Why Choose Us?
ABOVE ALL, WE KNOW LEATHER!
Our long heritage has given us an intimate understanding of the processes involved in the treatment and production of all types of leather. It puts us in a unique position to select hides that are perfectly suited to the intended products and manufacturing techniques.
We enhance the beauty of our specially selected and prepared leathers, by finishing them with waxes and dyes that improve their texture and feel and bring out the exquisite subtleties of the natural scars of the hides. For some pieces, we also use a tough 24oz proofed and stain-resistant cotton canvas, ideally suited to the rigours of heavy-duty travel.
Our products benefit from the very highest quality fittings that we add to support these fine leathers and fabrics. We choose the finest zips and solid brass or nickel fittings made by the Swiss company RiRi, to ensure excellent durability.
Our highly skilled and talented team convert these materials into practical yet elegant designs, embellished with fine cotton linings. The results are masterpieces of design and quality, which will provide you with many years of faithful service.
Our fine Leathers
We only use the finest quality leathers processed especially for us to our own exacting standards by our partner tanneries. The result is radiantly beautiful traditional hides that effortlessly satisfy those ever-present requirements of modern life – practicality and durability. The hides are coloured using aniline drum dying, which enhances the intensity of the colour and guarantees longevity.
The leathers each have distinctive characteristics within the unique Tusting identity.
- Floodlight
This is our signature business case leather – aniline-dyed American side leather, with a light wax top finish showing all the character of the natural grain. Available in Sundance – a rich mahogany with a ready-made patina, and black – with a matt/satin finish that combines conservatism with originality.
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Atlantic
Our principle leather for our luggage collection, in both Tan and Black, made from carefully selected Scandinavian hides, with a bright polished finish, which allows the natural beauty and richness of the hide to show through.
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Bridle
The traditional English harness and saddlery leather, Bridle is tanned wholly with vegetable extracts such as oak bark and mimosa fruits, according to methods used for many centuries. The result is a firm feel and superior strength and stretch resistance (ideal for the pieces in our Country range), in a leather whose appearance matures and improves over time.
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Kudu
Kudu leather is a supremely soft and lightweight nubuck - it feels heavenly, yet is strong and extremely durable. A product of the licensed cull of South African antelopes, there is obviously a limited supply of this fabulous leather and a bag made from it is a very special thing indeed. Added to this rarity value, each skin is different, making each bag genuinely unique.
Our Fabric
The traditional English look is exemplified by our canvas and leather combination pieces. Our sail canvas is a 24oz cotton fabric, which is specially woven and dyed for us. This is then laminated to a waterproof backer making a distinctive and extremely hardwearing body material. Available in Tan and Olive, and trimmed with a co-ordinating leather, our fabric bags are highly attractive and fabulously durable.
Swatch Service
If you would like to be introduced to our leathers before you order a bag, we are very happy to send you swatches of the leathers and fabrics we use. Please contact us to request this service.
