Product Care
FINE LEATHER & CANVAS BAGS DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH CARE.
HERE’S HOW TO PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT PIECE IN FIVE EASY STEPS
Leather bags and products are organic artefacts, and as lustrous as your new purchases may be, they will, when left to their own devices, become desiccated and dull. That is why maintenance of your leather bags and other small accoutrements is so crucial, if you want to enjoy them for as long as possible. Here’s how you should know if you want to take proper care of your specific leather carrier.
KNOW YOUR SKINS & FABRICS
- Most leather bags are vegetable-tanned with tannin. Keep away from direct contact with water wherever possible.
- Chrome-tanned skins are more water-resistant, and are referred to in trade-speak as “wet blue” for their steel-gray tinge.
- Full-grain is premium-grade hide that has not been buffed, to showcase the skin’s natural “grain” or texture.
- Top-grain: less dear on your wallet, this is thinner and has had its natural grain “corrected’ by sanding away scars.
- Coveted exotics from non-cattle skin and patent leather, with its high gloss achieved by oils and resin, are just two other examples of the other finishes and leather types available on the market today
Leather is animal hide, usually sourced from cattle, that has been tanned to make it flexible and durable. The color in leather, such as that of these document holders, typically involves an aniline-dye, which saturates the skin in pigment while retaining its beautiful natural grain.