The leather I’ve chosen to be “in the spotlight” during March 2022 is not a new leather. This is a leather I’ve been using for a few years now, but has been a firm favourite of mine since it was launched. Horween Nut Brown is, as the name suggests, a product of the Horween tannery in Chicago, and is a leather I first started working with back in 2018. Over the last 4 years I’ve made several hundred straps using Horween Nut Brown, and the hugely positive nature of customer feedback has meant I’ve re-ordered it time and time again. I consider it to be one of the finest leathers I use and it’s become a core leather at Toshi Straps – it’s one of a dozen or so leathers that I plan on having available indefinitely. It is certainly a leather I would highly recommend, it really is that good.
Horween Nut Brown
So, a little bit of info about the leather itself. Horween Nut Brown is a full grain horse hide with bags of character. It is a vegetable tanned leather, and so it will also age beautifully as it patinates with wear. It really has all the characteristics of a strap that will stand the tests of time and be a firm favourite for many years. There’s no getting away from the fact that it’s a thick leather, though. Straps from Horween Nut Brown leather come in at around 5mm thick, which is fairly substantial, but it is a naturaly soft and pliable leather so wears very comfortably from day one.
Because of the thickness of the leather, Horween Nut Brown really comes into it’s own with a larger watch. My Panerai 87 is a good example – a beast of a watch that I find can be a little top heavy on a thin strap. Back in 2018 when I introduced Horween Nut Brown leather I was quick to make myself a strap from it for my 87, and this blog post shows the result. That strap is still going strong, but for this “in the spotlight” post I wanted a new strap to photograph, and the strap I made for these photos I decided to go with a more neutral stitch colour (and chose light brown linen thread). To be honest, I’m not sure which of the two I prefer. I like them both and both work beautifully to frame the watch as I wanted.
As it is the leather in the spotlight for March 2022, for the whole of the month you can get £20 off the cost of a Horween Nut Brown strap (see below for details of this offer).
A promo for February 2022 and the T’s & C’s
During the entire month of March 2022 you can use the promo code NUTBROWN20 when ordering to get £20 off the cost of a Horween Nut Brown strap. Simply enter NUTBROWN20 into the “coupon code” box at the top of the checkout page and click “apply coupon” – doing so will reduce the cost of your Horween Nut Brown strap by £20 (my website will recalculate the total cost automatically).
The coupon code NUTBROWN20 is active from now until midnight (BST) on Thursday 31st March 2022.
This offer is applicable to online orders placed in March 2022 where the promo code is used at checkout, and applies only to straps ordered to be made from Horween Nut Brown leather.