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 [...]
5 new leathers were launched yesterday, which means there are 6 remaining that I am working hard to get finished and photographed for the store pages. Hopefully they will be ready in time to be launched next weekend, but there are three I want to [...]
I wanted to give you a sneak preview of Sahara, another new leather that will be launched very soon. This is something that was only available in a very limited quantity, but as soon as I saw it I knew it would work so well [...]
"Nero" is a new leather that will be launched very soon. It is one of a number of new leathers that I found on my travels last week and that will be launched over the next couple of months. I am currently making a strap [...]
Once a year I take a trip around the UK to visit a few of the tanneries and leather wholesalers I use. It takes a few days out of my schedule, and I cover about 900 miles doing it, but it means I can meet [...]
About a week ago I decided that my Panerai zero needed a new strap for the Spring, and a few days ago I finished this Crimson strap with denim stitching. Crimson has become one of my "go to" leathers over the last couple of years. [...]
Occasionally someone will contact me to ask if I can make a strap for a watch they own which has fixed bars i.e. the bars that hold the strap onto the watch can't be removed and so a standard strap can't be fitted. My [...]
The Anonimo Militare is one of the first dive watches I ever bought, and still one of my favourites. Back in 2006 when I had just started experimenting with making leather watch straps, a friend bought round his cream dialled Militare to ask if I [...]
I'm often asked to make suggestions for straps for specific watches, and it seems the dial colour that many people seem to struggle with most is white. I've recently made a new strap for my Panerai 114, and so I thought I'd take the opportunity [...]
Yes, I know, it's only the end of October and it seems far too early for a Christmas message, but as I currently have a 4-5 week lead time in my order book I'm already quoting an expected posting date of November 25th for orders [...]
