E.L.Freeman - Leather Goods & Saddlery

E.L.Freeman - Leather Goods & Saddlery Hand made stockwhips, belts, knife pouches, heavy horse gear, saddlery goods and more, as well as cu

E.L.Freeman is a small leather goods maker based near Wauchope NSW. Everything produced is designed and hand crafted in our workshop.
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We use quality leathers and materials which are combined with traditional techniques and attention to detail to create pieces that are unique and have a timeless elegance - pieces which are made to last. We produce a standard line of quality products and offer custom made to order and repairs to leather goods.

There's been a real assorted collection of what we've been making the past few weeks - belts, bridles, halters, diary co...
23/01/2025

There's been a real assorted collection of what we've been making the past few weeks - belts, bridles, halters, diary covers and more. These lovely Oxley belts have been heading out quite a bit, being a real standout, as well as our Diary Covers ready for the year ahead.

It's been a busy start to the new year, and we're set for another busy year ahead - a few new pieces in the works that we hope to share soon and some new leathers on the way - always exciting!

If you're after a well made leather or saddlery piece made here in Australia, pop onto the website to see our range, or email us for custom enquiries
www.elfreeman.com.au

Santa's New Belt 🎅🎄🦌There was not much time until Christmas, when Santa emailed to say,'I'm in need of a new belt, could...
19/12/2024

Santa's New Belt 🎅🎄🦌
There was not much time until Christmas, when Santa emailed to say,
'I'm in need of a new belt, could I order one, without delay?
The elves are all but busy, and well, you're an ELF as well,
Christmas will be upon us, could you help? It would be swell'

Of course I could dear Santa, what did you have in mind?
We've lots of different leathers, I'll see what I can find'....
...or it went something like that.

And so I made a beautiful, rather fancy belt for Santa,
To hold up his new pants, when the reindeers broke into a canter.
With gold and red and cutouts, stitching, patent leather, a touch of glue.
Oh it looked magnificent, and Santa thought so too!

So when you hear a jingle, out on Christmas night,
perhaps it will be Santa, with his brand new, ELF made belt in flight.

For those of you with kids, you might recognise the story style (little yellow digger) My son who is 3 (and loves this certain Christmas book), was thrilled when I told him I had to make a belt for Santa, absolutely thrilled =) Just like Santa was.

If you need Santa in the Port M area, check out South Pole Santa. Lovely Santa with a lovely belt =) Merry Christmas

Our 12th and final Christmas Gift Idea - a small piece, that's not much in price, but oh so handy. Our stamped leather k...
17/12/2024

Our 12th and final Christmas Gift Idea - a small piece, that's not much in price, but oh so handy. Our stamped leather keyrings.
Made from our small leather pieces, these keyrings can be stamped with a name or initials. Great for putting on the keys so you know which key is who's or what it's for. Also great for business' with multiple keys for certain areas or codes as we can stamp letters and numbers.
For our pre-stamped $6 range of keyrings, see the option on the website. These area available in Mum, Dad, 'heart', 'horseshoe', Home and a lovely floral design as well.

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/buckles-keyrings

Our 11th day of Christmas gift idea - our leather belt straps and fancy or western buckles.Made from our Hastings and Ma...
17/12/2024

Our 11th day of Christmas gift idea - our leather belt straps and fancy or western buckles.
Made from our Hastings and Macquarie belt leather, these belts allow the user to change the decorative buckle to suit their needs or outfit via the snaps that secure the buckle onto the belt.
With so many buckles to choose from, it can be hard at times to pick just one or two!
We keep these buckles and belts in stock ready to go, so if you still need a gift pop online to order. Buckles are also available individually for those who wish to add to their collection. The buckles are high quality with beautiful detail and engravings or patterns.

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/belts

Our 10th day of Christmas gift idea - a new halter and lead for your horses!Available in sizes Pony, Cob, Full and Draug...
15/12/2024

Our 10th day of Christmas gift idea - a new halter and lead for your horses!
Available in sizes Pony, Cob, Full and Draught with 2m, 3m and longer leads to order.

As with many traditional type saddlery and leatherworkers, I also make rope products in our saddlery range. Everything is handmade by us using quality double braid rope including yachting rope in 8mm and 12mm and poly rope. We make Rope Horse Halters, Horse Lead Ropes with a correctly made loop piece to secure to the halter, Rope Reins and also Cattle Halters and Rope Long Reins.

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/saddlery-goods

Our 9th Day of Christmas gift idea and one for the booklover, our handmade leather bookmarks.These lovely bookmarks are ...
14/12/2024

Our 9th Day of Christmas gift idea and one for the booklover, our handmade leather bookmarks.
These lovely bookmarks are made from our premium fine kangaroo and cowhide leather offcuts to create a bookmark to suit all books. Novels, notebooks, cookbooks or otherwise.
Priced from $12 with the option of initials able to be added for that extra personal touch. Pop online to order

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/aprons-accessories

Sometimes the simplest piece is the best.Our Leather Belt Loop Key Holders make for a lovely keyring, with the added fun...
13/12/2024

Sometimes the simplest piece is the best.
Our Leather Belt Loop Key Holders make for a lovely keyring, with the added function of being able to be worn on a belt or looped around a handbag strap to avoid loosing your keys.

Our 8th Day of Christmas gift idea. Available in our lovely Hastings and Macquarie belt leather colours, these can be personalised with initials or a small name for a small extra charge using our Initials or name stamping option in the same category.

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/aprons-accessories

It's been a busy week. Lots made and posted with our wonderful posties.Our 7th Day of Christmas gift ideas piece, is our...
13/12/2024

It's been a busy week. Lots made and posted with our wonderful posties.

Our 7th Day of Christmas gift ideas piece, is our simple Hastings and Macquarie belts.
For those after an everyday belt for the office, work and heading to town, these are a great belt available in 1 1/4 or 1 1/2". That's 32mm (business/suit pants belt) and 38mm (jeans width belt). For women or men, we also make a kids version of this belt. Four colour choices. Brass or Nickel plated solid brass buckle. They'll last for years.

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/belt


For those wanting to order gifts for Christmas I'd recommend placing an order over the weekend so we can get your order in the post on time. Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who's placed an order for our leather goods so far, we really appreciate it and are making so many lo...
11/12/2024

Thanks to everyone who's placed an order for our leather goods so far, we really appreciate it and are making so many lovely pieces at the moment.

Our 6th day of Christmas gift idea is our beautiful and very popular Birdie Tote Bags.
These gorgeous, roomy totes features one internal pocket in the side of the main bag that easily fits keys, phone and sunglasses. The design allows the bag to be folded in at the top creating a unique shape and style, giving added security or folded out when that extra room is required.

Perfectly suited for day to day use, work or out to dinner with friends, this smart and stylish tote complements any outfit and is beautiful to use.
Pop online to see our in stock totes ready for immediate shipping, or browse our Bags category for made to order.

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/shop
I love making these bags and love using my own bag even more.

A beautiful handmade leather bridle - Our 5th day of Christmas gift idea. As much for the rider as it is for the horse, ...
10/12/2024

A beautiful handmade leather bridle - Our 5th day of Christmas gift idea. As much for the rider as it is for the horse, a lovely gift to give or receive.

I make quite a range of different styles of bridles including traditional barcoo style, sliding brow, western styles and one's to fit the gentle giants of the horse world - draught horses.

Handmade with solid brass or stainless hardware and quality bridle leather, they are a piece that receives wonderful feedback from our customers and I get a wow moment from each one I make every time, they are really lovely if I can say so.

We have a select range in stock or can make something in time for Christmas, if you get an order in very very soon. We also make reins to match. Comment if you need it for Christmas at the checkout and opt express post.

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/bridles-reins

On our fourth day of Christmas, we nearly forgot what we needed to do for the day it was so busy. Except then I found my...
09/12/2024

On our fourth day of Christmas, we nearly forgot what we needed to do for the day it was so busy. Except then I found my diary and notebook in it's lovely personalised A4 Fine Leather diary cover, and there it was, tell you all about our lovely leather Diary and Notebook Covers.

I like to think a bit humour at this time of year is much needed, and this did actually happen to me this morning, the list is long, but there is still time.

Our beautiful A4 and A5 leather covers are, well, very nice. They feel nice, they smell nice, they look nice. One customer called them stunningly beautiful. And with our lovely letter stamps to personalise them, they look even prettier. Pop online to view and place an order before we run out of leather (thankyou Noel, we received the order). FYI - the Tan is beautiful atm, so glossy and smooth, it's stunning.

Options for other colours are in the category including ready made or to order. Sizing is noted online, or email us if you need a custom sized cover.

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/diary-notebook-covers

On the 3rd day of Christmas I gave my puppy dog....a beautiful new Leather Dog Collar and Leather Dog Lead, some treats,...
09/12/2024

On the 3rd day of Christmas I gave my puppy dog....a beautiful new Leather Dog Collar and Leather Dog Lead, some treats, a new tennis ball and a Tug of War toy!

While I don't stock dog treats or tennis balls (my dog does steal the redhide offcuts and loves to eat them though...) we make some excellent, Millie the Kelpie approved, tug of war and chew toys. Made by hand on our rope making machine (yep), these are sturdy and well made, lasting much longer than the cheapo one's available in certain stores. Millie loves hers and hasn't had a new one for a few years now as it's lasted so well.

For those that don't have a pooch, just for fun, we also make Cat Toys from the fabric offcuts =) Zero waste where possible. Oh, and we make brilliant soft webbing dog leads too.

Our 3rd gift idea for our 12 days of Christmas. So far, Dad has a new belt, everyone a new keyring, pooch is happy, hmmm...what next!

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/dog-collars-leads

Keyrings. A handy, small piece of gear that often stops us losing that tiny little key when attached to, that without, w...
07/12/2024

Keyrings. A handy, small piece of gear that often stops us losing that tiny little key when attached to, that without, well, we'd be climbing through the window....

We make a beautiful range of keyrings to complement our leather goods. We originally started making them as a way to use up the smaller offcuts of our lovely leathers, and still do so today.

Our 2nd 'Days of Christmas' gift idea. Pop online for the full range including name stamped keyrings, belt loop keyrings, plain simple keyrings and more.

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/buckles-keyrings

Today is the start of our 12 days of Christmas gift ideas offering.Our 1st Christmas gift ideas offering is our durable ...
06/12/2024

Today is the start of our 12 days of Christmas gift ideas offering.

Our 1st Christmas gift ideas offering is our durable and stylish Oxley Leather Belt.

We've been making these beautiful leather belts for a number of years now and they are one of our main products proving very popular. Durable, stylish, well made. The materials in this belt are the same as what was used in many belts back in the day, the type our customers say they've had for the last 20+ years. Saddle leather, solid brass or stainless steel buckle, sewn using heavy harness thread. Made to wear, last and work for both heavy work or as an occasional or dress use belt. And we hope you'll get 20 years of wear from these too.

We also have a number of other belt styles available if you're after something else, so pop online and have a browse. We keep many of our belts in stock and can usually make colour combinations to order quickly as required. Order today for Christmas. Details on how to measure on the product info.

https://www.elfreeman.com.au/belts

One of our beautiful Barcoo braided brow bridles in Mid Brown, Stainless and Dark Green braid.
04/12/2024

One of our beautiful Barcoo braided brow bridles in Mid Brown, Stainless and Dark Green braid.

It's been a stinker of a day in the workshop with the cicadas going non stop in the bush behind - they are deafening thi...
02/12/2024

It's been a stinker of a day in the workshop with the cicadas going non stop in the bush behind - they are deafening this year - but I've carried on thanks to our aircon consisting of a decent breeze running through to keep things cool and the ceiling fan (luxury in a tin shed).
Todays workbench was filled with diary cover orders, tote bags and a number of belts and smalls to make, keeping things busy.
For anyone that's worried about getting their orders in time for Christmas, yes, you still have time, especially if you order now! So pop online, place an order and before you know it you'll have a beautiful handmade leather piece in your hands ready to gift this Christmas =)
www.elfreeman.com.au

Shaped Western BeltThese belts of late have been really popular - a really special belt with that unique difference of e...
22/11/2024

Shaped Western Belt
These belts of late have been really popular - a really special belt with that unique difference of engraved hardware and lovely leather stamping and shaping.
And each time they really come out looking lovely.
Black has been ever so popular with the past few orders, so much so, that we are popping these up for pre-order for Christmas. For those of you who know someone who would love one pop an order in via the website with the note of XMAS at the checkout and we'll get this made and shipped to you in time.

The beautiful smell of the leathers I use in these bags is wonderful and they feel so soft and buttery, it's hard to par...
15/11/2024

The beautiful smell of the leathers I use in these bags is wonderful and they feel so soft and buttery, it's hard to part with them once they're finished at times.
Knowing that our beautiful leather Tote Bags are always so well received by our customers certainly helps, and to see them out and about in use is always a thrill.
For those of you looking to spoil your wife or partner this Christmas, this is certainly a lovely way to do so. With a wide range of colours to select from and options for handle colours, there's something there for everyone. While the smaller style crossbody bags are popular, these tote's are just so handy - especially for those with children, for heading to work or travelling as they are so roomy, you can fit so much in them, and they wear so well. Plus, they're handmade right here in Australia in our workshop.
To see the full colour range pop online.
Shown: Market Tote, Birdie Tote Whisky Woodland, Birdie Tote Black, Birdie Tote Laguna Oak, Birdie Tote Navy, Florence Tote Tan (with custom makers tag).

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