Handmade leather watch straps for Panerai watches. All straps shown in the following blog pages are custom made by Toshi Straps, UK
Over the last couple of months I've made myself several new straps to refresh my personal strap collection. Last night I was thinking and I realised that there are five straps that are getting almost all of my "wrist time" at the moment. These five [...]
I think I may have found the perfect black leather for a watch strap! Earlier this year I made a trip to visit a number of tanneries & suppliers I use. This has become an annual road trip for me, and over a period of [...]
Mosto is one of 4 leathers that I launched on my website in November last year. It is a leather produced by an Italian tannery from top grain cow hides - the shoulders of the hides to be precise - and is then dyed before [...]
I've just released a new leather called Gunpowder to my web store, and I am very, very excited about it. To celebrate I have decided to offer an early bird discount on Gunpowder leather until the end of the weekend (see the bottom of this [...]
I suppose it goes without saying that I will never launch a leather unless I am happy with it and I've worn a strap made from it for some time, but there are always personal favourites. I'm confident that all of the ten new leathers [...]
I've been using shell cordovan leather for many years now, and as any of you who have purchased one from me will know it makes a beautiful watch strap. Shortly after I launched this latest version of my website in 2016 I wrote a blog [...]
I've just taken delivery of some handmade buckles that I ordered last month, and included in the order are a few of these curved Pre-V style buckles with the Panerai logo engraved on the front. I am keeping a few of these buckles for myself [...]
A brown leather watch strap on a Panerai is a classic look, but with so many different brown leathers available I can understand why choosing just one can be so difficult. Obviously I like all the leathers I offer on my website - I wouldn't [...]
If there is one question I get asked more than any other it is "what is your favourite leather?". This is really not an easy question for me to answer because I like all of the leathers I have available in the store (I wouldn't [...]
Cyclone is a leather I discovered earlier this year and one I recommend very highly. It's a thick, supple full grain buffalo leather that's been available since the end of April this year and is proving very popular already. Personally I'm not surprised - it [...]
