About

David started Totemsleather products in 1970 in Margate, KZN selling Out of his Combi ( which was his home ) at beaches and spots on the side of the roads. The first retail store, The Little Leather Shop, opened in Beach Road off  Marine Drive in Margate in 1972. A second location was added at Shelly Centre in Shelly Beach in 1983 where it remains today. Manufacturing has been based in Ramsgate with all fine quality goods being hand crafted from locally sourced leather. 

Valued clients have included Lee jeans, Chaps Jeans, Soviet Jeans, Game reserves and Retailers throughout South Africa, various  customers in Germany and Warner Bros for the Oscar nominated film Blood Diamond with Leonardo DeCaprio.