Members Zen Diesel Posted October 5, 2015 Members Report Posted October 5, 2015 Hello All, I have been trying to get to the Joseph Dixon website for about a week or so now. The website is really broken now all of the links outside of the page you land on are now broken. So in my attempt to use a different channel to reach them I found a webpage indicating that they have folded as of this year. I checked the forums for other topics to see if this has been covered. I did not find anything, but the search engine is kind of weak so forgive me if this has been inquired about already. Does anyone have any additional information / confirmation of Joseph Dixon UK going out of business? Thanks, ZD Quote >>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> You haven't lived until you have stabbed yourself properly in the cuticle with a speedy awl! <---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<<< >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Members 25b Posted October 6, 2015 Members Report Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) Yes. They are out of business. The "search" feature on here is less than worthless. If you want to search, go to google.com and type site:leatherworker.net and whatever you want to search for right next to that and it will work. Edited October 6, 2015 by 25b Quote
Members Tannin Posted October 24, 2015 Members Report Posted October 24, 2015 Really? Having survived 150 years, that would be sad. Quote Simple Leathercrafting
Members thefanninator Posted October 25, 2015 Members Report Posted October 25, 2015 Booth & Co. still have some inventory. http://www.boothandco.com/handtools.php Quote http://www.instagram.com/fannintexas/
Members cjmt Posted October 25, 2015 Members Report Posted October 25, 2015 Sad but true, they are definitely closed. In fact in a bizarre turn I believe their factory burned down post the closure as well. Quote
Moderator Art Posted October 25, 2015 Moderator Report Posted October 25, 2015 Sad but true, they are definitely closed. In fact in a bizarre turn I believe their factory burned down post the closure as well. Barnsley all over again? Art Quote For heaven's sakes pilgrim, make yourself a strop!
Members penguineer Posted October 25, 2015 Members Report Posted October 25, 2015 Barnsley all over again? Art What happened to Barnsley? Is it easier to ask, who is left? Cheers! Quote -- Stupidity is a naturally renewable resource. Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a yo-yo. Chain lube - it's not just a fetish.
Moderator Art Posted October 26, 2015 Moderator Report Posted October 26, 2015 Barnsley ended-up in a fire. Really, C.S.Osborne and Vergez-Blanchard are about all that is left of the "Classic" toolmakers. Nevertheless, there are still good tools around used, and Bruce Johnson seems to ferret them out (that's a pun, he is a Vet). I've never had a problem with a tool I bought from Bruce. Other custom makers seem to specialize somewhat like edgers or knives, and Jeremiah Watt, makes very good tools in a wide range. I have several of these and they are all well made. He doesn't make everything, so you will find an overstitch wheel, but not pricking or stitching punches. I think the question here is how many leatherworkers does it take to support a factory, and that is what is driving the factories out of the market. Art Quote For heaven's sakes pilgrim, make yourself a strop!
Members fivewayswelshcobs Posted October 26, 2015 Members Report Posted October 26, 2015 I was told Dixons was operating a while back but haven`t needed anything to know if they still are. There is another toolmaker in Walsall- G.G leatherwork tools- he trained at Dixons and I know he was working this summer as I know someone bought from him, I used to use him when I was at college near-by. Quote
Members cjmt Posted October 26, 2015 Members Report Posted October 26, 2015 I was told Dixons was operating a while back but haven`t needed anything to know if they still are. There is another toolmaker in Walsall- G.G leatherwork tools- he trained at Dixons and I know he was working this summer as I know someone bought from him, I used to use him when I was at college near-by. They definitley aren't, we've been (theoretically) working with Abbey on the development of a range of pricking irons, theyve taken on the Dixons tool maker, it hasn't come to anything as yet I know of. The Dixons factory and presumably all their moulds etc are destroyed - they are gone Barnsley ended-up in a fire. Really, C.S.Osborne and Vergez-Blanchard are about all that is left of the "Classic" toolmakers. Nevertheless, there are still good tools around used, and Bruce Johnson seems to ferret them out (that's a pun, he is a Vet). I've never had a problem with a tool I bought from Bruce. Other custom makers seem to specialize somewhat like edgers or knives, and Jeremiah Watt, makes very good tools in a wide range. I have several of these and they are all well made. He doesn't make everything, so you will find an overstitch wheel, but not pricking or stitching punches. I think the question here is how many leatherworkers does it take to support a factory, and that is what is driving the factories out of the market. Art Dixons had other problems, some of them dating back to old industrial disputes and claims. There are lots of saddlers in the UK and Dixons also did a lot of industrial knives and dies so the market was there. Blanchard have been taking market share from Dixons for a long time though, Dixons had somthing of a quality problem for quite a long time. All in my opinion of course.. Quote
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