Leather Pens of Somerset

Steampunk pen by Leather Pens of Somerset in rosewood presentation box

Products: Pens and accessories, hand made from TBM’s leather offcuts
Based: Somerset
Distance from TBM & Friends: 36 miles

The birth of a business

Jon, creator of this business, is a well known and respected field archer with a passion for wood turning and other projects.

Creative drive

He was trying to satisfy his creative drive by transferring his wood turning skills into leather turning skills, so The Belt Makers gave him some of their leather trimmings to experiment with.

Leather pen stacks

Stacked leather

Being a field archer, he began making stacked leather handles for arrow rakes. After a while, and as his techniques developed, he started work on smaller and more detailed pieces. This is when he took up a challenge to make a leather pen for a friend, and others soon began to ask for them too. Jon has never looked back.

Natural colour leather stylus pens

Refine and develop finishes

Taking the opportunity to refine and develop finishes that complimented the beautiful material that is First Grade English Bridle Leather, it was not long before TBM & Friends commissioned Jon to make leather pens to sell in their shop.

Steampunk Victorian leather pen

Beautiful and unique pens

The positive reception and demand for these beautiful and unique pens inspired Jon to make pens for his own retail purposes and so Leather Pens of Somerset was born.