Conceria La Perla Azzurra Vacchetta, Natural Leather

Weight:  5.0-5.5 oz

Double shoulders are approximately 14 sqft

“If all leather was La Perla’s natural vacchetta, I’d be very okay with that.”  Bill – District Leather Supply  

The recipe for La Perla’s vacchetta is simple – start with an excellent natural veg tan leather, hot stuff it in a drum with animal fats (to soften and nourish), air dry, and enjoy.  

The process of hot stuffing the leather with animal fats requires tumbling the leather in a heated drum.  Tumbling essentially massages the leather and loosens it, while also giving the grain a slightly pebbled texture.  With the infusion of fats in to the leather, it become richer, denser, and more resilient/weatherproof than when it started.

This vacchetta has a medium-firm temper, and works as just about any leather good you can think of.  It does lose a lot of body when split to 3oz or below, so take that in to consideration if you’re looking to use it for minimalist style small goods.

*The wallet in the third photo was carried for about two weeks