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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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.

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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 🌊

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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
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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.


🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊Perfect as a wall hanging, or table centre-piece, this Celtic Knot will make a statement in any home.Four b...
27/03/2025

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Perfect as a wall hanging, or table centre-piece, this Celtic Knot will make a statement in any home.

Four beautiful coloured ropes have been worked together to create a stunning piece of artwork.

These 4 retired fishing ropes were kindly donated by St Ives and Newlyn fishermen friends. By working these ropes together we have saved over 70 feet of rope from going to landfill/incineration.

Approx 50cm / 19 inch diameter.

We love a challenge, so if have an idea in mind – please contact us to discuss your requirements.

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/celtic-knot-artwork-st-ives-newlyn-2/

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12/02/2025

Quiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!!!!!!!!!!!

Carry a little bit of Cornwall with you, wherever you go, with one of our dinky heart keyrings. Handmade by crocheting twine used to mend grandad’s nets, they are soft and tactile, a beautiful turquoise blue. Each has a little... Read more >

Grandads been busy making a mat out of some kindly donated retired potting 🦀 🦞 ropes from St Ives today. 10 fathoms of b...
10/02/2025

Grandads been busy making a mat out of some kindly donated retired potting 🦀 🦞 ropes from
St Ives today.

10 fathoms of beautiful ropes saved from landfill and made into a gorgeous door mat. (Been used for table mats too)

If you would like this mat for your door step send us a message above.
A memory of Cornwall each time you come home.
Helping to save 60feet of rope from landfill or incineration and giving it a forever home

Mat £40
Postage £6

Dimensions
27inches x 15 inches

Just message using the blue button at the top of our page and we can sort with you.
Or
Email [email protected]


28/01/2025

Awesome beach clean adventures the last view days. Thank you for all your support and helping us to fans www.CornishSpliced.co.uk
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From ghost gear found on Porthmeor beach to mini monkey fist keyrings. More ghost gear rescued from our beach cleans and...
12/01/2025

From ghost gear found on Porthmeor beach to mini monkey fist keyrings.

More ghost gear rescued from our beach cleans and saved from returning to the sea or going to landfill, giving it all a new lease of life.




Available in our online shop
Www.cornishspliced.co.uk

https://cornishspliced.co.uk/product/monkey-fist-keyring-porthmeor-coral/

Simply message from our page or have an adventure in our online shop to see all our adventures and and how we have repurposed retired fishing gear and ghost gear into mats,bowls,wreaths,keyrings,dog toys, artwork and challenge requests
Go have an adventure 🌊

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St Ives
Cornwall

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