this morning...

had a short mail from a Singapour risti.
very short, but so meaningfull.
Thank you, Man.
Those words really are our Gasoline.
you guys have a real passion over there.
Keep it Alive!

Classic and Aerial...

the Classic and the Aero Strap are both made with French vegetal-tanned leather,
leather tanning process is 10 months...
the result is a leather with a stunning softness,
and an uncredible smoothness...
Proudly made in France!!




the Aero strap...

french stitchless ammo....

enjoy the rockets!!

made some good catches today...

finally got the Italian military pouches!!

one has a stamp. 1935 milano.

the main difference between the 1st and 2nd serie of french pouches are the keepers
here is the first serie

second serie pouch

some have a nice "Patina"

think it won't do it?...

Never judge a book by its cover...never...

french pouch -second serie-

Hand-stitched padded swiss-stamped ammo strap from 1965.

on this picture you can see the pouch we took, -marked with black cross-

once done






a tough one, hard to give to the leather (core inside) the correct shape.
but we do like the result.

and now...AMMOs and LONDON Blog BURNER!!!!

Burgundy on the left...first pic of the London on the right.
the london is soft, smooth, very flexible for the a thickness of 4, or even 5 mm.
this is the best leather France provides...with no doubt!

On the left...the London.
on the right 1 swiss and 2 french ammos.

French 26/26 ammo on the left, non stamped Swiss on the right, apple thread.

stamped swiss ammo upside

stamped swiss ammo downside

French ammos -upside-
(you will notice the difference, one is made with the main body of the pouch on the left.
the other, on the right is thinner, it is made with the side of the pouch.)

French ammos -downside-

Edouard and Nick Ammos

Eh oui...en fait...même en vacances, ça strappe!!

soon coming....

-Italian Ammo.
-German Ammo.
-project of strap for a 360BBQ.
-leather straps with a 10 months vegetal-tanning process in deep brown lightly nubucked and london color.


stay tuned...

soon...

Where am i...looks like a scary place.

here, they work the "hides" with this electric tool in order to smooth the flesh of the hides.

this is to me where happens Magic. the "encollage" -preparation of the back of the hide- is done by hand.
It's the last place in France where they work that way.

took me an hour to choose wich ones i was going to take with me.
Thanks M. Tanner for your unbelievable patience.

to finally get to this...
i saw a lot of hides.
i could have post a much, much bigger post today, but i would have need an entire blog. This leather is the finest i ever got the chance to see.
Many operations done by hands in this tannery are not done anymore in France.
In this area, tanneries used to be the economical power.
This is the last one, and i am so glad they didn't close.
They are not on the internet because they don't need it; and have a fully load of orders from the finest -and some very famous- french brands.
From the slaughterhouse until the London leather hides everything is done here.
there is a "know-how" from the workers that has been transmitted for centuries,
a passion for vegetal-tan leather -and nothing else!-.
When you can "make" a leather hide -chrome tanned- in one day, the "london" takes 10 months, but it has a charm, a softness, a warmth...second to no-other leathers.

the straps...will be stunning.
thanks for the Tannery's boss to have allowed me in during holidays, and also for his patience, and kindness.
France can be proud of its leather.

Swiss Ammo on the Hulk.

Courtesy of Kelvin, Singapore Risti.
it was great to meet you dude.
358 is really the magic number. enjoy the "sig 57" ammo strap.

wow...u guys just blowed up our mailbox!!

please...know that we are still on vacations.
we will see you guys on September.
Cheers.