Ash & Leather Bellows
Bridle-hide gusset, brass nozzle, re-hideable
$118.00
USDLow stock — fewer than ten remaining
Standard shipping $9.50, free over $150. Arrives in 4–7 business days. 60-day returns.
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The service life mark
How long it lasts
Wool, sheepskin and bridle leather. Natural fibres with a real wear point, all of them repairable, most of them better at year ten than year one.
What wears first
The leather gusset, at the fold nearest the hinge, where it flexes most.
The gusset is tacked rather than glued. A replacement hide and tacks are stocked, and re-hiding is a kitchen-table job with a tack hammer.
Replacement part
Stocked. Email support@summitflint.com with the stamp mark FM-04 and we will send you the part.
A service life figure is our estimate of how long this piece lasts in ordinary household use. It is not a warranty and not a guarantee of replacement — the warranty is stated separately in the terms. How the figure is arrived at is explained on service life.
What it is
Ash boards, a vegetable-tanned bridle-hide gusset and a turned brass nozzle. It moves enough air to bring a banked fire back without opening the flue, which is what a bellows is actually for.
The gusset is tacked to the boards, not glued. A glued gusset is neater and turns the whole bellows into landfill when the leather finally cracks at the hinge fold — which it will, at somewhere around year twelve of regular use. Tacks come out with a pair of pliers.
What it is not for
- Not for use on a fire you have just put accelerant on.
- The brass nozzle gets hot if it is held in the fire. It is meant to sit at the edge of the grate.
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