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Hair-on hide bags are cut from cowhide with the hair left on, then trimmed in smooth full grain leather. No two hides carry the same pattern, so no two bags match. Hand stitched, with initials pressed free on the leather trim and 30-day returns.
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The Kendal
The Mabel
The Marlow
The Ludlow
The Ely
The Kendal
The MabelHair-on hide is leather tanned with the short hair still on the outer surface, so the bag shows the animal's natural coat. The hide underneath is strong, and the hair is short and dense, which keeps it from shedding in normal use. The handles, straps, edges and closures are smooth full grain leather, so the parts you touch most are the hardest wearing.
We cut each panel from a different part of a different hide, so the bag you receive will not match the photograph exactly. Spots, stripes and color patches fall where they fall. For a pattern that is mostly one color, choose the darkest hide; for the strongest contrast, choose black and white.
A hair-on bag is a statement piece: it is the bag people ask about. Many people pair it with a plain full grain leather bag for every day. If you want softness without pattern, see our suede bags.
Initials are pressed free on the smooth leather tab, since hair does not take a press. Bags leave the workshop in 3 to 5 working days, plus one with a monogram. Stitching is covered for life and hardware for five years, and any bag can come back within 30 days.
Yes. It is cowhide tanned with the short hair left on the surface, trimmed in smooth full grain leather on the handles, straps and edges.
Close, but never identical. Each panel is cut from a different hide, so spots and patches fall differently on every bag.
Very little. The hair is short and dense and stays in normal use. Brush it gently in the direction it lies to keep it neat.
Keep it dry where you can. If it does get wet, blot it and let it dry naturally away from heat, then brush with the hair.
On the smooth leather tab, pressed free in gold foil, silver foil or a blind press.
The outer layer of the hide with nothing sanded off or sprayed on. Panels are cut around weak spots, never across them.
What full grain meansStitching covered for life; hardware covered for five years. We repair rather than replace.
The warrantyAny bag can come back within 30 days, unused, including one with your initials on it.
Returns and exchangesEvery bag is cut, stitched and finished by the same small team. Nothing here is bought in and relabeled.
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