Cornish Spliced

Cornish Spliced Splicing handmade dog leads/toys & lifestyle products by repurposing discarded fishing/ghost gear. The more weird and wonderful the better!

Our Story…
We are a small family business hand-making dog leads, pet toys and lifestyle products using “splicing” skills and discarded fishing gear…

Making a living from fishing and passing down the skills needed from generation to generation is declining in Cornwall. So we wanted to find a weird and wonderful way to keep fishing skills in our family, whilst helping to protect the environment an

d sea-life for generations to come.

“Grandad Plummer” (Frank) retired from fishing aboard Tyak Mor and then Harvester in St Ives many moons ago. As girls, his two daughters (Rachel and Helen) spent many childhood hours in his “fishing loft”, sat atop bundles of nets whilst he made repairs and maintained his fishing gear. (We can still smell the ropes and feel the nets under our legs!)

Now with grandchildren and several dogs included in the family, grandad always has a bit of rope for when we forget our leads. In October 2021, 14 year old granddaughter Beth wondered if other people might like “a lead with a story”. From a family meeting around the kitchen table & a few social media posts, Cornish Spliced was born on what would have been granny Virginia’s birthday. With grandad Frank, Beth, mum Rachel and aunty Helen now involved, Cornish Spliced products are made by repurposing fishing gear from grandad’s fish loft and other kind local fishing families, as well as ghost gear scooped up on our beach cleans. We are proud to give our finds a “new leash of life”, preventing materials from going to landfill or re-entering the sea. Nets, buoy lines, anchors, floats, “dans”... each item has its own unique story or previous life, which is written on its label. Rope is “spliced” to make joins, so we can affix clips, make handles, combine ropes, etc. As a family, we have loved finding out more about fishing, whilst learning how to splice, keeping this special skill alive and passing down through our generations.

“Spliced” means to join, never-ending, which feels particularly fitting for our family adventure across our generations. We are always on the look-out for other retired and discarded fishing goodies so that we can repurpose it. We also love the challenge that comes with our bespoke item requests. We are constantly adding to the range with new ideas for products, adding knotting to the mix, along with incorporating assorted colours and textures of rope. So do watch this space! For further info, follow us on: Facebook/Twitter or on Instagram. You can also contact us at [email protected]

Do visit www.CornishSpliced.co.uk where you will be able to view and purchase items. If you think you may be able to repurpose any of our beach cleaning finds that we can't use, please contact us to join our friends. Thank you for reading about Cornish Spliced. We hope you will join our adventure.
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🌊 Ocean Spray range bowl 🌊                           ‘Merrows’  rope bowl~      approx 16cm-20cm diameter              £...
14/09/2025

🌊 Ocean Spray range bowl 🌊

‘Merrows’ rope bowl~

approx 16cm-20cm diameter
£50

Stunning rope combinations from our ‘Ocean Spray’ range.

Different combinations of these ropes have been worked together to make stunning bowls that remind us of the beautiful depth of colours we see in our Cornish sea.

We have wonderful memories of looking down to the seabed from Grandad’s boat on glassy waters as we glided along the surface, paddling in the shallow pools watching the sand eels wriggle out of the sand and take flight as we walk by, catching the waves on our wooden belly boards as the waves gently broke around us, body surfing in the tumbling waves as they came rolling towards us, or the turquoise colours we see as we dive in and glide under the surface of the sea as we laugh at each other and banter “who will get in first?”… So many lovely memories made and hopefully more to come.

These ropes have come from Grandads retired fishing gear salvaged gear from Newlyn, ghost gear rescued from the Isles of Scilly, and Grandad’s retired fishing gear that was worked out of St Ives harbour over 40 years ago.

Each rope has its own story to tell and each bowl brings back so many happy memories of our time spent around the Cornish coastline.

We love making these bowls and hope you like them as much as we do.

We have 3 sizes at the moment:

‘Nymphs’ ~ approx 13cm-15cm diameter £30

‘Merrows’ ~ approx 16cm-20cm diameter £50

‘Oceanids’ ~ approx 23cm-26cm diameter £85

Saved from going to landfill or incineration, these combination of ropes now have a new lease of life in our Cornish Spliced ‘Ocean Spray’ range.

These bowls are all unique shapes, rope combinations, textures, etc. We have named each after a mythical sea creature and they will resemble the colour of the rope combinations.

To contact us you can message above.
By pressing the message button or
Email [email protected]

Or visit our shop at
Www.cornishspliced.co.uk to see all our Ocean Soray range when ropes are in stock.

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/ocean-spray-range-rope-bowls/

🌊 Ocean Spray range bowl 🌊                           ‘Merrows’  rope bowl~      approx 16cm-20cm diameter              £...
14/09/2025

🌊 Ocean Spray range bowl 🌊

‘Merrows’ rope bowl~

approx 16cm-20cm diameter
£50

Stunning rope combinations from our ‘Ocean Spray’ range.

Different combinations of these ropes have been worked together to make stunning bowls that remind us of the beautiful depth of colours we see in our Cornish sea.

We have wonderful memories of looking down to the seabed from Grandad’s boat on glassy waters as we glided along the surface, paddling in the shallow pools watching the sand eels wriggle out of the sand and take flight as we walk by, catching the waves on our wooden belly boards as the waves gently broke around us, body surfing in the tumbling waves as they came rolling towards us, or the turquoise colours we see as we dive in and glide under the surface of the sea as we laugh at each other and banter “who will get in first?”… So many lovely memories made and hopefully more to come.

These ropes have come from Grandads retired fishing gear, pesky white salvaged gear from Newlyn, ghost gear rescued from the Isles of Scilly, and Grandad’s retired fishing gear that was worked out of St Ives harbour over 40 years ago.

Each rope has its own story to tell and each bowl brings back so many happy memories of our time spent around the Cornish coastline.

We love making these bowls and hope you like them as much as we do.

We have 3 sizes at the moment:

‘Nymphs’ ~ approx 13cm-15cm diameter £30

‘Merrows’ ~ approx 16cm-20cm diameter £50

‘Oceanids’ ~ approx 23cm-26cm diameter £85

Saved from going to landfill or incineration, these combination of ropes now have a new lease of life in our Cornish Spliced ‘Ocean Spray’ range.

These bowls are all unique shapes, rope combinations, textures, etc. We have named each after a mythical sea creature and they will resemble the colour of the rope combinations.

To contact us you can message above.
By pressing the message button or
Email [email protected]

Or visit our shop at
Www.cornishspliced.co.uk to see all our Ocean Soray range when ropes are in stock.

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/ocean-spray-range-rope-bowls/

We are so proud to announce our latest  !... Please welcome The Old Coastguard. The Old Coastguard is a favourite with A...
08/09/2025

We are so proud to announce our latest !... Please welcome The Old Coastguard.

The Old Coastguard is a favourite with ALL of the family, including our four-legged members, as the team are so dog-friendly. So we are delighted they are stocking our dog leads.

The Old Coastguard is a family-owned, seaside hotel and restaurant in the fishing village of Mousehole, near the beaches and gardens of West Cornwall, the Minack Theatre and the artists’ studios of Newlyn, Penzance and St. Ives.

Do pop in to browse our leads and treat yourself to a drink/food and their beautiful views.

Welcome This is The Old Coastguard, a family-owned, seaside hotel and restaurant in the fishing village of Mousehole, near the beaches and gardens of West Cornwall, the Minack Theatre and the artists' studios of Newlyn, Penzance and St. Ives, and just a 10 minute drive from the heliport to the The S...

We love our coast cleans and giving ghost gear we find a new lease of life.We get very excited when you love our product...
27/08/2025

We love our coast cleans and giving ghost gear we find a new lease of life.

We get very excited when you love our products to and help save retired fishing gear and ghost gear from landfill and help by giving them a forever home 🌊

Thank you 🌊🌊🌊

Our Wristlets are proving very popular as amazing for clipping your items  onto and staying hands free. An absolute barg...
26/07/2025

Our Wristlets are proving very popular
as amazing for clipping your items onto and staying hands free.

An absolute bargain at £6.50
A gift that’s so useful, a repurposed gift for a sea loving friend and just perfect for putting in your pocket or clipping to your bag when swimming and sea dipping.

All made from ghost fishing gear rescued from our Cornish beaches

If saying sold out in our online shop just send us a message above to order as we will be making more to stock up as quick as we can.
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https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/home-lifestyle/wristlets-home-lifestyle/

We just love seeing the journey from Cornish cove cleans , time and love repurposing ghost gear to everyone supporting u...
25/07/2025

We just love seeing the journey from Cornish cove cleans , time and love repurposing ghost gear to everyone supporting us by purchasing our Wristlets, keyrings , dog toys , bowls and so so much more.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

www. CornishSpliced.co.uk

If it’s not available in our online shop, as selling out quick at the moment, please just message us and as soon as we can rescue some more ghost gear on our coastal cleans or come across donated fishing gear we will do our best to make your request.

THANK YOU. Making a difference together. 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

What’s Grandad been up to?The last of his green quay rope has been worked together with a kindly donated retired Carbis ...
24/06/2025

What’s Grandad been up to?

The last of his green quay rope has been worked together with a kindly donated retired Carbis Bay climbing rope to created this gorgeous, one of a kind, floor/table mat
£60
Postage approx £8

If you would like to give this mat its forever home please just press the message button above or email us at
[email protected]

For more lovely ideas with Grandads retired fishing gear and ghost gear collected from our Cornish beach cleans please have an adventure in our online shop.

Thank you.

Www.cornishspliced.co.uk

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St Ives Surf Life Saving Club 2025 biathlon is coming up soon on the 28th June. We are all part of the club and look for...
19/06/2025

St Ives Surf Life Saving Club 2025 biathlon is coming up soon on the 28th June.

We are all part of the club and look forward to the biathlon every year.

This year the club has an online raffle which has lots of amazing prizes.
We are donating 4 x £50 vouchers and one lucky competitor will also receive a £50 voucher to use in our online shop.

Www.cornishspliced.co.uk.

Please have a look at all the kindly donated prizes and maybe even sign up to take part in this lovely event.

https://go.rallyup.com/2025stivesbiathlonluxuryraffle

Good luck everyone.

Thank you to the Fishermans CO OPfor all your continued support New stock of Dog leads, dog toys, Key rings all made fro...
16/06/2025

Thank you to the Fishermans CO OP
for all your continued support

New stock of Dog leads, dog toys, Key rings all made from retired fishing gear from St Ives and ghost gear rescued around Cornwall have been delivered to our friends on the prom in the harbour.




Our one of a kind (at the moment) square mat in our Traz rope has found its forever home. Made from retired potting rope...
19/05/2025

Our one of a kind (at the moment) square mat in our Traz rope has found its forever home.

Made from retired potting rope that was worked out of St Ives bay this beautiful mat is heading North to bring a piece of Cornwall into its forever home.

A mat that holds lots of memories for us , from how we brought the rope home, worked it into the square mat design, which was unravelled a few times before the shape would work 🤣
And finally seeing it come together.
Safe journey

Thank you for your support 🌊

Www.CornishSpliced.co.uk


Thank you for letting us post your photo Eric 🐾 🐾. Eric’s loving his Hitchens Hurler so much so he’s ordered a 2nd incas...
27/04/2025

Thank you for letting us post your photo Eric 🐾 🐾.

Eric’s loving his Hitchens Hurler so much so he’s ordered a 2nd incase he loses the first.

Eric’s “Hitchens Hurler” was made with a ghost gear lobster pot spinner and ghost gear rescued from Prussia cove in Cornwall.
Named after one of our Coastal Adventurers who kindly donated lots of his treasures for us to repurpose.

It’s a Hurler kind of week this week
☀️ 🌊 ☀️ 🌊 ☀️🌊☀️🌊☀️🌊☀️🌊

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/pet-products/pet-toys/

Summers coming!! and we are still allowed on the beach till the 15th of May in   🐾 🏝️ 🌊 🐾🐕🐶🐩🐕‍🦺Our Sea Hurlers are the p...
25/04/2025

Summers coming!! and we are still allowed on the beach till the 15th of May in 🐾 🏝️ 🌊 🐾🐕🐶🐩🐕‍🦺

Our Sea Hurlers are the perfect toy to take with you on your beach adventures as they float and can be easily spotted.

They are made with Grandads retired fishing gear worked out of St Ives and donated fishing gear from around

We are making lots of dog toys and artwork from Grandads fishing gear and fishing gear and ghost gear collected and donated from around Cornwall, saving it from being sent to landfill and incineration.

Your support is very much appreciated. Thank you for helping us to keep making that difference.

Please come along and have an adventure in our online shop.

Www.CornishSpliced.co.uk

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/shop/pet-products/pet-toys/

We would love to see your photos of your fury friends having fun with their hurlers. Our favourite photo will be sent an extra gift in the post.


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St Ives
Cornwall

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