Community Rallies Behind Drag Star Honey Davenport After International Mr Leather Win

Since winning the International Mr Leather Competition last week, Drag Race alumni Honey Davenport has faced plenty of criticism for his win. While many poured out their love and support ...

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Australian Leather Competition Crowns 2026 Titleholders

The national Australian Leather Competition held their annual titleholder competition overnight in Sydney. After a tough night of competition a new titleholder for Mr Australian Leather emerged. Meanwhile two 2025 ...

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Meet The Polyamorous Bookbinder Bringing His “Flehr” To The Ancestral Craft

Robert Flehr is many things. Among them, a bookbinder, leatherworker, paper marbler, calligrapher, plant daddy, herbalist, amateur bodybuilder, former contemporary dancer, collector of amber, and father to two delightful rescue ...

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How to clean and maintain your leather couch

Leather couches are a luxurious addition to any home, bringing a natural and grounding element to a space. Because its a natural material, it can incur wear and tear with use, like stains, cracking and sun damage. It may feel like a challenge to clean and maintain leather furniture, but with our simple guide, you’ll [...]

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Pillion: This Gay BDSM Film Starring Alexander Skarsgård Is Bold, Bleak & Beautiful

After months of anticipation and plenty of hype, gay BDSM film Pillion has hit cinemas around the world. With much hype for the performances — and the intense sex scenes ...

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Hunter December 2024 | Bootblack’s Eye View

It was a slower night tonight. From talking to a lot of the crowed a lot of peope were having to do christmas work parties before they came, and others wanted to do rubber underground before they came. My chair was also a little less buisy than normal, with only 5 Johns. this was a good thing because it meant i got to have more fun. it felt nice to chill and talk with people after doing thier…

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LFW Hunter 2024 | Bootblacks Eye View

Wow. In contrast to my last hunter, this was an insanely busy night. I had a rolling que and, unfortunately, had to leave before I could work on a lot of guys. This being a special hunter for London fetish week it was a Thursday, and alas the train back to where I live stopped annoyingly early. There was even more salt in the wound because a lot of guys in my chair were very flirty, and I wished…

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Treating a bad case of mould

Treating mould on leather can be tough if you don’t catch it early enough. Unfortunately, one of my own shirts had succumbed to it. It’s been a little too small for me the past year, so it’s sat in storage and unfortunately damp got in. I tried an initial clean, hoping it hadn’t penetrated the surface. However, it quickly came back. This meant the mould spores had got into…

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Holly King Outfit

With the London gear social rolling around, I wanted to do something special. It’s an idea that’s been rolling around in my head for a little while now, and I’m glad I was able to pull the outfit together so easily. The fur came from my local haberdashery and I cut it into strips and held it to my boots and the cuffs of my sleeves using hair bobby pins. The final touch was using…

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Gear social, Sep ’23 | Bootblack’s Eye View

Tonight had a theme of firsts. For starters, I got to work on my first ever pair of pony play boots. They were a lovely piece of kit and I was overjoyed to be working on something unique. The second was my first ever pair of cowboy boots (guess which one of the johns in the gallery was wearing them). Cowboy boots make me nervous because they do often end up more complicated to bootblack than most…

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Leather social Aug 23 | Bootblack’s Eye View

This was a fin shift. I worked pretty solidly from 4pm to 8pm and it just flew buy. There is a refrain amongst a lot of bootblack titleholders that bootblacks are the story keepers of the leather community, and I really felt that this shift. So many of these people told me many interesting stories about their boots and gear, and we got to share conversations about their lives and interests.

May Gear Social | bootblack’s eye view

So I have taken a bit of a break from bootblacking in the last 2 months. I find this is helpful to do from time to time. It is a lot of work and because I do it mostly at social events, and It’s nice to be able to actually go to just socialize for a while. It’s been interesting as I definitely find my ability to tolerate the loud environments goes down without the focus bootblacking…

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Leather Social | Bootblack’s Eye View, February 23

So it’s February and I had fun doing not just boots but also trainers. Seems tonight a lot of people were going for a more informal combo of leathers and cottons that included a lot of trainers with leather jeans. People seemed to be under the impression I would somehow be offended if I was asked to do trainers. Personally, I have been wanting to break out the polishes and creams in colours…

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Gear social | Bootblacks Eye View, January 23

Tonight was fun. I finally got back to doing bootblacking after a little break over the past 2 months and oh my word it’s good to be back. It felt fun again and i very much was able to manage time to socialise too. Although, the gear social finally hit capacity this month, and we had to go to one-in-one-out on the door. I also had the most adorable guest in my chair. This adorable dog named…

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