Happy Christmas!
Well it's that time of year again. I've just returned from the last Post Office trip of 2017, and the final few straps of the year are now on the way to their new homes. To celebrate I've made myself a strong coffee and warmed [...]
Gift Certificates – the perfect last minute Christmas present
My order book is now completely full for the rest of the year and so unfortunately it's too late to order a strap and expect it to be built and delivered to you before the holidays. Now I realise this is going to be bad [...]
Storm Grey leather is almost gone!
After the last 7 days, during which it seemed that everyone who placed an order wants a Storm Grey strap for Christmas, I've been cutting leather today and realised there is now only enough left for a handful more straps. Obviously I wanted to let [...]
Ordering a leather strap for an Oris Aquis dive watch
About 18 months ago I wrote a blog post about straps I make for for the Oris Aquis range of dive watches. I thought it was about time I updated that post, but I also thought it would be useful to include some instructions on [...]
new gallery photos added
I've just spent the last hour going through the photos I've been sent in over the last month and I've selected a few of my favourites to update the gallery. The images below are some of them. The gallery has grown in size enormously [...]
Running short of some leathers – advance warning
As I've mentioned when I've written about my travels sourcing leather for Toshi Straps in the past, many of the leathers that I offer on my store page are special run leathers, i.e. the tannery produces a limited quantity as a special order, and production [...]
Metta leather – an offer for August
I've decided to offer a discount on "Metta" calf for the entire month of August. This is a modern calf leather that has been produced to resemble the 18th century reindeer hide found on the wreck of the Metta Catherina when it was discovered in [...]
Gallery update – July 2017
After getting all of the new leathers launched earlier this month I've finally had a little time to do some "house-keeping" this morning. Thank you to everyone who has sent me photos over the past 6 weeks - I'm always delighted to see photos [...]
New leathers launched today
At the beginning of June I took a trip around the UK to find some new leathers for the site. This is something I do once a year, and as often happens I came home after spending far too much money, but with a [...]
Cognac – a rare shell cordovan from Horween
One of the leathers I found on my travels last month Ive called "Cognac" and is something I am very excited about. This is a unusual shell cordovan leather, produced by Chicago based tannery Horween, that has been given a traditional "russia grain" finish during [...]