A close-up of a tan leather journal cover curling open, the pages and its blue binding cord just visible inside

Genuine leather products,
built to last a lifetime

A family business, made to move a future forward

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The wallets that got us going

Back when a wallet with 20 card slots was still considered normal, we disagreed.

The Monty wallet in dark brown leather with brass press studs, on a rusted surface scattered with coffee beans and coins

The Monty

Our deluxe royale. All in — fit for cards, cash and change.

The Slyde wallet in tan leather, a card sliding out of the thumb slot, coins and playing cards on a worn steel bench

The Slyde

Our best seller. Thumb goes in, cards come out. Fumble free.

The Duo card wallet in tan leather standing upright in sawdust, an ID card showing above the embossed KT mark

The Duo

Well loved for its simplicity. Made to hold only what matters.

More from the workbench

A selection of other pieces, held to the same standard as everything else we make. Looking for something specific? Reach out and we'll custom craft it for you.

A dark brown KT Leather A5 journal lying open on a desk, the embossed KT mark on its cover and a black pen resting across the pages

Journals

A5, lined, leather-wrapped, and bound with an elastic band in your colour of choice.

Choose your colour

A charcoal leather laptop sleeve with the embossed KT mark, lying on a tan leather desk mat on a glass table

Laptop sleeves

Snug-fit leather laptop sleeve, stitched to last — made for 13" and 15".

Choose your colour

An oxblood leather toiletry bag half unzipped on a windowsill beside frosted glass

Toiletry bags

A rugged zip pouch for the essentials.

A brown leather placemat with a fork, knife and spoon tucked into its stitched cutlery pocket, set beside a plate and a linen napkin in a leather ring

Table Setting Range

Premium leather placemat with cutlery pocket - spill-proof, stain-proof, and made to outlast the dinner party. Sold separately.

It all started with a dad who let his boy bunk school

Luther and his son outside Woodheads, the hide merchant in Cape Town, holding a bag of offcuts

Theirs was a love affair with leather and cedar chips piled under the planer. They spent the morning at Woodheads, running their hands over hides and dreaming up an excuse to buy some very sharp tools.

Somewhere between the N2 and the workbench, they found one: a minimalist wallet. A radical move in an era when everyone was still collecting loyalty cards like baseball cards.

For the weeks to follow, the business grew up around the dining room table - the whole family in on the stitching, in on the name. A portion of every sale, we decided, would go toward Katie's studies. (She's the daughter of the woman who'd loved and practically helped raise our kids, so naming the business after her wasn't much of a decision at all.)

These days the range has grown, and so has the joy of building custom pieces with clients. What hasn't changed: proper leather, proper craft, love for the people we make it for - and a business that moves a future forward.

A dark brown KT Leather wallet with yellow stitching held up on Dorp Street in Stellenbosch, the white spire of the Moederkerk and a pink sunset behind it

Proudly Stellenbosch.
Locally lekker.

We're a Stellenbosch brand at heart. We love its rhythms, its regulars, and its quirks that make it home. Our reach may grow, but our roots stay right here.

Hands heating the brass KT Leather branding stamp with a lighter at the workbench

Why KT?

Katie is the daughter of a dear friend and our former employee. We watched her grow up and we believe she has a bright future ahead of her — one that a university education can help make possible.

That's why 30% of every sale goes straight to her future. As we grow, we hope to do the same for other promising kids along the way.

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