I recently went to visit a leather wholesaler who supplies the French fashion house Hermès with leather for their leathergoods. I managed to convince him to sell me a small amount of “Ultraviolet”, a strong, deep purple leather usually made into Birkin / Kelly handbags – and now available for me to make your Toshi Strap with.
This is a leather that is certainly not readily available (and I probably won’t be able to get any more once it’s gone) so I’m listing it as a “limited edition”. As a result, each Ultraviolet strap will come with a signed letter from me stating the date your strap was made and giving it a production number.
The strap photographed for this page was stitched with lavender thread for a low contrast look. This is my favourite thread colour for this leather, but natural and grey thread look great with it too. To see the options for thread colour see the stitching colours page.
Straps produced with Ultraviolet leather will be approx 3.5mm 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
