Maker stories

A day at the races. Silverstone MotoGP 2019

A day at the races gives you an inside of my stay during the British MotoGP 2019 at Silverstone with REV'IT! Sport International

Opening your beer in style. The making of a bottle opener.

A bottle opener can be found in many shapes and in many tools. My goal was to design a bottle opener with a heritage look and feel, combining leather, metal and a nice industrial clasp.

Making a belt that lasts a lifetime.

The Duke & Sons Leather belt is made from 3-4mm full grain leather, from the best quality. When you see the whole hide, you already see the nice top grain and the lines from the shoulder. I wou...

Leatherworks, a must have reference book for leather craft.

A lot of people always ask about tips and tricks in Leathercraft. Although I often mention that Youtube is a good channel for finding what you are looking for, I prefer a book as a reference. I had...

Making The Bike Shed protective card wallet.

The Bike Shed Motorcycle Club store in London is the only store that sells a limited selection of my handmade items. From the start of Duke & Sons Leather, my wife Ingeborg and I had a special ...

Horween Leather, making leather since 1905

The Horween leather is well known, often used and appreciated by a lot of leather craftsmen worldwide. Horween Leather company was founded in 1905. For more than 100 years and five generations, the...

Repairing around the world, a customized tool roll.

Jonathan Duncan from Canada is involved with supporting athletes in the cycling world for over 10 years, which includes wrenching on the team bikes. Jonathan sent me an email with a custom order re...

Hand making of a watch strap

For some people their watch isn't just their watch... therefore they decide to go for a handmade watch strap. It looks like a simple piece of leather and in fact, it is ;-) Never the less the proce...