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Double Wrist Band Pueblo Black

$36.00

This Double Wrist Band is made out of black vegetable tanned Italian Pueblo leather. For some of you, that doesn't make any sense so let me put it this way: it's 1st grade leather and it patinates beautifully. There. Just wrap this black item to your wrist (twice) and you're good to go. It stays in your wrist with a metal stud which color you can choose between Black Nickel and Antique Brass.

Width 1 cm (.39"), thickness 2,2 mm (5-6 oz), length depends on your wrist - read more about measuring it below.

Pueblo Olive and Pueblo Cognac are also available colors for the leather. 

Consider the crafting time to be up to two weeks as I'm the only one making these and there might be orders in line, thanks!

Luava leather wrist band badalassi carlo pueblo black
Measure your wrist

Take some thread, a twine, thin rope, or even a USB-cord and wrap it around your wrist - neither loosely nor tight. Notice the point where the end of the thread meets the thread and then measure that length. My wrists circuit is 17,8 cm (7.01”) so I use the 18 cm (7.09”) Wrist Band. The length of the Wrist Band is designed so that it’s not tight. If it feels a bit tight in the beginning please don’t worry as it’s leather and it will stretch a bit. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me juuso@luava.fi

About the materials

If you haven't heard of Pueblo leather you've missed a lot. From a famous tannery in Italy, Badalassi Carlo comes the one and only vegetable-tanned Pueblo leather. It has a unique texture which is so to say "damaged". It's made with a special machine made especially for creating Pueblo and it creates this matte surface that has a nice feel to it. Pueblo patinates quickly giving it a darker and more glossy surface. That patina you've created is one of the most rewarding things when using leather products - an achievement so to say.

Pueblo is widely used in leathercrafting and one of the most common reasons for this is that it's so nice to work with. It's firm yet flexible as it's from the shoulder of a cow. It's vegetable tanned so that's why it's great for wallets, camera straps, and other products that need the leather to be a bit stiff. Another reason is of course the texture and the feel of the leather.

Making the item

The Wrist Band might look like a product that is easy and fast to make but I can assure you that it needs lots of precision and focus. Firstly I cut a strap from a straightly cut edge of the Pueblo leather with a wooden strap cutter tool. I measure the cut strap according to the customer’s wrist size and cut the edges with a ¼ round end punch. The next step is one of the most satisfying ones: rounding the edges of the leather with an edge beveler. This needs intense focus as the tool needs to be super sharp and it’s easy to bevel an edge too much making it look uneven. After beveling I use 1000 grit sand paper to make the round edge even more round and smooth. This follows another super satisfying part that takes a lot of time depending on the length of the Wrist Strap: finishing the edges with an edge finishing material called Tokonole. It’s this white paste that you spread to the edges of the leather and rub it with a wooden edge burnisher tool. This makes the round corners shine and complete. After this, I punch holes to both ends of the Wrist Band; the other one for inserting the metal stud and the other one where the stud will close the Wrist Band. Luava logo on the inside will finish the Wrist Band, voilà!

This product is Luava leather double wrist band badalassi carlo pueblo cognac olive black with a small article of how I crafted this product including tools, stages of the process and materials I used. Handmade in Finland by Luava

All Wrist Bands

From Single Wrist Band to Quadruple Wrist Band. From Pueblo Cognac to Pueblo Black and Pueblo Olive. Here's them all in one place. You can get one separately or combine them together. Imagine this: Single Wrist band in every color. What a beauty! I use this combination: Double Wrist Band Pueblo Cognac and Single Wrist Band Pueblo Olive and I love it. Use your imagination and go nuts!