Recent Articles

Happy Holidays
December 20, 2020

I've been lax with the blog posts lately, but it's been quite a year as we all know, and here at HOLMES I've been head down, isolating, and working as usual.  Here's to happy holidays, good health, and a brighter...

Yellow
May 21, 2019

It took me years and a specific request to get around to doing a strap (or anything) in yellow. Now done, it's pretty awesome. It'll take a bit more time to add it as a color option in individual listings,...

Hiss Fobs
April 18, 2019

HOLMES-made leather key fobs for Hiss Golden Messenger. Debossed with the Hiss wand logo, these are available through the Hiss website in either black or brown, both with brass hardware. As I write I think the black fobs may already...

Custom Buckle Front
January 20, 2019

HOLMES custom buckle-front strap for Jared Artaud of the band The Vacant Lots.  Custom straps are a big part of what I do---in this case, riffing on older existing strap, finding the right buckle, and building the strap around it.  ...