Week In Review ~ 12 October. A new GORUCK bag is born (or rather set loose to charge forth and take no prisoners), a fledgling brand gets ready to leave the nest with a work/weekend adventure collection, and we scope out some tasty carry for your Apple gadgets.
Plus Black Diamond launches into song with winter’s approach and Tailfeather struts its stuff with an eye-catching business piece… A new brand of men’s carry gets ready to take flight Founded in 2013, Jbird Collective is a young brand keen to stretch its wings and judging by the Kickstarter campaign for its Resin Collection and associated accessories the maiden flight is going to be successful. The Resin Collection includes three pieces, the TechPack backpack, the Bloke briefcase and the Kilo carryall which can attach to the pack and briefcase. Each piece features ruggedly refined aesthetics and is constructed from waxed canvas and full grain leather with 1000d Cordura lining and military grade hardware. Barrett Alley Reuben Wallet.
During the Carryology shop visit with Barrett last year, I was extremely interested in the wide range of his handmade pieces of artwork.
Most of all, I was enamored with the triad combination of his expert and meticulous handmade process, the buttery US vegetable tanned leathers, and the antique liner fabrics (from Japan, France and the US). The wallet that initially jumped out at me was the Disciple wallet, in russet leather. The construction and closure method was super clever…however, it hit only 2 of my 3 favorite aspects, missing the crazy interesting interior lining. I immediately asked Barrett about adding some of this beautiful fabric lining into the Disciple. Nope. Fast forward, Saturday October 5th, Barrett Alley just released the Reuben wallet. Barrett was generous enough to send out one of his first Reuben wallet creations, still hot off of the presses workbench. Kestrel 15" - TAILFEATHER. Slender Wallets That Won't Uglify Your Skinny Jeans.
“To be honest, I’ve not been using a 'real wallet’ for a long time,” Chieh Ting Huang tells Co.Design.
In order to circumvent the unwieldy--and largely unnecessary--bulk of traditional billfolds, the London-based designer took to toting around a thin, plastic travel-card holder stuffed with bills and credit cards, but the flimsy thing couldn’t handle the strain (and as I’ve actually done the exact same thing, I can vouch for the fact he’s not alone, and those cheapies split at the slightest give). Huang needed a stylish solution--so he developed one himself. Using leather was a no-brainer--it’s durable, with a familiar look and feel in the world of male accessories--but construction required in-depth consideration. “When I looked into the making of leather wallets, I noticed that it requires a lot of man hours cutting and stitching a lot of materials, which sometimes results in a lot of waste,” he says. Le travail du Cuir. Un amateur attentionné peut créer, avec un outillagede base, des objets simple en cuir d’une qualité agréable.
Le Cuir une matère noble et vivante et dont vous apprécirez les réactions. Les cuirs les plus faciles à travailler pour un débutant sont la vache et le veau, éventuellement le maroquin (la chèvre). Préférez les peaux foncées si vous manquez d’expérience, car les accidents de parure s’y voient moins. Le Cuir est constituée de 3 couches : - L'épiderme, coté extérieur subit directement les agressions ; - Le derme, qui est la partie des cellules vivantes, organisées en un tissu condensé, est le lieu de naissance des poils et des terminaisons des nerfs ; - L'hypoderme, c'est zone de cellules graisseuses, c'est une couche lâche, et qui est en contact direct avec les muscles du corps.
Le cuir "pleine fleur" et "fleur corrigée" qu'est ce c'est ? La "fleur" est la partie au dessus du cuir, le côté de la peau qui surporte les poils. Le tannage : Cire d'abeille pure - Boutique www.crea-cuir.com. Astro Studios' Craft-Based Wallet Re-Think. We last checked in with San-Francisco-based Astro Studios to cover their Minus 8 watches. Since then they've decided the clock is ticking on another commonplace object: The wallet, whose days may be numbered with the rise of digital payments and NFC technology. "The last major modifications came with the invention of the tri-fold in response to credit card adoption, circa 1950," Astro writes.
"The time is right for a reconsideration of the wallet. " Motivated by the recent energy around digital payment methods (Square, 'triangle' for paypal, surely 'circle' for mastercard is next) [we] decided to focus on the evolution of the wallet. The process, covering the better part of a year, resulted in a solution based in traditional materials and craft but with a fresh twist—an ultra textured and tangible contrast to the inevitably virtual future of our transactions. Research into people's pockets showed us that they still like to carry half of their junk drawer with them.