The advantages of leather, social business and looking after your shoes (and bags) are all covered in this week's chat with Tom, the founder of the Jaunty Flaneur.

This is our first week stocked at London’s prestigious Fortnum & Mason department store on Piccadilly in London. They’re stocking the fruits of our labour in our first and second Kickstarter, so we got a little nostalgic about the history of double edge shaving. Hear more about the ups and downs of shaving over the past 100 years and why we’ve decided to go against the grain (awful pun intended…) or read the blog. Fun fact: this podcast was edited at 300km/h on a train to Florence to meet the video crew for the new Kickstarter. Next week we’ll be letting you in on a new product we hope… but until then have a fantastic weekend and enjoy the new podcast.

The news today is that we’ve chosen at tannery to work with and we’ve now got our hands on our first prototypes, which is really exciting. We’re now exploring things like colour choice, embossing, hardware and of course final design tweaks. As part of that process, today we met up with Max who runs the workshop in Florence that will be hand-making each of our leather washbags. This week we’re inviting you into a conversation I had a few hours ago with Max in a cafe in Isola, Milan, so excuse the occasional clinking of porcelain.

This week we announce that we're being stocked in Fortnum & Mason, the prestigious London department store, from the 18th February this year. From Kickstarter to F&M in just over a year is a big achievement for us, so we take it as an excuse to geek out on history...

Tony and Matt talk about a visit to Tuscany and talk leather with a group who are pioneering better quality, and more environmentally sound, leather. We’re a company that prides ourself on what we make, but we’re also proud of how we do it. This episode explores the decisions we make on who we work with, and why we sometimes find ourselves choosing a harder path.

Week one - we start with failed product ideas and reveal our new Kickstarter's star product. Subscribe to follow the journey from product design, to partner selection to Kickstarter launch and success... or otherwise...

The Thomas Clipper team meet the OPPO brothers and talk about working together as brothers, starting up a small business instead of living the corporate life and the joys of guilt-free ice cream.

Kim covers everything from dovetail joints to needing another glass of gin (a sentiment expressed by many who speak to Matt...). This episode will interest any aspiring craftsmen and women who want a reason (and a path) to taking their making to the next level...

In a conversation spanning two continents we speak to the man behind the soundtrack to the Thomas Clipper Kickstarter, and the to this podcast.

David and Tony discuss the place of the older gentleman in fashion, the importance of fit and shoes and David comes clean about his pre-blog fashion sense.