Author / The Handcrafter
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Featured on Weekender
Barely a month in operations, we have our first feature by the wonderful folks at Weekender. We’re absolutely stoked to be featured alongside 3 other very talented local artisans in this article.
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Made-To-Order Film Canister Flash Drives
The Made-To-Order Film Canister Flash Drives brings a whole new level of personalisation to something already as quirky as a film canister flash drive. With this Made-To-Order, you can now have your own artwork and design a Film Canister Flash Drive that is exclusively and uniquely yours. The Origins The history of the Made-To-Order actually…
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Kodak Ektar & Portra
Enough with the black & whites. We’ve decided to make some Film Canister Flash Drives from used Kodak colour negatives film canisters. We’ve made 3 at the moment – a piece of each of the Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Portra 160 & 400. The Ektar 100 is almost in pristine condition. We’ve also decided to go with a…
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The “Agfa APX 400” Film Canister Flash Drive
It’s been a week since we launched our Film Canister Flash Drive. We only one of each film type available in store at the moment except for the Kodak TRI-X which we still have a small stash from our private collection. We thought that this would be an opportune time to introduce yet another black & white…
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Film Canister Flash Drive
We decided that the first series of products to be launched at The Leather Mallet should be something that is very close to our hearts. The Film Canister Flash Drives are made from our private stash of empty film canisters that we have collected from our various projects as film photographers. We are huge fans of…
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Inspiration behind the name
The name “The Leather Mallet” came about when we decided to name the company after a tool we use a lot for our handcrafting work – a mallet made of raw hide (leather) which we find it especially handy when we need to knock things into shape or when we need a paper weight to hold…
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Our maiden post
This would be our first post on The Leather Mallet and we’ll like to kick off with an image that is very close to our hearts as folks who are absolutely passionate about analogue film. This is a part the stash of used film canisters that we have kept over the years. For some odd…
