and the other was 'dad's') handed down. There was no leather on them when I received them. Standard aniline leather was used to recover them and hand-stitched with 'butt-stitch'.