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This luxurious/rugged and well built IPAD case will protect your IPAD in style. Or you can use it as a folio to carry your necessities . Luxurious enough for use at the office, and rugged enough for use on the trail.
Made of beautiful - rugged 5/6 oz. Premium veg tan leather (which will break in beautifully) ; it will develop a wonderful natural patina over time as only full grain veg tan leather can do. (Gets better with age)
***I make these cases ONE BY ONE as orders are received***
***Please allow up to 7 days for construction***
(See Below for "How I Make This Case")
The case shown is hand stained in Antique Brown, (in 5/6 oz veg tan leather) . it is stitched by hand using the best waxed thread I can find, and assembled in my shop in Illinois.
Has a leather wrap around closure that doesn't get in the way of the good looks of the leather. Please NOTE: The lace shown in the picture may vary in color from the actual lace used in your case depending on what shade of brown is available at the time.
The outside of the case measures approx. 10.75 inches from side to side and 8 inches top to bottom. This type of leather is NOT stretchy.... I make these cases with a little 'wiggle' room in case you want to keep your ipad in a plastic sleeve)
COLOR CHOICES
Antique Brown (Shown) and Natural undyed leather.
********************FREE Hand Stamped Initials******************
As my way of saying THANK YOU for your purchase, I will gladly hand stamp up to 3 initials on the front flap of the case. (Please note: there are NO dots between letters)
I stamp them in a half inch or quarter inch OPEN FACE helvetica style font.
Just let me know the three initials in the instructions to seller and if you want LARGER (Half inch) or the SMALLER quarter inch font. If you don't specify, I'll use the HALF inch.
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SHIPPING:
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DOMESTIC ORDERS: This case ships USPS priority mail with delivery confirmation.
INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: Ships USPS first class mail. No delivery confirmation is available on international orders. If you prefer to ship it usps express international to get it faster, please contact me before you purchase, and I will figure the additional shipping cost.
Please see my POLICIES page for more info.
thank you for looking.
*****HOW I MAKE THIS CASE in ANTIQUE BROWN*****
Making this case requires quite a bit of prep time, plus one whole day for finish. Using the process I do renders a beautiful GLOW to the leather not achievable any other way. Here's what I do.
1: I cut the leather from a side of (expensive) Premium veg tan.
I edge the leather using a special tool called an "edger". (imagine that)
I dampen the leather and stamp on your initials on the front flap(Or wherever you want them) and stamp my makers mark on the back out of the way.
I poke the stitch holes using a 4 prong diamond awl and a divider.
I apply a very WET first coat of a special stain mixture.
I let the first coat DRY overnight as the leather is pretty much saturated at this point.
2: I apply four to five LIGHT washes of a leather dye and let that dry a couple of hours. When dry I apply 4 to 5 light WASHES of a darker dye. I then let everything dry overnight.
3: If necessary, I add another light coat of yesterdays dye...if not, I apply 2 light washes of an antiquing stain and let that dry for at least 3 hours.
If I'm satisfied with the overall color, I'm ready to oil the leather with a light coat of neatsfoot, and let it soak in overnight.
4: If everything looks satisfactory, I'll apply 1 light coat of an old finish formula that dates back many decades. This renders a mellow sheen to the leather and a protective coat.
5: I stitch up the case with waxed thread, buff it, and lightly stain the edges.
the case is prepared for shipping.
Have any questions?
Contact the shop owner.
