MrCleanMrClean, I apologize for not having a Black offering. The tannery was all out of Black when I picked these hides up in Japan a couple months ago.
Here is some general info for everyone:
I would first like to stress that these are hand saddle stitched watch straps with a pretty front and backside slanted stitch. It is a ton of extra work compared to machine sewing, but I think the extra beauty is worth it.
Also, ya'll may recall my Horween Derby Straps were/are machine sewn with 1 floating keeper. This is due to the somewhat soft and stretchy temper of that leather. This lessens the slant of a hand saddle stitch and machine sewing actually works better for those in my opinion to give a nice slanted stitch. For the same temper reasons, I also feel that the two keeper construction doesn't hold up as well with Derby leather.
This Tochigi leather has a stiffer temper when compared to Horween Derby and responds very well to hand saddle stitching as well as 2 keeper construction. I am a big time leather nerd and much prefer to let the leather do the talking in terms of design/construction instead of trying to force it into a category. I just wanted to let ya'll know the reasoning behind why these straps are so different.
I am super stoked on these straps and have been wearing one for the past 2 weeks and giving it the business. I have been doing yard work, some construction, and truck maintenance (been a busy 2 weeks haha) with it on to demonstrate the aging properties and will have a photo of it up later today.
Here are the lug widths and lengths:
Lengths:
110/65
120/70
125/75
130/80
135/80
140/85
154/90
Width & Taper:
18mm
19/18mm
19/16mm
20/18mm
20/16mm
21/20mm
22mm
22/20mm
24mm
24/22mm
Hardware:
Standard (Pin Buckle with 5 round holes spaced 6mm apart center to center)
Wide tongue (Wide tongue buckle with 6 oval holes starting 32mm from the tip and spaced 4mm apart center to center)
For photos of the straps with more zoom in capability here is an Imgur Album:
https://imgur.com/a/kHZYq
Here is some general info for everyone:
I would first like to stress that these are hand saddle stitched watch straps with a pretty front and backside slanted stitch. It is a ton of extra work compared to machine sewing, but I think the extra beauty is worth it.
Also, ya'll may recall my Horween Derby Straps were/are machine sewn with 1 floating keeper. This is due to the somewhat soft and stretchy temper of that leather. This lessens the slant of a hand saddle stitch and machine sewing actually works better for those in my opinion to give a nice slanted stitch. For the same temper reasons, I also feel that the two keeper construction doesn't hold up as well with Derby leather.
This Tochigi leather has a stiffer temper when compared to Horween Derby and responds very well to hand saddle stitching as well as 2 keeper construction. I am a big time leather nerd and much prefer to let the leather do the talking in terms of design/construction instead of trying to force it into a category. I just wanted to let ya'll know the reasoning behind why these straps are so different.
I am super stoked on these straps and have been wearing one for the past 2 weeks and giving it the business. I have been doing yard work, some construction, and truck maintenance (been a busy 2 weeks haha) with it on to demonstrate the aging properties and will have a photo of it up later today.
Here are the lug widths and lengths: Lengths: 110/65 120/70 125/75 130/80 135/80 140/85 154/90 Width & Taper: 18mm 19/18mm 19/16mm 20/18mm 20/16mm 21/20mm 22mm 22/20mm 24mm 24/22mm Hardware:
Standard (Pin Buckle with 5 round holes spaced 6mm apart center to center)
Wide tongue (Wide tongue buckle with 6 oval holes starting 32mm from the tip and spaced 4mm apart center to center)
For photos of the straps with more zoom in capability here is an Imgur Album: https://imgur.com/a/kHZYq