Cornish Spliced

Cornish Spliced Splicing handmade dog leads/toys & lifestyle products by repurposing discarded fishing/ghost gear. The more weird and wonderful the better!

Our Story…
We are a small family business hand-making dog leads, pet toys and lifestyle products using “splicing” skills and discarded fishing gear…

Making a living from fishing and passing down the skills needed from generation to generation is declining in Cornwall. So we wanted to find a weird and wonderful way to keep fishing skills in our family, whilst helping to protect the environment an

d sea-life for generations to come.

“Grandad Plummer” (Frank) retired from fishing aboard Tyak Mor and then Harvester in St Ives many moons ago. As girls, his two daughters (Rachel and Helen) spent many childhood hours in his “fishing loft”, sat atop bundles of nets whilst he made repairs and maintained his fishing gear. (We can still smell the ropes and feel the nets under our legs!)

Now with grandchildren and several dogs included in the family, grandad always has a bit of rope for when we forget our leads. In October 2021, 14 year old granddaughter Beth wondered if other people might like “a lead with a story”. From a family meeting around the kitchen table & a few social media posts, Cornish Spliced was born on what would have been granny Virginia’s birthday. With grandad Frank, Beth, mum Rachel and aunty Helen now involved, Cornish Spliced products are made by repurposing fishing gear from grandad’s fish loft and other kind local fishing families, as well as ghost gear scooped up on our beach cleans. We are proud to give our finds a “new leash of life”, preventing materials from going to landfill or re-entering the sea. Nets, buoy lines, anchors, floats, “dans”... each item has its own unique story or previous life, which is written on its label. Rope is “spliced” to make joins, so we can affix clips, make handles, combine ropes, etc. As a family, we have loved finding out more about fishing, whilst learning how to splice, keeping this special skill alive and passing down through our generations.

“Spliced” means to join, never-ending, which feels particularly fitting for our family adventure across our generations. We are always on the look-out for other retired and discarded fishing goodies so that we can repurpose it. We also love the challenge that comes with our bespoke item requests. We are constantly adding to the range with new ideas for products, adding knotting to the mix, along with incorporating assorted colours and textures of rope. So do watch this space! For further info, follow us on: Facebook/Twitter or on Instagram. You can also contact us at [email protected]

Do visit www.CornishSpliced.co.uk where you will be able to view and purchase items. If you think you may be able to repurpose any of our beach cleaning finds that we can't use, please contact us to join our friends. Thank you for reading about Cornish Spliced. We hope you will join our adventure.
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From our Cornish family to yours — Merry Christmas!Thank you for supporting our splicing adventure this year.Here’s to m...
25/12/2025

From our Cornish family to yours — Merry Christmas!
Thank you for supporting our splicing adventure this year.
Here’s to more rope, more stories and more seaside magic. 🎄🌊

This Christmas, we’re feeling extra grateful for our salty seadog roots and the fishing skills Grandad passed down. 🐟🎄Th...
24/12/2025

This Christmas, we’re feeling extra grateful for our salty seadog roots and the fishing skills Grandad passed down. 🐟🎄

Thanks to your support, we get to keep splicing rope, saving ghost gear, and sharing our family story in every single item we make.

From our Cornish family to yours — merry Christmas! ❤️🌊

23/12/2025

We’re off for a rum and shrub and wish everyone nadelik lowen!
We’ll be back in the new year and will post out orders ASAP on our return.

What do beach-clean “treasures” become at Cornish Spliced?Leads. Dog toys. Keyrings. Bowls. Mats. Wall art. Doorstops.Ba...
18/12/2025

What do beach-clean “treasures” become at Cornish Spliced?

Leads. Dog toys. Keyrings. Bowls. Mats. Wall art. Doorstops.

Basically… anything we (or you) can dream up! ♻️🌍

Every bit of rope we rescue is one less piece returning to the sea or heading to landfill — and one more chance to make something brilliant.

Join our eco-adventure:
💙 Beach clean (why not join The mermaid basket Beach Guardian Surfers Against Sewage)
💛 Reuse (we'd love to see what you make 😍)
🌊 RePURPOSEinCORNWALL (search our hashtag to see who could turn your trash into treasure!)

Our family has been tied to the sea for generations.Thanks to you, we keep heritage fishing skills alive every Christmas...
17/12/2025

Our family has been tied to the sea for generations.
Thanks to you, we keep heritage fishing skills alive every Christmas.
A gift for life, not just for Christmas. ❤️🌊

17/12/2025

New orders will be packed up and posted in the New Year.
Please don't order if it needs to get there for Christmas.
Thank you!

15/12/2025
We’re jingling all the way to Christmas with fresh spliced goodies today! 🎄✨Come and see us at Carbis Bay Estate Coastal...
14/12/2025

We’re jingling all the way to Christmas with fresh spliced goodies today! 🎄✨

Come and see us at Carbis Bay Estate Coastal Christmas market, have a chat, and feel the rope that’s been rescued, reclaimed and reborn by our family.

Gift a little bit of Cornwall - perfect presents with proper Cornish stories.

Looking for Christmas gifts that feel good, do good and look gorgeous under the tree? ...Come and find us tomorrow at Ca...
13/12/2025

Looking for Christmas gifts that feel good, do good and look gorgeous under the tree? ...

Come and find us tomorrow at Carbis Bay Estate's Christmas market - we're there for one day only!

Hand-spliced, eco-friendly and full of Cornish character.
For gifts that don’t cost the earth – literally. 🌍✨

Happy 80th birthday Grandad! Angarrack Christmas lights tradition 2025.From the 5 Spliceketeers #########xThank you The ...
11/12/2025

Happy 80th birthday Grandad! Angarrack Christmas lights tradition 2025.
From the 5 Spliceketeers #########x

Thank you The Makers Cornwall Grandads Cake was amazing 😋

We found another great family photo! ...Grandad Frank's brother Joe, his nephew Terry and his dad, all splicing on board...
10/12/2025

We found another great family photo! ...Grandad Frank's brother Joe, his nephew Terry and his dad, all splicing on board The Harvester - their fishing boat in St Ives harbour. 😍

Every splice tells a story. Through our family adventure, old fishing rope, rescued ghost gear and donated scraps are transformed into something amazing.

Gift a little bit of Cornwall with a story this Christmas.

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St Ives
Cornwall

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