Brooks Saddle Bags and Holdalls are original designs of the early 1900's and of the 1950's and have not been produced by the company for many decades. Therefore we have not the skills and machinery to produce them in house. Brooks are doing their best to keep production in the UK and in Europe, but some products are nowadays hardly manufactured in the old continent with the quality standards required to be Brooks products. We still make all our saddles in England and many other products in Europe. Regarding our bags, yes, some are made in China. After trying to start production in the UK and Italy we realized that the quality was not good enough for Brooks, therefore we moved manufacturing to China. It is hard to imagine for most people, but China is delivering the highest quality stitching nowadays. We didnt choose our supplier purely for cost reasons, but for the quality it can deliver.
We believe that in a world which is highly connected, predjudices should fall. You should see our suppliers factory in China before expressing negative comments on the sourcing. Last, but not least, could you please check where the computer you are using is manufactured? Ours are Mac and they claim designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China. We bought them anyway. We trust that Apple is not having their computers assembled using children labour or in disrespect of other human rights... To conclude, we are still looking for alternative suppliers in the UK, but so far we have not found one. We hope you can change your mind, otherwise we accept that people have different opinions.
Ich fahre u. a. einen Brooks Flyer mit Alltagsklamotten und der wird alle paar Monate mit Schuhlederpflege farblos eingew*****. 
