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Manufactum travel bag

Manufactum
Manufactum travel bag
    839,00 €all prices incl. VAT., excl. shipping costs
    In stock, Delivery in 4-5 days

    General Information

    The articles of our Manufactum leather collection we have all made from tanned cowhide, which comes from cattle from southern Germany. The leather of this travel bag is an exception: it is additionally rolled, and this for a particularly long time. This makes it "buttery soft" and the natural fulling grain is clearly visible in the grain pattern. Needless to say, with such a leather the careful processing to the last detail is just appropriate enough.

    Additionally tumbled and especially soft: travel bag made out of cowhide.

    The leather of this bag was tumbled particularly long to give it its softness and the scars in the clearly visible pebbled grain. The seams of the bag are welted, thus keeping its shape. It is lined with a durable, plaid cotton fabric and has an inside pocket with brass zipper. The leather handles are lined with a continuous cotton wick cord cleanly sewn to the sides of the pocket crosswise and additionally secured with a brass rivet. An inlay of reinforced leather fiber characterizes the bottom. Thanks to the large opening – the zipper can be pulled down along the sides – the bag can be easily packed.

    Handicraft with the Utmost Care. The Manufactum Leather Collection.

    When it comes to our leather collection, you might recognise a sense of and attention to detail: from selecting the leather to setting the last seam. We have our small leather goods made unlined; therefore, they display the back of the leather, and you find all typical natural irregularities “honestly” recognisable. Plus, they come raw-edged. Originating from German cattle, mainly from southern German regions, the hides get their vegetable tanning in Germany – in slowly rotating oak barrels in a tanning broth with vegetable ingredients. Every addition has its specific effect on the tanned leather: mimosa, the bark tanning agent deriving from the black acacia, and quebracho wood provide suppleness, and the tanning agents of the sweet chestnut contribute to the leather’s beautiful reddish hue. Additionally, you find many articles available imbued in black.

    Drumming for Flexibility. Greasing with Cod Oil and Birch Bark Tar.

    The finishing, i.e. what subsequently happens to the leather that has become tanned in the barrel, makes a big difference to everything common today. To get rid of the brittleness typical for a 1.5-2 mm thick leather after tanning, you have to “soak” and grease it, a process resulting in supple and durable leathers. Since the middle of the 19th century, the ingredient of choice for greasing leather was animal tallow, the so-called tanner’s fat or “dégras”. Not to mention today’s inferior processes, we go back a stage further and resort to the means to which, according to connoisseurs, the legendary old Russia leather owes its reputation: fish oil and wood tar. In the rotating barrel, the ancient fatting agents cod oil and birch bark tar give the leather a lasting suppleness that will come to perfection over time, while the birch bark tar naturally impregnates the leather.

    Product Information

    Article Number 76878

      Cowhide, vegetable tanned. Lining 100% cotton, plaid. Brass RiRi zippers.

      Width 55 x height 38,5 x depth 25 cm. Weight 1,8 kg.

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