Full-grain, vegetable-tanned leather, hand-stitched with a saddle stitch. A piece you'll wear in as your own over the years — with a patina it gets only from you.
Every piece is made to measure. Hover a panel to see the leather, the stitch and the hardware.
From choosing the hide to the last pull of thread, we do everything by hand, at one bench. That's why it outlasts you.
We take only full-grain, vegetable-tanned leather from trusted tanneries. We read every hide — creases and pores stay, they belong to it.
We cut the parts by hand from paper patterns. One hide yields only as many pieces as its quality allows.
We stitch with two needles and one thread. If it snaps anywhere, the seam still holds — that's why the saddle stitch has lasted for centuries.
We smooth the edges with wax and a wooden slicker until they shine like polished wood. No extra dye, just leather.
Vegetable-tanned leather darkens and gains depth over time — from sunlight, touch and the oils of your own skin. In a few years every piece looks unlike any other. It looks like yours.
I don't make things you throw away. I make the ones you pass on.
I've been stitching leather for over fifteen years. First for myself, then for friends, today for people who want one good piece instead of ten average ones. Each carries my initials and yours.
founder of the PATINA atelier