Merlot Kudu is fully veg tanned kudu leather with a full aniline finish. It is super strong and pliable. The aniline finish perfectly shows the character of the kudu leather, and the tannery have dyed this batch a subtle wine colour. 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. Kudu leather is the perfect material for a watch strap in my opinion, and this is highly recommended!
Kudu are wild 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 grey thread, but natural, light brown, butterscotch and bright yellow threads work very well too. To see the options for thread colour see the stitching colours page.
Straps produced with Merlot 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
