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Custom long wallet held open, Buttero Gray and green interior, Horween Dark Green shell cordovan

How a Custom Wallet Comes Together: From a Sket...

How does a custom wallet begin? This article follows the making of one custom long wallet, from the customer's first sketch through layout planning, leather selection, and the finished piece.

How a Custom Wallet Comes Together: From a Sket...

How does a custom wallet begin? This article follows the making of one custom long wallet, from the customer's first sketch through layout planning, leather selection, and the finished piece.

black Shinki Hikaku and Horween shell cordovan rolled side by side, uniform gloss versus oil bloom

Shinki Hikaku vs Horween — Two Characters of Shell

Shinki Hikaku and Horween shell cordovan aren't rivals — they're two different characters. Notes from a maker who has hand-stitched both for over a decade: surface, feel, and how each...

Shinki Hikaku vs Horween — Two Characters of Shell

Shinki Hikaku and Horween shell cordovan aren't rivals — they're two different characters. Notes from a maker who has hand-stitched both for over a decade: surface, feel, and how each...

Black Horween bifold and navy Shinki Hikaku money clip on a wood table, ten years aged

Ten Years In — A Black Horween Bifold and a Nav...

Two pieces back from the same owner, ten years on — a black Horween bifold and a navy Shinki Hikaku money clip, and how each shell cordovan aged in its...

Ten Years In — A Black Horween Bifold and a Nav...

Two pieces back from the same owner, ten years on — a black Horween bifold and a navy Shinki Hikaku money clip, and how each shell cordovan aged in its...

5–6 Years In — Shinki Hikaku Shell Cordovan

5–6 Years In — Shinki Hikaku Shell Cordovan

Two black Shinki Hikaku Shell Cordovan bifolds, one from 2016 and one from 2018. Five and six years of daily use, and how the shell and the Buttero lining have...

5–6 Years In — Shinki Hikaku Shell Cordovan

Two black Shinki Hikaku Shell Cordovan bifolds, one from 2016 and one from 2018. Five and six years of daily use, and how the shell and the Buttero lining have...

Horween and Shinki Hikaku Shell Cordovan side by side after eight years — contrast in sheen and surface

Eight Years In — Horween and Shinki Hikaku Shel...

A Horween money clip and a Shinki Hikaku card wallet in burgundy, eight years on. How each shell cordovan aged in its own direction — and a fresh hand-stitch to...

Eight Years In — Horween and Shinki Hikaku Shel...

A Horween money clip and a Shinki Hikaku card wallet in burgundy, eight years on. How each shell cordovan aged in its own direction — and a fresh hand-stitch to...

Leather & Colors

Leather & Colors

Leather and thread options. A reference for your custom order. Shell CordovanShell cordovan is made from the fibrous layer beneath a horse's hindquarters. Each hide produces two small shells, which...

Leather & Colors

Leather and thread options. A reference for your custom order. Shell CordovanShell cordovan is made from the fibrous layer beneath a horse's hindquarters. Each hide produces two small shells, which...