DAY 1

DAY 1 DAY 200 I MISSED A MONTHLY CHECK IN. THAT'S UH, DAY ONE ON THE LEFT AND I'M GONNA THINK SOMEWHERE AROUND DAY 200 ON THE RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. DAY ONE. UH, SLIGHTLY ROUGH MATTE FINISH, LIGHT COLOUR. I'M NOT SURE CAN PICK THIS BUT THE TEXTURE OF THIS LEATHER HAS A SLIGHTLY ROUGH, ALMOST SUEDE FEEL TO IT. OKAY. THIS IS ITALIAN PUEBLO FULL GRAIN LEATHER. AND ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FULL GRAIN, VEGETABLE TANNED COWHIDE LEATHER IS THAT IT AGES AND GAINS PATINA IN A FAIRLY DRAMATIC WAY. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME WALLET, EXACT SAME LEATHER. AFTER ABOUT 200 DAYS OF USE, THE OUTSIDE HAS GAINED A LOT OF SHEEN. IT'S DARKENED, IT'S SOFTENED. THE OILS FROM KIND OF CONDITIONED IT IN A WAY. ON THE UNDERSIDE YOU CAN SEE CARD ACTUALLY IN THE BILL SLEEVE RIGHT HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CARD HAS LEFT ITS MARK ON THE INSIDE LEFT THEIR MARK ON THE OTHER SIDE. UH, ONE THING THAT'S KIND OF IS I SAT IN A TREE ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO AND SCRATCHED THE THIS SIDE OF THE WALLET. UM, AND IT'S ACTUALLY HEALED QUITE A BIT. NOT SWEATING IT AT ALL IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO THESE MARKS WILL BE GONE. UM, BUT THIS IS A WALLET. THIS ON EVERY PATINA REVIEW. THIS IS A WALLET THAT I ABSOLUTELY BEAT THE HELL OUT OF. UM, I DO NOT TREAT THIS WALLET CAREFULLY. I TOSS IT AROUND. I KEEP IT IN MY POCKET WHEN I CLIMB TREES. IT'S, UH, LOT OF ABUSE. ABOUT FULL GRAIN VEG TAN LEATHER IS IT'S LIKE SKIN. IT SHOWS THE JOURNEY, IT SHOWS YOUR LIFE. AND, UH, NO TWO WALLETS WILL AGE THE SAME. AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF FULL GRAIN VEG TAN COWHIDE LEATHER IS NO TWO WALLETS WILL AGE THE SAME WAY. THEY AGE DEPENDING ON THE OWNER. PRETTY COOL. SO DAY ONE VERSUS DAY 200.