If there is one question I get asked more than any other it is "what is your favourite leather?". This is really not an easy question for me to answer because I like all of the leathers I have available in the store (I wouldn't [...]
Cyclone is a leather I discovered earlier this year and one I recommend very highly. It's a thick, supple full grain buffalo leather that's been available since the end of April this year and is proving very popular already. Personally I'm not surprised - it [...]
When I first started selling my watch straps back in 2007 I wanted to offer my customers a choice of buckles with their strap. I spoke with many of my first customers about what they were looking for in a buckle and they were pretty [...]
Giallo leather is produced by the same Italian tannery that produces both the Typhoon and Tempest leathers for me. Many of you will know just how impressed I've been with Typhoon and Tempest, and the feedback I've had from customers has been simply amazing with [...]
Horween Nut Brown was launched last month along with 7 other new leathers, and as soon as I could find some time I just had to get to work on a strap from it for myself - and specifically for my "87". I really couldn't [...]
Military Grey leather, plus another seven new leathers, have just gone live in the store. Over the last month I've been working hard to get the eight new leathers I bought at the beginning of the month ready to launch. Adding a new [...]
Horween Nut Brown is one of the eight new leathers I bought on my trip at the beginning of the month, and will be available tomorrow. I've completely fallen in love with this leather, and so thought I'd write this quick blog post to give [...]
Dark Kudu has been a very popular leather over the last 12 months, but I need to let everyone know that it's quickly running out and I can't find any more! Recently I posted here about a trip I took to visit various leather wholesalers [...]
This week I took a few days off strap-making to go shopping for leather. For the last few days I've been away from north Devon traveling around on my annual pilgrimage to various tanneries and leather wholesalers to see what they have that grabs my [...]
Many of the leathers I use when making watch straps are full grain, vegetable tanned leathers. Full grain leathers are my preference to work with because they have the best structure for a watch strap, and also because a watch strap made from a full [...]
