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The name on the old product graphic reads “The Alfred Wallace in London Tan English Bridle”. This is the 2204, in that London tan: English bridle leather the colour of a polished saddle, with brass at every joint.
Wallace 2209 in tan English bridle leather, photographed with a folded newspaper tucked under the straps on the back. Made at Marcellino NY.
The Wallace 2220 from Marcellino NY in London tan leather with an olive green suede-lined strap, a nickel lock engraved JP Marcellino Co and brass buckles.
A scarf joint tapers two strap ends so they overlap at full thickness and no more. The marking, skiving, gluing and stitching, in the order the work goes.
The Habermas 1136, an older Marcellino NY briefcase in red-brown leather with a brass latch, a padded adjustable shoulder strap and a stitched handle.
What Obenauf’s Heavy Duty LP claims, what boot owners and leatherworkers report after using it, how much it darkens, and how it compares to Sno-Seal and Pecard.
I don’t build portfolio pieces to sell them. A wild Louisiana alligator portfolio — burgundy exterior, prune Italian vegetable-tanned lining, custom Italian solid brass hardware. What it is and why it exists.