Andrew Fox Crafts
Tailoring & Leatherworks
This company story starts in 2017, i was always passionated into hand working, wood, metal, leather....since my childhood i was always looking about "what can i create myself ?"
in 2019 i got my first job as industrial mechanic, just a couple on months, short time but enough for show me how i loved to repair and create things with my two hands during this time on my free days i looked about making some small leather goods for myself, familly or friends as a hobby, i losted this job due to several health troubles, and in february 2020 after looking all the days about a new job since july 2019, the lockdown came into my life like for every peoples in the world,
after a couple of week while looking about a new job, and after getting many job search refusal (something around 35 in a month...), i was always trying to create more and more leather goods, increase my crafting quality, getting more and more tools and machines,the 19th march 2020 while looking my tiny workshop, i thinked about one thing :
"why not trying to transform my hobby as my main job ?"
Now, since june 2020, you are welcome to my company :
AndrewFoxCrafts
tailoring & leatherworks
The Workshop and Tools
if you never eared about this company before you could being surprised,
Not for money but more for passion reasons 90% of the machine and tools are 50 or 90 years old or more,
just for a couple of reasons :
-
- no needs electricity for runs, the workshop is based in the middle of nowhere so sometimes due to thunderstorm or winter, the electricity can be shutted off for a couple of reasons;
-
- easy to use,
-
- i also lost the old tools, or "vintage", our ancestors worked with those during 10, 20, 30....and more years, why can't i do the same ? ;)
the workshop, a tiny 16 square meters area in a old farm house from 1791, all is managed by myself, for have the best working area, there is a lot of workshop managed by their owners, mine is just a small example,
all the furnitures are from 2nd hand shops or ikea, also if i can not found it or buy it, nevermind i will make it myself !
Meet The Team
Singer 191B (1950)
electric small sewing machine, external electric engine
powerful enough for the soft leather parts like the small straps or loops
Junker and Ruh sd.28 (1889)
the oldest machine, full hand powered, a beautiful old mechanic and extremly powerful for the shoe or bags external threads
Tools press (2020)
steel press, full handtool, you can add small tools for press the rivets, eyelets, snaps buttons, and cutting tools for holes, this one is my first machine bought in 2020
Singer 29k3 (1940-1950)
foot or hand powered sewing machine, one of the most powerful sewing machines in the workshop slow but works perfectly, can runs on leather thick between 0.5 and 3cm
Pfaff 145 - (1980)
The PFAFF 145 triple feed industrial sewing machine is perfect for alterations and productions. Due to its German manufacturing, it is very robust, full electric
leather maul and punching tools
As incredible as it may seem, some holes in the leather are still made by hand, for greater precision and with very sharp tools such as silk for simple holes, loop passages or seams.
Leather straps cutter
One of the most essential tools, consisting of a graduated ruler mounted on a handle and a cutter blade, it allows you to cut strips from 0.5 to 10 cm with extreme precision
Hammers (1940-now)
Hammers are a essential tool for the leather crafting, mostly used to flatten certain parts of the leather or fix the glue between to layers, lot of sizes, lot of designs, same force
Leather burnisher (2020)
Small hand tool, made of wood, essential for give a smooth finish to the straps edges while using a burnish product (natural wax is the most used) and some force,
All the cutting tools (1940-now)
For cut the leather, thick or not, a good blade is always needed, nicely cleaned and sharped you can use them during several times, mines come from cobbler shops or just tools shops
Leather cutting machine (1950)
Full steel machine, all manual with a handle on the back, a big round blade, can cut the leather straps, big or small parts, pony tails, thickness is not the problem !
Leather dye products
Oil, water or alcohol based dyes it's used all the days, i can not found the leather dyed with the good color ? no problem i can dye it myself or make my own mixing colors !
Leather quality
The leather used here are only tanned in Europe without any heavy chemical products, we use only smal amount of leather per order for prevent any waste, all the leather skins come from french suppliers,
a large selection of colors and textures are available in the shop, feel free to ask anything about it, some examples bellow,
Our Clients
Our clients could be everyone,only minors are not accepted due to the stuff we sell and the law, every peoples can take a commission in this shop, you just need a bit of patience for get your goods because everything is did by one maker
due to the handwork speed, getting a selling contract with a shop is difficult for more than 10 pieces per month, this is why the dropshipping does not exist here, every good is crafted with care.