How It's Made

There are faster ways to make a bag. We are not interested in any of them.

The leather

We begin with full-grain vegetable-tanned hides from a family tannery we have worked with for years. Vegetable tanning takes weeks, not hours. It uses no chrome and no shortcuts, and it leaves a leather that breathes, ages and lasts.

The making

Each bag is cut, stitched and finished by hand by a small number of craftspeople. The stitching is double. The edges are burnished by hand. Nothing is glued where it should be sewn.

The number

When a bag is finished, it is stamped inside with its number, one of a fixed and final run. That number is recorded to you and never reissued. It is the difference between owning a product and owning an object.

Time

Skill cannot be hurried and time cannot be faked. A bag made this way takes as long as it takes. We think that is exactly the point.