I have two binders and a notebook in Janet Leather 104, which is the original tan version of this leather. The binder below is the first item made from the battered scarred hide I found at the factory in 2014. Binder zero so to speak. This photograph was taken after about six months of constant use.
I also have a red Janet Leather (JL) Codex cover
And an Undyed JL Nomad
Those are the only colours of JL I have, even though this glorious leather comes in many shades.
I have always hankered after pebbly black JL. Like this one which belongs to Irene
But when I came to the Van Der Spek factory, I fell totally in love with this Brown JL . This brown shows as bitter in some photos and warm in others but in real life it is a little in between. Isn’t it absolutely gorgeous? I am having an item made with it and I was lucky enough to be able to choose which parts of the hide I wanted.
Categories: Bookbinding, Filofaxes and other ring organisers, Hobonichi, Midori and other Traveler's Notebooks, Notebooks
Hi Janet, this dark brown leather looks so wonderful and yummy like bitter chocolate. No wonder why you fell in love with it 🙂 Would you be so kind and do a post about your item when it is created by VDS? I would love to see some eye candy.. have a lovely Sunday evening! Many greetings from Berlin.
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I love this dark brown, it’s the leather I asked my VDS A5 Custom to be made from. It is very supple and just lovely to handle and it just seems to improve with age.
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