At Padfield we believe that to be a truly British brand we must craft locally from British materials whenever possible. The Padfield Pebble Grain leather, from which the Somerset bag was crafted, was tanned in Somerset England.
Our Somerset tannery partner works with hides originating from British (predominantly) and Irish beef and dairy farming. The UK is proud to have some of the highest animal welfare and environmental standards in the world.
In deciding to work with a by-product of British farming, Padfield is choosing to utilise a hide that would either go to waste or be exported abroad. Our research suggests that most hide from British beef and dairy farming is exported abroad, which is disappointing considering how many British leather accessory brands there are.
Why are more British brands not crafting at home in Britain from home-grown leather?
Zippers and Metal fittings
Padfield works with the highest quality metal zips available YKK Excella®. Sourced via YKK UK from YKK Europe. We would love to work with British made metal zippers, however, after an extensive search we have not been able to identify a local maker.
If you are a British maker of high quality metal zippers, please do get in touch.
Where possible we source our metal fittings in the UK. As the UK made fitting selection is very limited we source some fittings from Europe and Asia.
If you are a UK maker of high quality brass metal fittings, please do get in touch as we would love to work with you.
