07/04/20 UPDATE: Thank you for your kindness, understanding and patience as lockdown continues. I really appreciate your orders and especially your trust. I promise to get your order posted as soon as I can. Right now, for all our sakes, please stay at home!

Virus stuff: Posted on Tuesday 24th March 2020

Sorry guys but, as we are all aware, the wretched virus is upon us and, in the interests of public health, I have made the hard decision to close my workshop as we self-isolate. All orders placed before 24/03/2020 will be dispatched today. I am still accepting orders for delivery 'after the event' so if you aren't in a huge hurry then please just order as usual. I promise to get deliveries in the post ASAP.

Currently we are all well and intend to stay that way. We want you to be well too, so we can all get back to work. Watch this space for more information.

British leatherworking is alive and well. My name is Ray Hatley and I make hand-made tooled and plain leathergoods including customised leather guitar straps, leather whippet, lurcher and greyhound collars and gorgeous soft leather elbow patches. In fact, I currently offer a range of more than 500 hand crafted leather items including a wide range of leather archery equipment (including tooled quivers and bracers) and custom leather knife sheaths. I also make replacement leather straps with proper brass buckles for cat, bicycle and fishing baskets along with old fashioned hamper straps and luggage or basket rack straps for classic Morgan, Austin and MG sports cars. Suede and leather elbow patches are a speciality!

Just so you know, I'm mostly a one man business and almost everything I sell is made in my own workshop or is made by friends. I take pride in the things I make, so if you have any questions then please email or call me. My contact details are here and please feel free to add a review so other people can share your experience. One last thing, I hate working out P&P charges so, no matter how much you buy, 2nd Class Royal Mail shipping to any UK address is just £2 - please ask if you require special delivery or overnight shipping (at extra cost).

Important: This website is SSL Certificated and your personal data is secure.  I never share personal information with anyone, and, whilst I love you all dearly, I'm far too busy to bother you with newsletters and junk emails!

I'm really sorry, but I don't do repairs - I simply don't have time.