Handmade leather watch straps for Panerai watches. All straps shown in the following blog pages are custom made by Toshi Straps, UK
When I first started selling my watch straps back in 2007 I wanted to offer my customers a choice of buckles with their strap. I spoke with many of my first customers about what they were looking for in a buckle and they were pretty [...]
Giallo leather is produced by the same Italian tannery that produces both the Typhoon and Tempest leathers for me. Many of you will know just how impressed I've been with Typhoon and Tempest, and the feedback I've had from customers has been simply amazing with [...]
I've just updated the website gallery with some new customer photos. As always, thanks to everyone who has submitted photos for me to use. I get sent lots of photos every week for which I'm very grateful. It's never an easy decision which [...]
Horween Nut Brown was launched last month along with 7 other new leathers, and as soon as I could find some time I just had to get to work on a strap from it for myself - and specifically for my "87". I really couldn't [...]
Often when a new strap is received the owner is thoughtful enough to take a photograph or two when it is fitted and send them through to me. I know I always say I enjoy seeing the strap finally mounted and being worn, [...]
Many of the leathers I use when making watch straps are full grain, vegetable tanned leathers. Full grain leathers are my preference to work with because they have the best structure for a watch strap, and also because a watch strap made from a full [...]
So, I've finally got around to adding some of the photos customers have sent in recently to the gallery and made the first major update this year. I would love to find a way to do this more frequently, but there never seems to [...]
Typhoon leather is one of a dozen or so leathers I introduced last summer after my annual road trip, and it's become very popular over the last 6 months (and getting rave reviews from those of you who have ordered a strap made from it, [...]
I've just spent the last hour going through the photos I've been sent in over the last month and I've selected a few of my favourites to update the gallery. The images below are some of them. The gallery has grown in size enormously [...]
After getting all of the new leathers launched earlier this month I've finally had a little time to do some "house-keeping" this morning. Thank you to everyone who has sent me photos over the past 6 weeks - I'm always delighted to see photos [...]
