Oxblood ‘EXO’ Leather Sheath

William Whiteley and Sons

£39

Oxblood Leather Sheath Protect your 10 Tailors Shears (previously EXO) in style with our Oxblood Leather Sheath, designed for safe, elegant storage. Handcrafted from premium vegetable-tanned cowhide shoulder, each sheath is handcrafted by skilled artisans at Connell of Sheffield using traditional leathercraft techniques, ensuring a unique, one-of-a-kind finish. The durable leather provides long-lasting protection, keeping your shears in pristine condition when not in use. A small independent workshop with deep roots in Sheffield’s manufacturing heritage, Connell is run by a close-knit team whe

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as WILLIAM WHITELEY & SONS (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED, number 03312910. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "William Whiteley & Sons Ltd. Unit 1 Lakeside, Rother Valley Way, Sheffield, S20 3RW" Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
Not established. Many companies file a statement rather than naming a controlling shareholder.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.