Journal

Why We Use Vegetable-Tanned Leather

By the time we start stitching a bag, the leather has already made a number of decisions for us. Its firmness affects the shape. Its thickness changes the weight. Its surface determines how wear wi...

How Leather Develops a Patina

Patina is one of those words that gets used so often in leather descriptions that it can lose it's meaning. The actual definition (as it pertains to leather) is:   patina /pəˈtēnə/ : a surface appe...

What is Vegetable Tanned Leather?

A new leather bag looks great. With a clean surface and crisp edges, it hasn't experienced life yet. We are more interested in what comes next. But first..... What is vegetable tanned leather? Vege...

Full-Grain Leather vs. Genuine Leather

Leather terminology can be confusing. “Genuine leather” sounds reassuring. “Full-grain” sounds technical. Yet the difference between them can tell you a lot about the quality of a bag and how it'l...