• Köpenicker #002 prototype clutch in natural skin leather with copper button and adjustable shoulder strap on stone surface.
  • Köpenicker #002 prototype clutch in natural skin, open with visible card slots and brass hardware on dark surface.
  • Köpenicker #002 prototype clutch in natural skin with brass hardware and soft horse shoulder leather strap.
  • Köpenicker #002 prototype clutch in natural shell cordovan leather with brass hardware and adjustable soft shoulder strap.
  • Köpenicker #002 prototype natural skin leather clutch with shoulder strap and brass hardware on dark fabric background
  • Köpenicker #002 prototype natural skin leather clutch with shoulder strap and copper button in soft light.
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Köpenicker #002 (protoype, natural skin)

Köpenicker #002 (protoype, natural skin)

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Culatta / shell cordovan split leather clutch with a shoulder strap.

This is the second prototype of my purse design. It is a bit over-engineered and has a lot of card slots.

  • 6 card slots plus a full length section for cash and papers.
  • ~20×10×2 centimeters
  • A shorter flap than the final version.
  • Additional rivet near the button.
  • All brass hardware, with a copper button.
  • Soft horse shoulder adjustable shoulder strap (no pun intended!)
  • Hand-stitched with a saddle stitch, as all of my items.

This leather is very particular, it's cut from a deeper layer of the horse's butt. So some parts of it are soft and flexible and some have the natural shell coating, that feels like a glaze.

You can also get this clutch in dirty white, brown bark skin and black. And each of them feels very different.

Please note, that samples and protoypes on sale may have small imperfections and store the history of my design process. All samples are sold at a discount.

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Quality is a journey

Hand-stitched

Saddle stitch is the strongest seam that can't be replicated by a sewing machine... for sure it's an overkill.

Still the quality comes not from its toughness, but from the process and the journey. First through my hands and then in your own adventures.

My principles and choices

Avant-garde leather

Horse culatta

I'm mesmerized by horse culatta with shell cordovan traces and wrinkles.

It arrives with waxy residue and matte texture to be polished by your hands and develop a smooth shine.

What is horse culatta?

Heritage leathercraft

Made to last

Vegetable tanned full-grain leather is a very particular material. It won't stay brand new and perfect like a heavily coated chrome tanned leather.

Instead it develops character and patina, and this is how it can survive much longer, through changes.

The complete leather guide

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