There are all kinds of leashes you could use to take your best friend for a walk, jeweled dog collars, logo embossed dog collars from luxury goods purveyors who have elevated this joyful outing to a level of conspicuous branding; do you honestly believe your dog cares if he's being walked on a $600 crocodile leash? Your dog simply wants to ‘go out’ to make his/her rounds of the neighbourhood… in a vastly different way, we offer the absolute best.

From Scotland’s most northern and remote Shetland Island’s Ian Tonkinson applies his considerable expertise with hand crafted Shetland Pony tack in creating Thistle & Broom’s full range of hand crafted top grain, English Bridle leather dog collars and matching leashes. Our extraordinary bench made collection comes with an unheard of one year no-quibble guarantee (unless you leave it lying about as a chew chip for your best friend) with styles ranging from plain (with or without your pet’s name hand tooled into the leather) to the extraordinary hand laced style shown on this page. The straps are hand stitched for extra strength, wax finished and polished by hand - they simply glow with the care applied to their making. All are fitted out with your choice of solid brass or nickel plated hardware and a loop for your hand; period. There's not a logo in sight.

With this ensemble, Ian takes plain, hand waxed English Bridle leather in a deep chestnut brown or black and matching narrow strips and hand laces the edges of collar and leash alike to create a ruggedly masculine look. The pleasure of using such a product thoughtfully handcrafted and of such a standard of excellence as offered by Journeyman Leather is without compare. May we suggest that you donate the difference in price between ours and theirs to your local animal shelter or rescue society?