Braided Leather Bar Wraps
Our braided vegetable-tanned leather bar wraps have good cushioning, a wonderful hand-feel, get grippier when wet and more beautiful with age. The oil from your hands gives the leather a beautiful patina over time, just like your favorite baseball glove. Made from vegetable-tanned leather 20mm wide lengths sewn together long enough to braid a wider-than-average drop bar. Hand-finished edging assures it lays well. The braided wraps are cut, skived, dyed, and edged by hand out of natural USA-made vegetable-tanned leather and finished with Walnut Studiolo's weatherproofing finish so it stands up just fine in the rain, like our Portland climate! The oils in your hands help condition the wraps and keep them in tip-top shape. Braid and tie off with twine or electrical tape like your typical bar wrap. Comes with installation kit and instructions. COLORS: Honey, Dark Brown, Black MATERIALS: Vegetable-tanned leather DIMENSIONS: 2 straps 20mm wide by approximately 5 feet long MONOGRAMMING: Sorry, monogramming is not available for this item. EACH ITEM IS MADE TO ORDER with love in my workshop in Portland, Oregon. INTERNATIONAL orders, please note: our shipping and handling does not include your country's import taxes or VATs. SELECT PRESS: For the Love of Bikes SELECT TESTIMONIALS: "Gorgeous. Thank you!" - Cheryl "I bought these for my husband who is an avid cyclist and he loves them!! Thank you!" -Kristie
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Hi, I'm Geoffrey Franklin. I'm an 8th generation Oregonian, born and raised in Beaverton and Weston, Oregon. I graduated from the University of Oregon Architecture School. I run Walnut Studiolo with my wife, Valerie. I design and craft all the products in my workshop, and Valerie runs the business side.
Bicycle accessories are my core focus but I love good design, as an architecture student, and I loved learning how to work leather as a medium. Eventually I also started enjoying the juxtaposition of leather and wood. In these products, I'm expressing my love for good design, architectural concepts, and natural materials in products that I would want to use myself…and I do use myself. I field-test all my products until I'm comfortable with them before listing them on our shop.
My goal is to make high-quality, beautiful, durable, and most of all functional solutions to everyday problems. Thank you for buying small and handmade. I put my heart in everything I make.
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