SUPPORT STALWART TO COME BACK STRONGER THAN EVER!!

Aim

Our aim is to offer modern bespoke leather goods for everyday life alongside our handmade leather aprons on our new Stalwart Crafts website

We don't want to simply sit on our asses and furlough our crew until better times come. No, there are more positive things we can do to pull through this together, and even grow from it! 

At this time of the year we usually start contacting our customers at restaurants, bars and hotels to get them all set for the new season with our handmade leather aprons and menu covers. But as you can imagine, there are not many restaurant owners that want to invest in a long-term apron solution when they don't even know what will be happening next week! 

So, instead of betting on one horse (ie, the hospitality industry) here at Stalwart Crafts we have decided to widen our product range, to reach more customers and more individuals who appreciate the craftsmanship and design of high-quality everyday leather goods.

Having said that, it has been a privilege and a great adventure for us to make the leather aprons for all of our customers over the past years - a big thank you for that!

The new products we're designing right now:

• The Stalwart Crafts Office Collection: a brand-new range of bespoke handmade leather goods to smarten up your home working space.
• We're expanding our premium Deluxe leather apron collection.
• New items for our Kitchen Accessories range, including a covetable leather knife folder for chefs.
• A new Stalwart Crafts rucksack for carrying your Stalwart goods with you wherever your journey may take you!
• These new products will be launched on our newly refreshed website soon!
  
  

Every single piece we make in our crafts workshop is unique, a Stalwart creation in its own right, but what all our products have in common is that they can be personalised, even if you are ordering just one item.

You'll be able to order a single item, such as our Deluxe Leather apron, and add your logo or name using the integrated design tools on our brand-new website.

But....the cost of developing these products and creating a super-fast modern website is expensive, and that's why we need your help!

With your support, we will reach the goals that we desperately want to achieve.

We promise you that we will not let you down! You will be proud to own and be happy to give our products, and also delighted to have supported our new website. 

To show you how grateful we are for your support, we want to offer you a highly discounted price on the following products:

£55 Leather placemat set - 6 pcs

Normal price, £75 

A beautiful set of six large Stalwart Crafts placemats with rounded corners and smart stitching around the outer edges, 31cmx49cm.

£79 Premium Stalwart Crafts leather apron 

Normal price, £105
Our beautifully made traditional leather apron.

£85 Introducing our new Leather desk mat

Expected selling price, £125

To give you a little taste of our new Stalwart Crafts Office Collection, we introduce our smart new Leather desk mat. Keep your home office organised and look the part with this great piece of craftsmanship.

£95 The Stalwart Crafts Leather desk mat in embossed crocodile finish

Expected selling price, £135

This mat is made from the same premium cow's leather as our other desk mat, but this leather has been embossed with a special pattern to create a characterful crocodile print.

£125 Cross Strap Leather apron for professionals 

Normal price, £150 

Our most popular apron by far, the cross straps on this kit makes it very comfortable to wear all day, every day. The apron is adjustable at five different points to suit your body type, from sizes Small to XL, and it includes a handy side pocket. Whatever your passion, this Stalwart Crafts apron will be your trusted companion, whatever the day may bring you!

£139 Cross Strap Deluxe Leather apron 

Normal price, £170

Our Cross Strap Deluxe Leather apron is the crème de la crème. This apron will be like that favourite sweater you never want to take off! If you are looking for an apron that ticks all the boxes, this is the one to go for. Crafted out of an ultra-soft full-grain leather, it is very comfortable to wear. Sizes are adjustable from Small to XL.

£ 139 Leather knife roll

Normal price £ 180.-

Introducing our handcrafted leather knife roll, for the chefs among us. Our skilled craftsman and local professional chefs have put their heads together to create our stylish new leather knife roll. Made from premium leather, which has a special coating to guard against scratches or stains, the knife roll’s sturdy design will ensure your kit is protected and can be transported safely.  

£145 XL Cross Strap Leather apron 

Normal price, £175  

For bigger builds, may we present our XL Cross Strap Leather apron, which is adjustable from sizes L to XXXL.

The difference between our Cross Strap and our XL Cross Strap aprons is, apart from the XL apron itself being wider, our XL apron comes with extra-wide, extra-sturdy cross straps with four buckles to adjust on both the front and back. It also has a backpatch to keep your straps in place, offering you even more comfort.

The apron has a large front pocket for stowing all your essentials, resulting in practical workwear you can count on for life.

£600 Five x Classic Leather aprons branded with your logo 

Normal price, £800

Choose any of the colours you like from our website and we will craft five beautiful leather aprons for you, branded with your logo.

£700 Five x Cross Strap Leather Aprons branded with your logo 

normal price £ 900.-

£750 Five x Cross Strap Deluxe Leather aprons branded with your logo 

Normal price, £950

£1,000 Ten x Stalwart Crafts Leather aprons of your choice

How it all started...

Defined as being of outstanding strength and vigour, the word 'stalwart' encapsulates everything I wanted to create with my range of designer aprons and accessories.

Not for you to simply look the part, but for you to have a trusted ‘stalwart’ companion, which will become your go-to wearable piece of kit for years to come.

My name is Tim de Ket, and I now run this business having taken over the craft from my father, who began the business in 1997.

I’ve grown up surrounded by and immersed in the world of aprons for as long as I can remember! In fact, the whole family lived and breathed aprons, having them stored at home in the garage, the loft, the dining room – even the lounge – at times.

I’ve seen thousands of aprons over the years, but one thing always struck me was, they all seemed very similar in design – apart from maybe a sprinkling of different colours every now and then.

I started helping my father in the business printing labels on to aprons in the garage at our house, which he'd turned into our workshop. And I remember standing there holding one of the ordinary aprons and thinking: I can do this so much better!

I decided to make my own brand of aprons which will be totally different and far more fashionable than any others in existence, using high-quality fair trade materials to make sure they are enjoyed, cared for and designed to be life-long partners to anyone who wears them.

And after doing my own extensive research into how best to create the look and feel I wanted, I discovered leather! With its soft unique texture, rustic look and durability, I knew this was the material I was looking for.

So, after three years of learning leather crafting skills and finding the right source of high-quality materials with which our local tannery can create our bespoke unique leather, Stalwart Crafts was born.

I can now proudly say we have a wide collection of top-quality leather aprons, but I'm even prouder to say that every single leather product we make is responsibly sourced from Northern European and UK dairy cows which, when the time comes, are butchered for their meat, leaving the hides as a by-product. These skins are treated at our local tannery in Waalwijk, the Netherlands. It is here, over the past five years, that we have perfected a unique process, which results in the finest hand-made leather aprons and accessories available anywhere in the world. This process ensures the leather has the optimum thickness, weight, flexibility, comfort and protection for working in day-in, day-out. We’re proud to say that if you order a leather apron from us, you’ll have a leather apron for life! 

We’re committed to continuing the Stalwart journey and, with the help of your funding, to develop the new, exciting aprons and accessories that you'll be proud to own. And my vision and the promise remains the same as the one I made all those years ago: to create aprons and accessories to be enjoyed, loved and talked about for years to come.  

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

This project successfully funded on 6th April 2021