Leather Neck n' Wrist Strap + Your Name on It

Some of the serious compacts are sold with free neck or wrist neck. In Hong Kong, the LX3 comes with a nice, free leather (feels like deerskin) neck strap. For the G10, you get a decent leather neck strap for an additional minimal payment. The GRD has a primitive nylon neck strap which I think doesn’t quite match the camera for its class. As regards my GX200, I use a neck strap which I detached from an old lens case. I think a neck strap is a good idea for serious compact users.

The Artist and Artisan’s leather cases and straps are well known among compact users. But I have just discovered a handmade alternative by a Taiwan manufacturer, Chad Leather Craft (CLC).

CLC’s design allows the neck strap (blue, brown, dark brown or red in colour) to be partly detached to form a wrist strap. Customers enjoy English words etching service on the strap for free for ten alphabets (not “words” as translated by Google). Blogger Noodle has a nice photo illustration of how her detachable neck n’ wrist strap with her name on looks like:

As revealed by another user, Kay, the tack and thread can be changed to match the colour of the strap. But you have to discuss the possibility of your choice with the manufacturer.

In case you wonder the length of the neck strap and how it looks like, Kay has modelled with hers (the wrist strap is handbag-like but the last photo shows another design):

CLC also offers leather camera cases for sale. In case you are interested, go here to check out the details. If I am not mistaken, the yuan (dollars) refers to Taiwan dollars.

(Published with courtesy and copyrighted photos of Noodle and Kay. I have no personal or commercial connection with CLC. This is just to offer information for fellow readers. Buyers should be responsible for any purchase they make with CLC)

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