Christmas Gift Guide: Find His Bag
Answer a few quick questions and get one gift recommendation from twelve leather goods brands I’ve profiled, by budget, occasion and taste.
Small Leather Goods
So Many Types of Leather (Before You Even Get to Colour) — Leather4Craft, Newhaven
An open morning at a working leather studio in Newhaven — what a family-run business tucked into an industrial estate taught me about leather before I’d even picked up a needle.
Aspinal Reporter North South: Two Months In (A Hands-On Review)
The first review on this site built from actually carrying the bag, not researching it — two months with Aspinal’s tan saffiano crossbody, including the one pocket that doesn’t earn its place and what the zips feel like day to day.
Best Men’s Leather Bags Under £200
None of the twelve brands I cover makes a well-built full-size leather bag for under £200. What does exist at this price instead, and why.