Master Ropemakers X Creature Clothes Rope Dog Lead

Master Ropemakers X Creature Clothes Rope Dog Lead

This gorgeous rope leather dog lead is part of the collection created in collaboration between Creature Clothes & the Master Ropemakers at The Historic Dockyard Chatham.  Handcrafted through and though, this is a beautiful lead, full of history.

The Rope

First the rope.  The rope used in our lead is called Chatham Hemp, which takes its name from The Historic Dockyard Chatham where the rope is hand made to this day on the original Victorian ropewalk, using the original Victorian machinery.  Rope has been made at Chatham since 1618 and the Master Ropemakers are the oldest ropemaking facility in the UK.  This is a 3 strand rope is made from hemp found in the flax plant.  It uses no dyes, no plastics, no toxins.  It’s soft fibres and natural colour make a beautiful, chic, eco friendly & historic rope lead for your dog.

This, the “Standard” edition of our collaborative rope leather dog lead with Chatham is in 10mm rope.  It is perfect for small to medium dogs.  The beauty of Chatham Hemp is that the more it is used the softer the rope becomes in your hands.

Each lead in the collection is very slightly unique as they are entirely hand crafted, the handle spliced together in the traditional way by the craftsmen and women at Chatham.

The Leather

At the point where you would traditionally find the rope whipped together, Creature Clothes have made their mark, encasing the whipping at the splice in our gorgeous tan leather.  The leather encasements are individually debossed with our Gold Shouty Dog at the handle end, and our bezel at the clip end.  The leather tightly bound around the join, then stuck, weighted and stitched in heavy thread for extra strength.  The edges of the leather are sealed and painted by hand in our Suffolk workshop.

This is a brilliant lead.  Strong, stylish and incredibly practical.  You will love it.

Because this product is entirely made by hand, please expect some small individualities to each lead.

Accessorise Your Lead

With an 0 ring spliced into the handle, you can fasten a Creature Clothes Poo Bag Pouch or Treats Pouch to the lead too and have everything that you need for walkies quickly at hand.

The Master Ropemakers X Creature Clothes leather lead is approximately 1.05m long.  It is available in 2 thicknesses – 10mm (standard) and 16mm (chunky).  To read more about our collaboration with Master Ropemakers, check out our blog here.

We’d love to see your dogs in action with this historic and unique lead – please keep sending us your pics or tag us on Instagram.