Walnut Studiolo Blog Tagged "Leather Care"

A Black woman wearing a denim shirt is carrying a bicycle down a set of stairs in an urban environment. The bicycle has a green paint job and honey leather wrapped handlebars.

Original, unique designs to help with lifting and carrying your bicycle

Close-up of handlebars with honey leather coiled and wrapped around

Lifetime leather bar wraps in five styles for every type of handlebar and bicycle

A woman bicycling on a bright summer day over a green lawn wearing suede fringe cowgirl boots and with a 6-pack of Anchor Steam beer connected to the top tube of her bicycle with a honey leather 6-pack frame cinch

Best-selling "commuter essentials" for making the daily commute easier

A dark brown leather round, barrel-shaped saddle bag with cedar wood sides mounted to the back of a brown leather Brooks saddle on a cream-and-brown painted bicycle

Stunning handcrafted bicycle bags carry the essentials and turn heads!

Two people playing a game of travel cribbage on a wooden picnic table with a small leather and birch cribbage board

Our original best-selling Travel Cribbage Boards have fans worldwide

white travel dice in a brass tube with a necklace length beaded ball chain on a green wool army blanket

Convenient dice games on-the-go: farkle and yacht (yatzy)

Two people playing dominoes with colorful domino playing cards on a walnut wood table with snacks and drinks

Perfect for travel: hand-drawn domino playing cards (2 sizes!)

Travel Backgammon for travelers, made from natural materials

Color palette chart with metal finishes and leather colors for all variants of leather drawer pulls

All handcrafted handles in 8 styles, 4 leather colors, & 3 metal finishes

Architectural rendering of a shadow person for scale, marked Model is 5'3" next to a white wall of doors and drawers that have all of Wlanut Studiolo's leather handles on them. All are in honey leather / brass hardware. They are in comparison so you can see their relative size / scale.

Collection details, stylesheets, dimensions, sizing, palette & more

Person holding a refrigerator door handle with a beautiful and eye-catching honey brown leather wrap

Wrap handles, bannisters and more in quality veg-tan leather

Two cabinet doors swinging open towards each other with matching leather Lovejoy loop handles. The leather touches so the cabinets don't crash into each other, a solution for problem corners in kitchen design planning

Tips and tricks on our blog: like using leather handles as bumpers

Close-up of a hand applying dye to natural leather

Leather 101

We wrote a free educational series about our favorite material, from how it's made to spotting vintage quality

A man and a woman on a pile of driftwood on a misty , rainy Oregon beach with mountains and boulders

About Us

Close-up of a dark brown leather tube being hand-stitched on a marble kitchen countertop, with Geoff in the background stitching it with a needle using his hands.

More Information

A man and a woman holding their bicycles upright while the man tips his cap to the lady in the Oregon coast forest

Customer Service

Close-up of a woman's hands wrapping a gift using a blue bandana

The Blog

Our blog"In a Nutshell" is written by humans:

- how-to guides

- in-depth articles

- photo essays

Still-life of a hand-carved wood spoon, abrasive hand pad, cotton buff rag, and flax wax in a rich gold color

Wood Care Guide Using Flax Wax

How to care for kitchen wood utensils using Flax Wax, a food-grade, all-natural finish: step-by-step photo instructions

July 02, 2026
2 min read

Before and after photos of the same oak and leather handle on an outdoor sauna door with a hand reaching out to it

Leather Handles and Wraps for Exteriors

Leather handles and wraps work great outdoors: insulating from heat / cold and providing grip and resistance. Pros / cons and maintenance needs.

September 18, 2025
5 min read

A collage showing a brass cribbage peg tube with verdigris and the words 'Before" and the same brass tube shiny and gold-looking with the words 'After' under the title words, How to Clean Brass

How to Restore Shine to Brass Parts on Leather

Brass and leather are two natural materials that go together beautifully, and even a little tarnish is nothing to worry about. If you wish, you can return brass to its original natural shine easily and quickly with a cleaning product like Brasso.

June 18, 2024
4 min read

Sanding the edge of a piece of leather using a fine grit piece of sandpaper

How to DIY Cut and Finish a Leather Edge Without Any Special Tools: Bevel, Dye, Burnish

A tutorial on how to cut, bevel, dye, and burnish leather edges using easily available tools found at home.

November 06, 2022
4 min read

5 different sizes of small batch, house made Leather Conditioner

New Sizes of Leather Conditioner Tins

Vegetable-tanned leather butter made in small batches made using simple, all-natural, time-tested ingredients: now in sample size (0.25 oz) and 2 oz tins.

January 20, 2021
2 min read

Three leather bicycle handlebars with leather wraps next to each other

How Does the Leather Hold Up? Bicycle Bar Wraps 7 Years Later

How did veg-tan leather bicycle bar wraps hold up after 6-7 years of outdoor use? We check in with three bikes from our installation videos and compare results.

May 12, 2019
2 min read

Poll: What do you want to know about leather?

More than once, we've been surprised to find how little information there is about leather - as broadly diverse a natural material asÂ fabric or wood.Â We can't wait to tell you more about it. What would you like to know?

November 12, 2018
1 min read

5 Surprising Uses for Our Leather Conditioner

Formulated using historic recipes for vegetable tanned leather, but this non-toxic, all-natural finish can be used on a variety of household items.

October 30, 2018
3 min read

FAQ: How does vegetable-tanned leather do in the rain?

We use the same, high quality, vegetable-tanned leather that has always traditionally been used for equestrian sport, so it's a natural outdoor material (saddles, reins, bridles, etc). Our American vegetable-tanned leather is infused with waxes in the tannery to stand up to horse sweat, mud, and rain - in other words, just like riding a bicycle!