Sunday 24 March 2013

Stitching Clamp


Been searching for a while for a stitching clamp. Finally came across someone in France, a craftsman who specialise in making tools mainly for leather works.

And, have to say, this is probably one of the finest piece of stitching clamp that we have came across. Beautiful workmanship, loves how the curved hinge is done. Wholly crafted from a single piece of French wood which mainly used for wooden tools. 

Initially, was thinking not to wrap the clamp mouth, as everyone here loves the grains around the tip of the mouth, but, there's just not enough friction to hold the item or it'll leaves a clamp mark if were to clamped a little too tight… Thus we were left with no choice but to wrap it, although we felt it deserve a little more than just a piece of raw hide.








Monday 11 March 2013

New Black Brogue Belt addition


We've just did some little tweaks to our Brogue Belt design.
We extended the perforated holes thru out the whole belt and the Conway Buckle is no longer be affixed, it uses the main holes (the bigger holes) to anchor itself, thus, the buckle is moveable to lengthen or shorten the belt itself.  What it does is, one can adjust it such that belt end to sit shortly after a belt loop, thus, don't need a belt keeper to do so.
And on the buckle end, any length that's extended will eventually be hidden behind once the belt is worn.




And this time, we have introduced a new finishing to our Brogue belt series.
Hand dyed black on Natural Veg Tan Hide. Only the surface of the belt is hand-dyed on both face and back, thus leaving the edges and holes in its natural finishing. The two-tone effect gives a three dimensional attribute to it. And this special black version will be spotted with a Solid Brass Conway Buckle.