Oakside Saddlery
Leather
The finest leather from some of the UK's tanneries and finishers
Sedgwick and Co English Bridle Leather
A variety of colours, all in Bridle Butt Leather, and some in Bridle Back for the longer lengths required. I use Bridle Butt leather for the majority of my handmade, bespoke leather goods.
Eternal Style
Leather will always be a relevant material to use. A timeless classic, it will never go out of style. The high quality of leather in contrast to synthetic materials also adds a touch of luxury to your products.
Resilience
A significant benefit of using leather is its immense longevity. Leather is extremely durable, especially when great care has gone in to its production. We know that great quality requires patience, so our leather can take up to 28 days in the tanning process; ensuring that it lives up to our customers’ standards.
Strength
Leather is a strong material; able to hold a lot of weight, and will not break or tear under pressure as easily as synthetic products. This is what makes it so suitable for products such as bags, saddles and cricket balls.
Suppleness
Contrary to what you may think, considering leather’s resilience and strength, it is in fact a very supple and flexible material. It allows you to be creative and mould it to suit your vision, which makes it an incredibly easy and pleasurable product to work with.
Sustainability
Leather, being a wholly natural material, is a biodegradable product. The hides that we use to make the leather from are already a by-product from surplus pieces from the abattoir. Furthermore, we ensure that extra steps are taken to recycle all additional waste we create in the tanning process. All of which help us, and our product to stay sustainable.
Australian Nut
A reddish brown leather and a firm favourite
Black
The classic black. You can't really go wrong with this
Burgundy
One of my biggest sellers. Burgundy as it's name suggests
Chocolate
Another one of my classic sellers, Dark chocolate
Conker
A light, medium brown leather
Dark Green
The classic racing green of old. I'm not sure what colour green this picture is :)
Dark Havana
The original dark brown. A time-honoured classic
Hazel
Brown with a hint of orange. Like the chocolate orange egg
Light Havana
The lightest brown leather that I use
London Tan
The traditional yellow London Tan. Lighter than the Light Havana.
Navy Blue
A really dark blue. That is definitely not black!
Oak Brown
A lightweight leather and a mid ranged brown
Old Oak
The dark version of the brown leathers that I use
Red
Red. Obvious really. And at least the photo actually looks red!
Sedgwick Leather
I use Sedgwick & Co leather for all of my handmade leather belts, dog collars and leads, camera straps, bridles, bags, and rifle slings.
Sedgwick and Co. have been around since 1900 and are world renown for being one of the leading leather suppliers. Sedgwick have always prided themselves on their consistently high quality of the finished leather. They put this down to the expert curriers who finish the leather by hand. To help achieve this in the future they have an in-house training scheme for new apprentices.
Provenance
All of Sedgwick's leather is crafted with provenance. They have a select number of UK suppliers all of whom can provide details of exactly where the animal came from and its age. They guarantee that all hides are past a certain age ensuring that they have lived a longer life before coming in to their hands. Each hide has a unique, traceable number that can identify it throughout the entire process.
Best of British
Being the best of British quality means being certain that only the finest UK hides are used. Quality control at every stage of the process ensures that no imperfection, however small, is missed by the craftsmen
My Leather
In an economy where the consumer wants the most value for their money, leather delivers superior value. Many efforts have been made to create a synthetic material that is able to provide the multiple properties of leather but all efforts have proved unsuccessful. Due to these properties, leather is the preferred material for many areas of application, from daily used products to exclusive fashion items.
Black
You can't really go wrong with classic Black leather
Burgundy
A nice , deep red
Chestnut
A really nice brown chestnut leather
Dark Brown
As its name suggests it is brown and dark
Dark Green
A nice deep, dark green
Dark Navy Blue
The classic Navy Blue
Dark Tan
The darkest of the Tan range
Elephant
It is not really Elephant just a really dark grey. Sometimes called Rhino
Grey
A lighter grey than Elephant
Light Tan
The lightest of the tan colours
Mid Blue
A standard blue
Mid Green
A classic forest green. Herne would be proud
Mid Tan
As its name suggest this is the middle of the tan range of leather
Nude
That's it send my website to your company's unsafe list! Undyed is what it really is
Pale Green
The lightest green leather
Baby Pink
As its name suggest - Pink
Red
A proper red leather
Sky Blue
The colour of the sky when it's not raining!
White
White is usually described as off-white as it never stays white for long
Yellow
Yellow as yellow can be
Mid Tan
As its name suggest this is the middle of the tan range of leather
Black
Blacker than it looks in the picture
Baby Pink
As its name suggest - Pink
Burgundy
A nice deep red in colour
Chestnut
The beautiful colour of the wood
Dark Brown
The absolute classic brown
Dark Green
The quintessential British Green
Dark Navy
A classic Navy Blue
Dark Tan
The darkest of the tan range
Grey
As its name suggest this is a grey leather
Light Tan
The lightest of the tan range
Mid Blue
The middle of the blue range - obviously
Mid Green
Not Dark Green, nor Light Green but the Green that is in between
Pale Green
Why is this called Pale Green and not Light Green
Red
As red as red can be
Rhino
A proper dark grey
Sky Blue
If only the sky was really this blue. I am in England after all
White
White. For how long I don't know
Yellow
Just as you would expect. Yellow
Baby Blue
A very pale blue
Beige
Beige as beige can be
Black
A proper colour at last
Cream
How long this would stay cream for I don't know
Dark Brown
Just as its name suggests it is dark and it is brown
Green
Be as one with the forest
Grey
As grey as grey can be
Lilac
Fancy a pale lilac
Orange
What came first? The fruit or the colour?
Pink
"Cause pink is the love you discover"
Red
Now who doesn't like a bit of red
Tan
Tan will certainly set off your lining
Turquoise
How would you describe this? I can't even spell it
Violet
A lovely contrast to any leather
White
The classic lining
Oakside Saddlery
Leather Thickness
Below is a practical reference for the various thicknesses of leather that I utilise. The UK, Europe, and US employ distinct terminologies when referring to leather thickness or substance. The chart will provide you with a comparison of equivalent measurements and should help you to decide if my leather fits your purpose.
