About Us

Newburyport, Massachusetts · Since 1945

WHO WE ARE

Since 1945, across four generations, our family has served clients in leather goods, accessories, and manufacturing, from Lynnfield, Topsfield, and now Newburyport, Massachusetts. Through the generations we have sold leather, distributed tanning machinery, and since 1990 manufactured hardware for the accessory and leather goods markets. What hasn’t changed is how we work. We answer the phone, ask what you’re making, and stay with you through the details until your vision is in your hands. We’re still a family business, and many of our clients have been with us long enough to feel like family.

WHAT WE DO

Today we make low-lead solid brass and zinc hardware in our own facility in Asia, which we have co-owned since 2000. We produce for discerning clients, from global fashion brands to independent makers, who take care in choosing their materials. Much of the hardware on Buckleguy is made in that same facility, to the same standards.

In 2010 we started Buckleguy.com as an online supply store for manufacturers, leather crafters, and hobbyists in search of better leatherworking products that were hard to find in small quantities. Since then, demand has grown from makers in America and around the world who want supplies that set their work apart from the big box brands. We have expanded beyond hardware and partnered directly with specialist manufacturers and tanneries around the world for leather, zippers, tools, thread, and more. Our philosophy is simple: if we don’t make the product, we source it directly from manufacturers that can meet the performance and testing standards we require.

COMMITMENT TO YOU

We have always been dedicated to sharing knowledge and supplying products that do what they promise. We test our hardware with third-party labs against U.S. and European standards, including California Prop 65 and EU REACH, for lead and other restricted substances. Most orders ship from Newburyport within 24 hours, with no minimums. Our industry is a small circle of friends and peers, and it runs on partnership. We aim to earn our clients’ trust with experienced advice and hardware and supplies we stand behind.