Everything measured.
A handmade full-grain leather bifold wallet, cut and saddle-stitched by hand in Sri Lanka. The Adam is the pattern I have made more of than any other, and this one is in honey brown oil pull-up.
Oil pull-up is the most alive leather on the bench. The hide is saturated with oils and waxes the whole way through, not coated on the surface, so the colour lifts pale wherever it bends and draws back in under a warm thumb. Every fold you put into it stays. Within a year the honey has gone bronze, and the marks in it are yours rather than mine.
What it holds
- 6 card slots
- 2 hidden side pockets
- 1 full-length cash pocket
- 4.3” × 3.5” closed
How it is made
Full grain, with nothing sanded off the surface — the pores, the healed scars and the grain are all still there, which is why it ages instead of wearing out.
Every edge is bevelled, sanded and burnished by hand until you can run a thumb along it. Every seam is a real saddle stitch: two needles crossing in every hole, so that even if a thread is cut the seam still holds. A machine cannot do that.
Living with it
Carry it. That is most of the care. Condition it twice a year and leave the scratches alone — on oil pull-up most of them rub out with a thumb, and the ones that do not become the patina.
Repaired for as long as you own it, and the labour is on us.
Straight answers.
When will it reach me?
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Within Sri Lanka — dispatched within 72 working hours.
Anywhere else — the rate depends on the country, so it is quoted per order. Message +94 77 969 6203 on WhatsApp with the piece and where it is going, and we will send the exact figure before you pay a rupee.
What if the cards don't fit?
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In the first week the slots are usually tight. That is normal — the leather has to mould to what you carry, and it will.
If it still is not right after that, send it back. We will fix it and send it back to you.
Can you repair it later?
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Yes — for as long as you own it, and we do not charge for the labour. Not for the first year. For as long as it is yours.
You cover only the materials a repair actually needs, and the shipping both ways.
How do I look after it?
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Condition it roughly every six months. That is the whole routine — more than that softens the fibres and the piece loses its shape.
Your first three conditionings we do for you. Send it in and cover the shipping; the work is ours. Or do it at home — see leather care.
Why does hand stitching cost more?
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A machine lock-stitch is one thread looping through itself. Cut it anywhere and the seam runs. A saddle stitch is two needles crossing in every hole — cut one thread and it still holds.
It takes far longer by hand, and that time is the whole of the price difference.
