Hatch grain shell cordovan bifold
Hey everyone,
I’m a leathercrafter based in Brisbane, Australia, and just finished this vertical bifold with a pretty warm all-Italian leather combo. Well, actually I made it for fun a bit ago and then realized I never posted it! Woops.
The exterior is Metta Catharina, a hatch-grain shell cordovan from Shell Cordovan Toscana Italia. It has that embossing representative of traditional Russian-inspired hatch texture, with a red-brown colour that has a lot of depth and variation depending on the light.
For the interior I used Gaucho Oil in Iroko Bourbon from Conceria La Bretagne in Tuscany. It has a glossy pull-up finish with a bit more consistency, and I thought the brighter bourbon colour paired really nicely with the shell exterior.
This bifold layout has two vertical card pockets, one horizontal card slot, and two hidden pockets behind the card panels. It should hold around 6–8 cards plus some cash folded once, with a bit more room as it breaks in.
Everything is hand-cut, saddle-stitched, heat creased, bevelled, and burnished, live, by me, in my flat in Brisbane. It’s stitched with Vinymo MBT #8 in medium brown (Toast) to keep the whole colour palette warm.
Price:
$215 USD including shipping to US, UK, CA, and NZ via PayPal or Venmo friends/family
$280 AUD shipped domestically via BSB or PayID
Thanks for looking!