I was thinking this month that something green is needed, and so I’ve decided that this month’s leather “in the spotlight” will be a leather that was launched to my website in February. Oliva has been a very popular choice ever since.
Oliva
Oliva is a fully vegetable tanned leather from Italy in a beautiful olive green colour. Actually it is the same leather stock as Raven and Dark Chocolate, two leathers I launched last year which quickly became best sellers. They were so popular in fact that I decided to stock this green dyed version too, hence it’s addition to my store earlier this year.
Anyone who has ordered either a Raven or Dark Chocolate strap knows how lovely this leather it is, but for anyone else, take it from me – Oliva is wonderfully soft and pliable and makes a fabulous watch strap. It’s very slightly thinner than many of the leathers I use (straps with Oliva will be around 3.5mm thick) but structurally it is perfect for a watch strap. I think Oliva works best with a light coloured thread – I’ve gone for olive drab thread for the stitching on the strap I’ve made for the photography here, but natural stitching works just as well.
A promo for October 2022 and the T’s & C’s
During the month of October 2022 you can use the promo code Oliva20 when ordering to get £20 off the cost of a Oliva leather strap. Simply enter Oliva20 into the “coupon code” box at the top of the checkout page and click “apply coupon” – doing so will reduce the cost of your Oliva strap by £20 (my website will recalculate the total cost automatically).
The coupon code Oliva20 is active from now until midnight (GMT) on Monday 31st October 2022. This offer is applicable to online orders placed in October 2022 where the promo code is used at checkout, and applies only to straps made from Oliva leather.