Locally made leatherwork by Thabo Alberts back in store

 

It's always a pleasure to feature the leather work of local Thabo Alberts in our store. For decades Thabo Alberts has been crafting leather. "I've always been mucking around with leatherwork, I've been doing it for about twenty years," Thabo says.

Thabo cuts all the leather using a 28-year-old pocket knife and stitches it by hand in his workshop on the grazing property near Nundle where he lives with wife Tamika and children Willow, 4, and Franco, 2. He retreats to the quiet of his workshop after the children are in bed. It is a space he enjoys. "When it's hot there is a breeze, and when it's cold there is a pot belly stove."

Some of the leather that Thabo uses is from recycled polo saddle flaps and has the worn patina and softness that only use and care can achieve.  When recycled polo saddle flaps are not suitable or available, Thabo selects new leather.

Thabo made pocket knife pouches specifically to suit the Opinel and Buck knives that we sell in the shop. We also love the spice pouch for campfire cooking, leather sleeves for skillet handles, and belt pouches in several designs for hands free carrying.

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