Emperor Kudu is a darker version of King Kudu, a leather I introduced a couple of years ago and has almost sold out now. It is a kudu leather with the same tannage as King Kudu – fully veg tanned with a full aniline finish, which allows the character of the leather to shine through. It has a deep brown tone and is super strong and pliable – perfect for a watch strap. I’ve been using kudu leather for my watch straps for many years now because of it’s characteristics, and this tannage is one of the best I’ve found. Highly recommended!
Kudu are antelope that live in dense brush or forest in the African Savanna, one of the harshest environments on earth, and are prey to preditors such as leopards and hyenas. The kudu skins used to produce this leather exibit some scars and marks from the animals hard life. As a result no two kudu leather straps will look the same, ensuring your strap will be unique.
As is the case with all the kudu leather I use, the skins are the result of the seasonal kudu cull mandated by the South African government.
The strap photographed for this page was stitched with butterscotch thread, but natural, grey, light brown and bright yellow threads work very well too. To see the options for thread colour see the stitching colours page.
Straps produced with Emperor Kudu leather will be approx 4mm thick and are priced as follows:
£130 with a free spring bar buckle
£135 with a sewn in buckle
£140 with a screw bar buckle
