Typical Items Made and/or Repaired

As well as saddlery repairs and making bridles, head collars, girths and stirrup leathers etc, over the years there has been a steady and growing demand for ladies’ handbags.

Services include:

• Repairs to bridles, head collars, stirrup leathers, girths, lunging reins, lead reins and saddles
• Making new reins, bridles, lead reins, head collars, stirrup leathers and girths.
• Repair of Ladies' handbags, brief cases and document folders, purses and other leather goods.
• Richard is a specialist in repairing and refurbishing old leather articles such as a 70 year old school satchel, a gun case made by Charles Lancaster in London 123 years ago and a couple of World War II leather telescope cases. There is a steady stream of ladies handbags including a number of Mulberry Handbags and Richard also takes on some special customers passed to him by "Suzie at the TV Repair Shop".

Below, a guncase made 123 years ago by Christopher Lancaster (Londons top pistol and rifle maker) and refurbished in 2023 by Richard Harrison