I am delighted to announce that we are currently working on the development and production of Cordovan Shells. We’ve compiled a couple of anticipated questions below, but if you’d like to find out more information or express interest in ordering samples – you know where we are.

What is Cordovan?
Fundamentally, it is equine leather. Like cowhide, these are not sourced from animals specifically b...

Here at The English Leather Company we love grease. No really, we do! The right sort of course, not just any old grease, but the type that we put on all of our finished leather. Some call it ‘tallow’, ‘wax’ and even ‘fat’. There are plenty of other names used (some cleaner than others!) but fundamentally the name of it doesn’t matter – the application of it does.

One of the most important process...

Earlier this year we were contacted by a chap called John who wanted to come and visit us to view our Heritage collection. He was looking for a high quality, full grain article in around 3.0 – 4.0mm in order to make some handmade bags. Of course we obliged and he turned up the following week. After a cup of tea and a great chat about what he was working on, we presented him with a variety of colou...

We are pleased to announce that The English Leather Company will be exhibiting at the Meet The Manufacturer event on the 3rd and 4th June. With so many London-based designers contacting us recently, we can't wait to meet you all and show off some of our finest leather articles.

Following the unprecedented success of the flagship show in 2014, Meet the Manufacturer returns in 2015 at London’s histor...

If you follow us on Facebook and Google+, you will have been the first to know about the imminent launch of our English Bridle Butts range. We have been producing these for years, but only in very large quantities for individual orders.

With the recent influx of smaller customers wanting lesser quantities per order, we have now cleared some space on the shelves and are stocking them ready to be d...

As of Friday 1st May 2015, new legislation concerning Chrome VI (contained within chrome tanned leather) will come into force.

The restriction will state that leather articles and articles containing leather parts that come into contact with the skin cannot contain 3 mg/kg or more of chromium VI by weight of the total dry weight of that leather part. Simply put, this means all such article...

The days are getting longer, the temperature is picking up and the daffodils are out in force. This can of course only mean one thing - exhibition season is upon us! 

The first event that we will be exhibiting at this year is 'Make it in the West Midlands'. We were kindly invited along by organiser, Ruth Edwards, who works with the Interiors & Lifestyle Futures team. Ruth and the team help busine...

From what we are currently seeing on the market, and receiving in way of enquiries from clients, the vintage look is a firm favourite right now.

An article we have been developing over the past few months, to meet this new requirement, is our Antique Bridle. Produced in a similar way to our Traditional English Bridle, this olde looking piece features far more variation of grain and colo...

The past few years have seen the company grow considerably and, as a result, we find ourselves working with fascinating clients and developing new articles almost every month.

With so much happening within our company right now, (not to mention in the leather industry too!) we thought we should feature a blog of key happenings that we feel are worth telling you about. We try to update our Faceboo...