FRANK CLEGG LEATHERWORKS IN FALL RIVER, MASS
Hey, don’t take my word for it. Mr. Baltzar said it right there on the internet for the whole world to see. “Frank Clegg Leatherworks produces the best leather goods in the world.” As the voice of the online European purveyor of fine clothing and accessories, baltzar.com, Mr. Baltzar should know.
And from all the evidence and testimony I’ve gathered about the Clegg creations, I surely would not bet the farm that you could find better quality bags, briefcases, packs and other leather items than those produced by Frank Clegg and his sons, Ian Clegg and Andrew Clegg, in their Fall River, Massachusetts workshop housed in the town’s antique Barnard Mill.
Shoot the breeze with Frank a little while and you’ll understand why. Like many of the best leatherworkers I’ve spoken with, Frank is curious to know how things work…how things are put together. In his free time, you might catch him building a guitar from scratch, repairing an antique fountain pen or sculpting with clay, making faces from molded leather. So, when his future wife gifted him with a Tandy leather kit in 1970, it was Katy who opened
