I emailed him at [email protected] several days ago and didn't get a reply. Does anyone know if this email address from his photobucket site is accurate or do I have an old address? Thanks in advance for your help.
Rob
Rob
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Walter / Smat Straps
- Thread starter RobbieG
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Thanks Enzo. I'll give it a few more days. Any experience with Dirk? His stuff looks nice too. What is nice about Walter is the huge selection of colors and styles though...
Rob
Rob
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smat rocks, e-mail him again. here is one he custom made for me. his sewn in buckels aren't much. buy the strap without it. i cut it off and put davidsen's on it now. he didn't take his money from pay-pal until i received the strap and i told him i liked it. he was very concerned that i was happy with it. the leather is some of the best i have seen.
photo bucket
http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/pam2pam/
photo bucket
http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c388/pam2pam/
Dirk is first rate!
If I am not mistaken, Dirk made straps for Panerai in the early (preV?) days. He only accepts wire transfer and charges a bit for shipping. So what most people do (and Dirk advises) is you order 5-6 straps at least, keep what you want, and sell the rest. You can always find Dirk's on sale at the accessory corner on Paneristi. If you order from him, they come out to about $160 or so each with wire and shipping costs.
If you want a leather strap to go diving with, Dirk's sea water proof (SWP) straps are unquestionably the best. His buckles are also probably the best out there.
If I had to list my favorite strap makers, they'd be the following (not necessarily in order):
- Greg Stevens
- Bob "Ammo" straps
- Strap Works
- MF
- Dirk
- Older Mario Paci's
In terms of value, Bob, SMAT, Don and Paw Markers are very good.
Personally, I like
- anything that uses thick leather with no padding in between the two (or even one!) layers of leather
- plain keepers (no groove line near edges)
- nice buckles with thin, straight (spear style) tongue and no no tongue groove in buckle
RobbieG said:
If I am not mistaken, Dirk made straps for Panerai in the early (preV?) days. He only accepts wire transfer and charges a bit for shipping. So what most people do (and Dirk advises) is you order 5-6 straps at least, keep what you want, and sell the rest. You can always find Dirk's on sale at the accessory corner on Paneristi. If you order from him, they come out to about $160 or so each with wire and shipping costs.
If you want a leather strap to go diving with, Dirk's sea water proof (SWP) straps are unquestionably the best. His buckles are also probably the best out there.
If I had to list my favorite strap makers, they'd be the following (not necessarily in order):
- Greg Stevens
- Bob "Ammo" straps
- Strap Works
- MF
- Dirk
- Older Mario Paci's
In terms of value, Bob, SMAT, Don and Paw Markers are very good.
Personally, I like
- anything that uses thick leather with no padding in between the two (or even one!) layers of leather
- plain keepers (no groove line near edges)
- nice buckles with thin, straight (spear style) tongue and no no tongue groove in buckle