Leather Types Explained: Full-Grain, Top-Grain, Bonded & Vegetable-Tanned
Full-grain, top-grain, vegetable-tanned, chrome-tanned, bonded — what these terms actually mean, how they differ, and what to look for when buying a leather bag.
Saffiano
So Many Types of Leather (Before You Even Get to Colour) — Leather4Craft, Newhaven
An open morning at a working leather studio in Newhaven — what a family-run business tucked into an industrial estate taught me about leather before I’d even picked up a needle.
Aspinal Reporter North South: Two Months In (A Hands-On Review)
The first review on this site built from actually carrying the bag, not researching it — two months with Aspinal’s tan saffiano crossbody, including the one pocket that doesn’t earn its place and what the zips feel like day to day.
Aspinal Slim Leather Briefcase: A Researched Review
A closer look at the briefcase this site recommends most often as the easiest all-round choice — materials, capacity, price, and what the saffiano-vs-pebble leather choice actually means.