Questions

Full-grain vegetable-tanned American cowhide, cut with a clicker die we designed, then hand dyed, waxed and burnished in the studio.

The linings are reclaimed — a vintage necktie, a surplus jacket, a bolt of upholstery silk. Each one is cut once and never repeated, so the piece you see is the piece you receive.

Comfortably four to six cards plus folded bills. Vegetable-tanned leather stretches to what you carry over the first few weeks and then holds that shape.

Yes. Lighter colours darken with sun, water and the oils in your skin. That patina is the point — it is the record of your use, not wear to be avoided.

Keep it dry, and once or twice a year work in a small amount of leather balm with a cloth. Do not use saddle soap or solvents on the dyed exterior.

Sometimes. If you have a tie with meaning — a father’s, a wedding’s — write to us and we will tell you whether it can be cut and what the wait would be.

We repair anything we have made, including pieces stamped with the XKv mark. Stitching, snaps and edges are repaired free; anything needing new leather is quoted at cost.

Yes. XKv was the original name and the mark stamped into the early wallets. The work continues as Studio KVN, with the same hands and the same standard.

In small runs, usually a hundred or so at a time, when the leather and the textiles are both right. Subscribers to the letter hear first.

Yes, worldwide. Rates and transit times are listed under Shipping & Returns; duties are collected by the carrier on delivery.