• Köpenicker #003 brown bark leather clutch with copper snap and adjustable strap on dark background.
  • Köpenicker #003 brown bark leather clutch with adjustable strap and brass hardware open on dark textured surface.
  • Köpenicker #003 brown bark leather clutch with brass hardware and adjustable strap on dark textured background.
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Köpenicker #003 (brown bark)

Köpenicker #003 (brown bark)

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

This is one of the very first Köpenicker purses I've made, once I figured out the proportions I like.

Here I've used brass hardware with a solid copper snap button. Plus it comes with an adjustable leather strap or a brass chain.

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.


This is the previous design iteration of my favorite crossbody purse.

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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