Andrew Fox Crafts
Tailoring & Leatherworks
Our company story began in 2017, driven by a lifelong passion for handcrafting with materials like wood, metal, and leather.
After landing a job as an industrial mechanic in 2019, I realized how much I loved repairing and creating with my hands. Though I faced health challenges that led to losing that job, I used my free time to hone my skills by making small leather goods for family and friends. When the lockdown hit in February 2020, I faced numerous job rejections but turned my focus to improving my craft, expanding my tools, and ultimately, transforming my passion into a thriving business.
june 2020 : "why not trying to transform my hobby as my main job ?"
Welcome to AndrewFoxCrafts Tailoring & Leatherworks! Since June 2020, we have confidently delivered exceptional craftsmanship and quality. You can trust us to bring your vision to life with precision and expertise!
The Workshop and Tools
if you never eared about this company before you could being surprised,
Not for money but more for passion and reliability reasons 90% of the machine and tools are 50 or 90 years old or more,
just for a couple of reasons :
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- 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;
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- easy to use,
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- 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 from 2022 to 2026, a tiny 20 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.