“We at Greenhalgh Tannery take much pleasure in introducing ourselves and thank Kent Saddlery for the opportunity as their preferred supplier of leather for their products.

Greenhalgh Tannery is an Australian owned family business now in its fifth generation, established for more than 140 years and operating at our current site at Haddon (close to Ballarat), Victoria for over 100 years. The team includes Jack Greenhalgh and his wife Joan, son Bruce, son Ross and his wife Sharon, associates Ian Smith and Debbie Thomas, together totalling more than 250 years tanning experience. We pride ourselves on quality leathers produced for the saddlery and craft trades, using only Australian hides to produce the very best Australian saddlery leather available, renowned for its strength and durability.

 

We are Vegetable tanners, using locally sourced Black Wattle Bark, which we then process on site to extract the bark’s rich tannins to tan the leather. The hides are prepared in static baths and then pit tanned to reduce movement which ensures the firmness and finish required for saddlery use. The process takes on average 10–12 weeks from the raw state to tanned finished leather.

 

Many of the processes we use today are traditional and were used by our fore-fathers and passed down through the generations. However, we also continue to embrace and add modern innovations to ensure continued improvement and evolution of our leathers, to provide the best quality leather available for the saddlery trade.”