Next month it will be fifteen years since I made my very first watch strap. It's astonishing to realise that I've been making straps for so long, but it was back in August 2006 that I decided to "have a go" at making a strap [...]
Over the last couple of months I've made myself several new straps to refresh my personal strap collection. Last night I was thinking and I realised that there are five straps that are getting almost all of my "wrist time" at the moment. These five [...]
I think I may have found the perfect black leather for a watch strap! Earlier this year I made a trip to visit a number of tanneries & suppliers I use. This has become an annual road trip for me, and over a period of [...]
Heidrun is a new goat skin just launched. I've been looking for a quality goat skin leather for a little while now, but until now nothing had really inspired me. Of course it had to be vegetable tanned leather, but I was also looking for [...]
Hunter is a new leather that was launched last week, and something I'm quite excited about. It's another kudu leather, but one that has been processed as a nubuck. It has a beautifully soft feel, is very pliable, and has a texture like [...]
Almost 10 years ago to the day I saw a watch advertised for sale on a UK based watch forum. It was made by a hobbyist to resemble a beaten up Panerai 3646 with fixed bars from the late 1930's, but was obviously not made [...]
At the end of last year I added 4 new leathers to my website, which took the number of leathers I had available at that time up to 92. Leathers do sell out and are replaced from time to time, but over the last 4 [...]
Mosto is one of 4 leathers that I launched on my website in November last year. It is a leather produced by an Italian tannery from top grain cow hides - the shoulders of the hides to be precise - and is then dyed before [...]
I get asked a lot when I will be making jean belts again, and so recently I sourced some heavyweight leather with a limited run in mind. Those of you who have been asking for a belt (and you know who you are!) they [...]
I've just released a new leather called Gunpowder to my web store, and I am very, very excited about it. To celebrate I have decided to offer an early bird discount on Gunpowder leather until the end of the weekend (see the bottom of this [...]
