FAQ
How to Care for Braided Pieces
The best care tip is to wear your bracelet, the kangaroo leather will absorb oils from your skin becoming very soft and developing a patina unique to you. If your piece develops a dry look you can use saddle soap to freshen it a bit or a non darkening leather conditioner such as Lexol.
Kangaroo Leather holds up well to getting wet about the only downside is the leather will darken quickly. I have many customers who never take their pieces off and I have worn a couple of bracelets for over a year and as mentioned they darkened quickly but they have held up very well.
I order hides directly from Australia, the government there has a culling program to keep the population in check. Think of them as deer here in the States, hard to drive down the road without hitting one of the @#&%!*. There are only two species that are harvested and the process is very much controlled by the government. Once the hides arrive I hand cut them into 1/8 inch strands and then split and bevel each strand before making your piece.
The best care tip is to wear your bracelet, the kangaroo leather will absorb oils from your skin becoming very soft and developing a patina unique to you. If your piece develops a dry look you can use saddle soap to freshen it a bit or a non darkening leather conditioner such as Lexol.
Kangaroo Leather holds up well to getting wet about the only downside is the leather will darken quickly. I have many customers who never take their pieces off and I have worn a couple of bracelets for over a year and as mentioned they darkened quickly but they have held up very well.
I order hides directly from Australia, the government there has a culling program to keep the population in check. Think of them as deer here in the States, hard to drive down the road without hitting one of the @#&%!*. There are only two species that are harvested and the process is very much controlled by the government. Once the hides arrive I hand cut them into 1/8 inch strands and then split and bevel each strand before making your piece.
