Crater on my Panerai zero
I launched a lot of new leathers in May this year (I've just counted them - there were 19 of them!) and so I really didn't expect to be adding any more for a while, but that was before I took a trip to a [...]
Types of leather – a brief explanation
Whenever I buy a new leather and launch it on the store pages I always compose a brief description of the leather. In doing so I often mention the type of leather it is. I'm frequently asked about this, and so I thought it would [...]
Let’s have some colour this summer
People who know me know will tell you that I'm a big fan of a brightly coloured leather watch strap. This is true at any time, but especially during the summer months a colourful watch strap makes so much sense. During the colder months jumpers [...]
Lemon leather for the summer
Lemon is another of my favourite leathers. I realise this won't be to everyone's taste, but I think a bright coloured strap works so well sometimes, and this is perfect for the summer months. Lemon is a pure vegetable tanned leather with an analine stained [...]
Horween Derby leather – another of my favourites
Since I've had all of the new leathers up on the store pages I've been asked a few times which are my favourites. Anyone who read my blog posts last week will know that African Kudu and Emerald are two of them, but over the [...]
Emerald leather on my Panerai 114
I'm going to stick my neck out here and say that of all the leathers I've worked with, Emerald leather is my absolute favourite. I realise that is a very strong statement, but it really is a fabulous leather. Believe it or not, a green [...]
African Kudu leather on my Panerai 87
I've finally managed to get (almost) all of the new leathers up on my website and as a result life is now getting back to some sort of normality at Toshi Straps HQ. The big problem with launching 18 new leathers over the last 2 [...]
Quarterback leather – as used by the NFL
Quarterback is a leather that I bought recently and has just been launched on my store page. For those of you who follow American Football the pebbled texture of the leather may seem familiar. The leather is produced by the famous Chicago based tannery, Horween. [...]
They’re live!
After a couple of weeks of hard work (and some last minute technical glitches) I've finally launched the first of the new leathers this morning. There will be some more released over the next couple of weeks, but available immediately are eight new leathers that [...]
Leather belts anyone?
While I was at one of the wholesalers I visited on my road trip last week I picked up some English bridle leather. This leather is far too heavy to make watch straps from (it's twice as thick as anything I use for watch straps) [...]