The Inside Scoop

Why your teapot is the best designed item in your home

Its design is so perfect, you won’t even notice it  “Well, that’s about as useful as a chocolate teapot!”  We’ve all heard that phrase before. And while a chocolate teapot certainly would be a ...

How To Give Your Leather Accessories A Little Love

We want your Snakehive leather accessories to be a bit like George Clooney; ruggedly handsome, entirely unique, and ageing ridiculously well. But they do need some TLC to keep them well-maintained ...

7 steps to spotting superb leather

Think you could tell the difference between premium quality leather and a less authentic hide or even faux leather? These days, “genuine leather” labels include poor quality, mass-produced leather ...

Nubuck vs Suede: What's the Difference?

If you’ve ever touched nubuck, you might have thought that it felt just like suede. It even looks like suede, so why isn’t it simply suede? At Snakehive, we use top quality nubuck to craft our Vint...