OUR MATERIALS

Handcrafted from Full-grain Calf leather and milled to exude a buttery softness, each hide showcases all of the leather's natural grain and texture, making each Deadly Ponies’ piece a unique work of art. With a semi-aniline protective finish helping to maintain the integrity of the leather over time, our Calf Nappa is sourced from Leather Working Group gold-certified suppliers, ensuring the highest standards of quality and sustainability. Tanned in China using ethically sourced skins from New Zealand and America, Deadly Ponies’ leather is a by-product of the farming industry and free from Chrome VI, reflecting a commitment to responsible production and consumption.

Handcrafted from Top-grain Calf leather, our Heavy Grained Calf is embossed with a pronounced grain, this increases the strength and durability of the leather, whilst creating a uniform finish for our larger Voyage pieces. With a semi-aniline protective finish helping to maintain the integrity of the leather over time, our Heavy Grained Calf is sourced from Leather Working Group gold-certified suppliers, ensuring the highest standards of quality and sustainability. Tanned in China using ethically sourced skins from New Zealand and America, Deadly Ponies’ leather is a by-product of the farming industry and free from Chrome VI, reflecting a commitment to responsible production and consumption.

Deadly Ponies’ Bulle Lamb is a Full-grain merino lamb nappa, tanned in the South of France using New Zealand Merino Lamb skins that are ethically sourced from farms in the mountains of the South Island. Like its namesake, the French term for ‘bubble’, each hide is shrunken to accentuate the natural bubbly texture inherent in lambskin. Our NZ Merino Lamb is a by-product of the farming industry and uses the natural process of vegetable tanning, reflecting a commitment to responsible production and consumption. With a semi-aniline protective finish helping to maintain the integrity of the leather over time, our Bulle Lamb is sourced from Leather Working Group gold-certified suppliers, ensuring the highest standards of quality and sustainability. Lambskin is a durable leather, but with any softer leather, the surface can be delicate with regular wear. We recommend regular leather conditioning, and to avoid abrasive surfaces.

Crafted from grounded seashells, a byproduct of the seafood industry, our eco-neoprene is a natural Rubber, bonded on either side with nylon knit. It is an incredibly durable material, both sunlight and water-resistant.A soft, fine-grained Italian Lamb leather with a semi-aniline finish, tanned in Avellino, Italy. Semi-aniline is defined as leather that has been dyed in a drum and finished with a process that involves a light surface coating of pigment, for enhanced scratch, water and abrasion resistance. Despite this increased durability, with any softer leather the surface can be delicate with regular wear. We recommend regular leather conditioning, and to avoid abrasive surfaces.

Our Calf Suedes offer velvety softness without sacrificing durability. Farmed in the United States, Europe, and Oceania before being tanned with our supplier in Thailand. Our Supplier is certified by the Leather Working Group (LWG) and has achieved 100% physical traceability, meaning each hide can be physically traced back to its point of origin, ensuring a transparent supply chain, and responsible leather sourcing.

Handcrafted from roller-embossed Calf leather that recreates the natural scale pattern of exotic animal skin, each hide is hand painted and varnished to achieve a depth of colour and shine. In our commitment to sustainable and responsible sourcing, Deadly Ponies’ exotic leather boasts Chrome VI-free production methods and is tanned and finished in Italy by Leather Working Group gold-certified suppliers. Through our dedication to innovation and ethical practices - others may rely on exotic skins, we opt to recreate them, ensuring that luxury never comes at the expense of conscience.

Deadly Ponies’ Shearling is tanned in Valencia, Spain with a gold-certified Leather Working Group supplier, produced in a tannery running on self-produced solar and natural gas energy.
We utilise two types of shearling in our products; Spanish Merino Lamb for our short-hair styles, and Spanish Toscana Lamb, a breed originating from Tuscany, Italy, for our long-hair styles.
In our commitment to sustainable and responsible sourcing, our Shearlings are a by-product of the farming industry, free from Chrome VI production, and are manufactured with sustainable and renewable energy.