Our Story

We began with a quiet frustration: the bags we travelled with were either beautiful and fragile, or sturdy and soulless. None were made to be kept.

So we set out to make a single bag properly. Not a collection, not a season's worth of styles — one travelling bag, cut from the finest full-grain leather and built to outlast the trends that surround it. We called it The Weekender, and we called the house Leather & Hold, for the two things a good bag must do above all else.

One hide. One maker.

Every bag is made by a single craftsperson, start to finish. They cut it, skive it, set the wheelbase, and saddle-stitch every seam by hand with two needles and waxed linen. It is slower work, and we wouldn't have it any other way — because a bag made by one pair of hands carries something a production line cannot.

"We would rather make one bag a patron keeps for thirty years than thirty bags they forget in three."

Made to be repaired

We repair our bags for as long as they are carried. Stitching, hardware, edges, wheels — send it back to the bench and we restore it. A bag built to last should be supported as though it will, and ours is.

A new name, an old discipline

Established in 2024, Leather & Hold is young — and honest about it. We make no claim to a century of history. What we offer instead is the discipline of the old houses applied without compromise from the very first bag: the best materials, made singly, and stood behind for life.