Itâs amazing how much information just drifts past us in everyday life. For example, how many times have you heard the phrase âfull-grain leatherâ in association with high-end goods? Probably quite a few. But do you know what it means? And why might you want leather thatâs worn close to the skin to be vegetable-dyed instead of chrome-dyed like most commercial leather? These sorts of questions are music to the ears of Rod Boyes, owner of Pinegrove Leather, because he spends his days thinking about little else. Based in Church Stretton in Shropshire, Pinegrove makes some of the most tactile, supple and stylish straps you can find anywhere, so we joined him to find out why âhowâs it hanging?â is a more important question than you might think.
Looking at your range, itâs obvious that width is one of the main factors in choosing a strap. For example, you do very narrow vintage-style straps with a sliding pad but also super-wide padded straps.
âWe do some very narrow straps, actually, and theyâre favoured by a few people like Sam Morrow and Jon Boden [of Bellowhead] whoâs quite a well-known folk musician in this country. They both like to use the narrow straps and wear them with something like a leather jacket and then the leather jacket is spreading the load â but they just like the cool, minimalist look that [that strap] gives, really. It does look cool when you see them on stage.
âThe pads with the shoulder straps, which you might call âvintage strapsâ, some people call ârockabilly strapsâ. They are obviously very traditional and in demand with rockabilly players and fans of early Beatles, Buddy Holly and so on. So a lot of people who play that old music, they like that style. They like to project that image, of course, because youâre on stage, youâre performing and youâve got an image to project.
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