Kay Canvas is one of the leading brands of quality and accurate reproductions of military uniforms and equipment. These are used by living history groups and re-enactors around the world. You can see Kay Canvas in military museums like the Imperial War Museum in the UK, various Canadian historic sites that are looked after by Parks Canada and all sorts of other military museums around the world.

You would have also seen Kay Canvas on the small screen and the big screen. Kay Canvas clothing and equipment has been supplied to many war films and TV shows including SAS Rogue Hero's, Master's of the Air, World on Fire, Fury, The Six Triple Eight, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and the list goes on and on.

So even if you have never heard of Kay Canvas it is highly likely if you have seen a war film, visited a military museum or been to a military public show you have seen some of our gear. 

 

 

How we started.

After serving in the Navy in WW2, with his skills as a leather maker one man set up shop in Liverpool repairing horse saddles. Horse and carts where used to transport goods including barrels of beer around Liverpool and the docks. As times changed the business changed less leather work and more orders for canvas sheets for lorries and boats.

In the 1990's a small side line of repairing military webbing was started.

At the start of the 2000's a new chapter began with fresh blood and new ideas, so Kay Canvas introduces itself into the world of historic replicas.  What started with a few replica British WW2 pouches has evolved into clothing, webbing, badges and tents from WW1 and WW2.