Brand: equus leather

In recent months I’ve been wearing belts more often, after years of hardly doing so at all.  I never wore them with tailoring, preferring the clean, elegant look of an unfettered waistband with side adjustors.  And ...

  Five bags might seem like a lot – certainly compared to shirts or ties, as featured previously in this series .  But given you’ll need some kind of suitcase, plus a day bag, and probably a backpack for cy...

Writing about this leather folio feels like a release more than anything else. It is the result of two years of work, back and forth, with the aim to produce a simple but beautiful hand-sewn envelope - in which to carry...

This video, just completed by Charlie at Equus Leather, is a wonderfully expressive demonstration of leatherwork.  I particularly like the sound detail - that sinewy scrape of knife cutting through alligator skin. Wat...

  A lovely video this, showing a lot of the detail of making a hand-sewn alligator wallet - from Charlie Trevor at Equus Leather. It was just released today.  The music might be a bit much, but I think we can forgive ...

   The more I write about this industry, the longer it is since I first covered someone. It’s nice, but it always surprises me how fast the time goes.  I wrote about Equus Leather back in 2011, and purchased on...

Given my recent trip to Dent’s to see gloves being made there, it was interesting to learn about how the glove making process is adapted to sports gloves – like those made by Rapha for cycling. Unlike a dress glove, ...

I’ve been sent photographs of my things being made before, but never a video. This is a step up. In case you can’t tell, it’s a bridle leather belt, being made to measure for me by Charlie Trevor of Equus Leather. ...