Leather Fly Swatter - Burstenhaus Redecker

Description

A leather fly swatter with untreated beechwood handle, by Burstenhaus Redecker. Leather attached by hand with wooden dowels.

Why it’s here

Some objects don’t need improving. The rolling pin, the flour sifter, the mortar and pestle — these are forms that have been refined over centuries of daily use and arrived, long ago, at something close to perfect. Redecker understands this. Their kitchen and household tools are made from natural materials, designed without fuss, and built to reveal their character with use in a way that plastic never can. The kind of things you leave out on the counter rather than hide in a drawer.

We grew up with Redecker in English and Swedish kitchens, where the instinct has always been to reach for something well made and natural rather than something disposable and soulless. When we started Homestedt, carrying them was never really a question.

Burstenhaus Redecker have been making natural household tools in the Teutoburg Forest region of Germany since 1935. A family workshop, now in its third generation, that has spent nearly a century making things the right way. The designs haven’t changed much. They didn’t need to. Everything is made from natural biodegradable materials, ships plastic-free, and when a piece finally wears out, it goes back to the earth rather than a landfill.

What you’re getting

There is no more elegant way to swat a fly. The leather is firm but flexible, shaped beautifully and attached to the beechwood handle by hand using wooden dowels during production. Comfortable to hold, satisfying to use, and considered enough in its design that you don’t need to hide it in a drawer between uses.

Leave it hanging on a hook, propped against the wall, or draped over a chair. It looks entirely at home wherever you put it.

It is, we should note, so elegant that it could conceivably serve other purposes entirely. But we didn’t say that.

Specifications

Material: leather swatter, untreated beechwood handle, wooden dowels. Leather attached by hand.

Care

Wipe the leather clean with a dry or barely damp cloth after use. Condition occasionally with a small amount of leather conditioner to keep it supple. Store hanging or flat to preserve the shape.