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Brookwood Leathers' Exclusive Dealer!

Fat Sound Guitars is both honored and privileged to be the exclusive, worldwide dealer for Brookwood Leather.

Men like Bob Schell of Brookwood Leathers are a dying breed; a true American craftsman. Utilizing the highest quality English Bridle, Chap and Vegetable Tanned Leathers, traditional hand-tools and wielding an extreme passion and talent for what he does, Bob creates guitar straps that are truly heirloom quality. The attention to detail is remarkable, the feel in the hand impressive and the comfort and drape across the shoulder perfect.

A Brookwood is like something from another century. In an era where we have lowered our expectations dramatically regarding the quality of many of the products we buy and the concept of built-to-last-a-lifetime is essentially gone from our thought process, it's both impressive and rewarding to hold something of this quality in your hand; the kind of quality our great-grandparents expected from nearly everything they purchased.

Whether your tastes lean towards 50's style Pad and Strap with a simple buckle and leather keeper, Western Buckles and Conchos, Art Deco Buckle sets or a more understated, unadorned strap crafted from layered and perfectly stitched leather (Bridle on top for its depth and richness and buttery soft Chap underneath perhaps?) with beautifully finished edges and perfectly tapered ends, Brookwood offers it and does so with peerless quality.

Buy a Brookwood strap and you'll never need to buy another, but you probably will; they are definitely addictive. Many of Brookwood's customers come back time and time again seeking a custom strap to perfectly complement each new guitar they add to their collection. Fat Sound Guitars is the only shop from which you can purchase a ready made Brookwood for immediate shipment, but you can also contact Bob directly to inquire about a custom strap built to your specifications. So, if you don't see your ideal strap here, email Bob at Brookwood. 

"As a consumer who appreciates a high degree of quality and a lack of 'disposability' in the items I use daily such as the vintage and custom straight razors with which I shave or my home's telephones which were manufactured in Chicago in the early 1940's, I was extremely excited to learn about Bob Schell. Brookwoods match my perception of how things should be made.

As a guitar shop owner I'm very pleased to be able to offer straps of this quality to my clientele. I can't recommend them highly enough.

'Thanks!' to my long-time customer and friend Jeff Boswell for steering me towards Bob Schell and Brookwood!"

-Stu Carter, owner, Fat Sound Guitars

"Each Brookwood Leather strap is handmade with pride in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. I have no employees. I do not farm out or subcontract any of the work. Mine are the hands that select the hide, color and condition it, and cut, craft, and sew it into the finished product."

-Bob Schell, owner, Master Leather Artisan, Brookwood Leathers

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