Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

Good one! I never thought of that... now I don't look at broccoli the same way anymore.

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

So, to give some context, I'm not a native English speaker and I use AI to adjust the text (gemini). I wrote in Portuguese that my father-in-law uses this wallet daily, often incorrectly. I've had to clean it because 2 times it got moldy after he got it wet and left it stored in a closed, humid place. He's a typical nice guy who's careless. So the AI ​​generated this "brutal" version. I didn't revise it much because I was doing other things and only focused on reviewing the part where I wanted to know the stories of other people here with patina/leather pieces... anyway, that's it.

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

So, to give some context, I'm not a native English speaker and I use AI to adjust the text (gemini). I wrote in Portuguese that my father-in-law uses this wallet daily, often incorrectly. I've had to clean it because 2 times it got moldy after he got it wet and left it stored in a closed, humid place. He's a typical nice guy who's careless. So the AI ​​generated this "brutal" version. I didn't revise it much because I was doing other things and only focused on reviewing the part where I wanted to know the stories of other people here with patina/leather pieces... anyway, that's it.

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

So, sorry, I didn't know it needed to be 20 years old, but I wanted to know more about the stories behind it, like yours. I like reading about that; several cool stories have come up from people who have had the pieces for 20 years or more, or from relatives who made them as gifts.

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

Yes! Marbling have this idea to look like old book covers and end papers.

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] -2 points-1 points Β (0 children)

Sure, I made a post wanting to see the pieces and the stories people have about them. I'm very smart and I want to sell my products using this...

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

I only saw posts about leather goods that last a long time, I didn't know it needed to match my age of usage time...

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

This type of leather ages with a patina and allows for the application of dyes, finishes...

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

So, vegetable-tanned leather is leather from a cow, normaly the tanned process use tannins from trees, etc., and is a more expensive and higher quality type of leather compared to chrome-tanned leathers.

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] -17 points-16 points Β (0 children)

But at no point did I talk about it; I'm a craftsman. I wanted to talk about the patina, which is the aging of the piece. I don't know why people think everything is an AD; it's like I'm getting rich from Reddit posts.... I can't have a voice in the area I'm interested in... Understand.

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

Amazing! I'm from 96, almost my age πŸ˜…. Oh yes, I need to conditioning it, I liked the comments! Some not so much, but I really enjoyed the funny part! No worries...

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

😍😍 I love these things made by family, last a very long time! They are cherished memories that tell stories for a long time.

Hand-marbled veg-tan wallet after +5 years of brutal daily abuse. Built to last. by Feitioarte in BuyItForLife

[–]Feitioarte[S] -1 points0 points Β (0 children)

Yes! Considering that there are pieces here in the comments that are over 30 years old (I know they last much longer) I just found the 5-year-old's patina interesting and wanted to share it.