Olaf, thank you for responding to my post! Great suggestion! I'll email Giuliano and see what he has. Thanks again!

: Hello Matthew,

: nice looking kind, I agree.
: What I would do? What I suggest...
: Send a nice mail to Giuliano from Bella Italia ( thealarm69 at
: yahoo dot com ) and ask if he's got leather like that.
: If he does.....you'll get a wonderful result. For less money, by
: the way, and even customized, like longer / shorter if you need.
: And ... no, he is not my cousin or such .... just a good fellow and
: does good work. :-)

: Should he not have this kind of leather .... there are some more
: great members here, like James and Stewart from the U.K., that
: make lovely and smooth leather straps too - so why buy too
: expensive if you can support fellow members here which do
: excellent handcraft work, is what I'm saying ;-)

: Good luck, and enjoy the watch-strap combo later ...
: Cheers,
: Olaf