Japan's Y'2 Leather was founded in 1998, by artisans with over 45 years of experience in the manufacturing of leather goods. Since then, they've been producing some of the very best and most unique leather products in all of Japan, working directly with tanneries to produce unusual, fully custom leathers of the highest quality to pair with each new style.
Their decades of knowledge collide with these custom leathers on the workshop floor, where Y'2 can blend vintage styles and techniques with modern sensibilities - creating familiar silhouettes in new and exciting materials. Their operation is relatively small, with an extremely impressive output both in terms of volume and quality for their limited scale and small crew - a brand punching well above their weight class.
Y'2 also make some pretty exceptional accessories: case in point, this horsehide mailman-style shoulder bag. With riveted reinforcements, a cotton lining, and a sturdy flap cover, it's an extremely handsome every day bag, with an adjustable strap and a snap closure inside.
The Vintage Horse leather is a specialized tea-core leather, with a base brown dye applied to the hides, and the black coat only being applied to the top during the finish process. Consequently, as the bag ages, the brown core will slowly peek through the black surface of the leather. Additionally, scuffs and scratches will highlight the brown sublayer - the hides are also finished with a high gloss, giving the exterior a powerful vintage shine when brand new.
The horsehide weighs in at a respectable 1.4mm thickness, substantial, but quick to break.
One size.
- Y'2 vintage horsehide leather
- Tea core
- Mailman flap cover
- Rivet reinforcements
- Snap closure
- Adjustable strap
- Brass hardware
- One size
- Made in Japan