Our Story
In November 2018, Martin met a manufacturer in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. This family business held by a brother and sister holding a know-how for over a hundred years, makes leather harnesses, tool cases and nail pockets. Everything is made by hand or with machines as old as the company. Authentic, local and sustainable. It makes sense and it fits with his values. Alarmed by the development and impacts of fast-fashion, Martin has set himself a challenge: to highlight French know-how while rediscovering a sense of proportion in consumption. The objective is simple: to transmit a know-how, a history, a passion for craftsmanship in each piece. All while valuing jobs, craftsmanship, beautiful products, beautiful material by taking care of those around us, and what surrounds us.
Our workshops
Our southwestern workshop
This family workshop located not far from Biarritz is run by two brothers from a historical leatherworker-seller family, a workshop in the heart of the Basque country guaranteeing a quality recognized throughout the world maintaining a French know-how.
A workshop mastering to perfection the crafts of the leatherworker.
This family workshop located not far from Biarritz is run by two brothers from a historical leatherworker-seller family, a workshop in the heart of the Basque country guaranteeing a quality recognized throughout the world maintaining a French know-how.
A workshop mastering to perfection the crafts of the leatherworker.
Our Parisian workshop
This workshop located in the heart of Paris in the 11th arrondissement of Paris is a family business with over a hundred years of know-how. They make leather harnesses, tool cases and nail pockets. Everything is made by hand or with machines as old as the company. This is our historic partnership. The company that inspired Martin to start Valet de Pique!
This workshop located in the heart of Paris in the 11th arrondissement of Paris is a family business with over a hundred years of know-how. They make leather harnesses, tool cases and nail pockets. Everything is made by hand or with machines as old as the company. This is our historic partnership. The company that inspired Martin to start Valet de Pique!
Our suppliers
Why Valet de Pique?
A Valet is a traditional leatherworking tool that allows you to sew "with pliers". The leather is held firmly, allowing the use of both hands. The leather is then pricked with the pointed end of an awl, then the leather fibers are pulled apart to allow the seam to pass.
Our values
Sobre et élégant
Le design le plus exigeant : la sobriété. Trouver l’élégance dans le détail, la simplicité dans l’ensemble. Valet de pique vous propose le style qui dure et survivra aux modes.
Sober and elegant
The most demanding design: understated. Finding elegance in the detail, simplicity in the whole. Valet de pique offers you the style that lasts and will outlast fads.
.Human and committed
This adventure is synonymous with encounters and passion: it is above all a human story. With our customers as with our suppliers, we are convinced that it is by exchanging, by advocating transparency and sincerity that each one will manage to propose the best. Our commitment is therefore also that of proximity: it is to defend the know-how and the local French and then European industry.