The Art of Full Grain Calf Leather

Creating great footwear begins with the ingredients, only the finest ingredients can do.

We only use the finest full-grain leathers, that are sourced from the US. We typically use calf leather, which is soft, yet durable, breathable and has a beautiful natural grain.

Full-grain leather refers to hides that have not been sanded or buffed to remove imperfections on the surface of the hide. The natural grain remains, retaining the fibre strength and ensuring durability. Since full-grain leather retains the natural grain with all the imperfections of the leather, only the best hides can be used with minimal defects. Hides that have too many imperfections will become corrected-grain, also known as top-grain leathers, in which the grain is heavily sanded to remove the imperfections, it is then stamped with a false grain. This process reduces the thickness of the leather and the overall strength and quality. For this reason, we only use full-grain leather.