Toa Payoh Leather Goods Shop, Wallets From S$89: Tauruscamp

Tauruscamp is a small leather goods shop and workshop on the fifth floor of an industrial building at 998 Toa Payoh North, #05-09, Singapore 318993. The studio is open Monday to Saturday, 11am to 5:30pm, and closed on Sundays. It is family-run, it makes most of its wallets and belts after you order them, and its prices start low: a shell cordovan keychain costs S$20, and a Finch billfold in shell cordovan is S$408.

The brand's About page is short and direct. It describes Tauruscamp as a small Singapore brand with no assembly line, no warehouse and no outsourced labour, family-run and handcrafted one piece at a time. The company behind it is registered as Tauruscamp Design Pte. Ltd. The founders do not put their names or a founding year on the site, so this guide does not either.

What the site does say is that the team uses full-grain, vegetable-tanned Italian leather, and the line it repeats about that leather is that it does not wear out, it wears in. That is the honest pitch here. Nothing in the studio is meant to look perfect forever: the leather darkens and softens with use, and the brand runs a Patina Gallery page in 2026 to show how pieces age in customers' hands.

This is not a mall shop. The address is a unit in an industrial building in Toa Payoh North, so expect a workshop doorway in a corridor rather than a shopfront. The site calls it a studio and publishes opening hours in the footer of every page, alongside a phone number, WhatsApp and the email contact@tauruscamp.com.

Because most pieces are made to order, the studio will not have every colour and size sitting on a shelf. Send a WhatsApp message a day before you go with the products you want to handle, so the team can set aside samples. Saturday is the only weekend day it opens, and the 5:30pm close comes early, so a weekday visit around lunchtime gives you the most time.

Shell cordovan, a dense leather cut from horsehide, is the material that sets this maker apart. On the official site, the Colibri single-piece card wallet in shell cordovan is S$230, and the Finch billfold wallet in shell cordovan is S$408. A shell cordovan keychain costs just S$20, which makes it a cheap way to see how the leather polishes up before committing to a wallet.

In standard leather, the Grain Mini card wallet is S$89, and the Colibri wallet with an AirTag holder is also S$89. Belts are hand-finished too: the Oakrage belt is S$250, and the Daybreak and Nightcraft belts are S$230 each. Several wallets carried sale prices on the site in October 2026, including the regular Finch billfold, listed from S$188, and the Quicknote book at S$54, down from S$60.

Personalisation is part of the deal. The About page says that if you want thread colour, a monogram or a specific finish, the team will talk it through with you, and that is easier in person with the swatches in front of you. No separate monogram price is published, so agree the total before work starts. Keep the design simple for a gift, two initials on the inside rather than the outside.

For a smaller present, the site lists a personalised leather AirTag case at S$15, a squid chain key holder at S$65 and a Pouchain keychain and coin pouch with a titanium ring at S$40. These are good picks when you are buying several gifts at once. Skip the AirPods case unless you are sure of the model, because it is cut for specific AirPods versions.

Choose this studio if you want to meet the people who make your wallet, and if you are happy to wait for a made-to-order piece. Skip it if you need a bag today or want a brand name that strangers will recognise. For that, Braun Büffel at NEX in Serangoon or the boutiques on Orchard Road stock ready-made wallets you can take home on the spot, and they open into the evening.

Tauruscamp also sells online and offers free international shipping on orders above S$250, which is useful if you visit, choose a design and then want it sent home after your trip. The brand's blog had new posts in April and June 2026, and the homepage says the studio sometimes takes a stall at local crafters' markets, so follow the site for pop-up dates if Toa Payoh is out of your way.

Toa Payoh is one of Singapore's oldest public housing towns, and it is worth an hour after your visit. Head south into the town centre to find the Toa Payoh dragon playground, a terrazzo dragon with a tiled body and metal ring tail that has become an icon of the estate's early years. It sits among the housing blocks rather than in a park, which is part of its charm.

Nearby, Toa Payoh Town Park has a lake, footbridges and an old lookout tower that gives a modest view over the estate. The HDB Hub, the Housing and Development Board's headquarters, stands beside Toa Payoh MRT, and the hawker centres around the town centre are a good stop for a late lunch. All of this is free, and none of it needs a booking.

Tauruscamp studio, 998 Toa Payoh North, #05-09, Singapore 318993. Open Monday to Saturday, 11am to 5:30pm, closed Sunday. Braddell and Caldecott are the MRT stations closest to the Toa Payoh North industrial area, and buses run along Toa Payoh North itself. Take the lift to the fifth floor and look for unit 09.

Prices in this guide are from tauruscamp.com in October 2026, with sale prices marked as such. Plan 30 minutes to handle samples and talk through a monogram. After that, ask the Karpo APP to find a hawker centre or kopitiam near Toa Payoh Central, then walk the dragon playground on your way back to the train.