Crazy Vintage Leather
Crazy style vegetable-tanned leather is one of the most beautiful and popular on the market.
This leather is produced from top quality Scandinavian cowhides with a high oil content.
What is Crazy Leather?
Crazy leather has been known for centuries for its beauty, strength and durability. Its name comes from its popular use in saddle making: saddlers appreciated the robustness and beauty of this top-quality leather.
Crazy leather is made from full grain cowhide - the highest quality natural leather in the world.
A layer of natural wax is applied to the leather, then polished and buffed to a rich, smooth finish. Wear enhances the beauty of the bag: dents and scratches change the colour nuances of the leather, creating a rich, multi-coloured sheen that only the finest natural leather can offer.
Our men's vintage leather satchel shows off the rich colour of cowhide while changing hue with every crease and scratch.
Crazy leather is water-resistant - just wipe off any splashes. The oils applied to the surface of the hide add a beautiful sheen to the leather, making them tough enough to withstand whatever the world throws at them.
Advantages of Crazy Horse Leather
Crazy leather has a timeless vintage appeal that cannot be imitated. Dents and scratches bring out the variety of rich hues inherent in genuine full grain leather.
We use only pure, natural premium wax to create our Crazy Horse leather. Our skilled craftsmen polish and buff each product by hand using only the finest materials to create bags that are as beautiful as they are functional.
The wax coating produces a leather that is water and weather resistant and tough enough to retain its shape and beauty year after year, trek after trek.
With minimum maintenance, your bag will last for decades. Happy customers have told us that their Crazy panniers are still reliable and attractive years after use!
The wax increases the bag's durability while creating Crazy leather's unique ability to change colour when bumped or scratched. Enjoy the toughest adventures without fear: scuffs, scratches, dents and marks will subtly change colour, adding to the vintage charm of your bag.
Don't forget that Crazy leather has been used for centuries to make top-quality saddles, because it's the only leather that can retain its luxurious appearance while withstanding the rubbing and abuse to which saddles are normally subjected.
It's the only leather you can trust to serve you reliably for decades. Traditional leather bags can break, crack or harden after one or two years. You can be sure that with minimal maintenance, your Crazy leather satchel will retain its strength and style for years to come.
Buying a Crazy leather bag is one of the best decisions you can make. Looking for a pannier that's got the guts to take on the toughest rides, and the style to be admired everywhere?
Discover a versatile model with our crazy leather leg bag:
Crazy leather leaves all other types of leather in the dust - it's the only natural 100% full grain cowhide that has been specifically treated to be the toughest, strongest and most resilient leather available.
Genuine 100% cowhide leather must have irregularities - the Crazy leather treatment process brings out the beauty of these irregularities far beyond what you'd see on lesser quality leathers - bumping, scraping and handling the leather creates an amazing variety of rich hues that add to the rustic look of the bag.
The high quality of the 100% natural cowhide leather shines through - dents and scratches create a luscious variety of hues that enhance the beauty of the bag. The irregularities found only in genuine leather contribute to the unique vintage look of each bag.
Our men's messenger bag shows this colour variation beautifully. Your Crazy leather bag will be tough enough to last year after year, hike after hike.
Stylish enough for the city and rugged enough for the great outdoors - take your bag with you wherever you go! Wear will widen the range of shades and enhance the unique vintage beauty of your bag.
If you're looking for a unique bag that's as durable as it is attractive, look no further.
Our bags are made by skilled craftsmen using only the finest materials. The natural irregularities of 100% genuine cowhide ensure that each bag is as unique and individual as the person who owns it.
How is Crazy leather produced?
Crazy leather is produced by applying a specific type of wax to a surface of full grain cowhide that has been polished and smoothed. This process has the effect of changing the colour of the area treated by abrasion.
To create one of our Crazy Horse leather bags, we start by using 100% natural cowhide of the highest quality.
We treat this choice leather with a special natural wax, then polish it to perfection. The result is an exceptionally durable leather with a unique ability: Crazy leather is a leather that changes colour.
What are the characteristics of Crazy leather?
Crazy leather is impregnated with oils, adding character to your chosen piece. Thanks to this natural process, the leather will form a shiny layer that will make the product even more exceptional than before.
When scratched or folded, it changes colour, giving it an attractive aged look. This gives us the freedom to make your new item unique in terms of robustness, rarity and maturity.
Our bags are made by skilled craftsmen using only the finest materials. The natural irregularities of 100% genuine cowhide ensure that each bag is as unique and individual as the person who owns it.
How is Crazy leather produced?
Crazy leather is produced by applying a specific type of wax to a surface of full grain cowhide that has been polished and smoothed. This process has the effect of changing the colour of the area treated by abrasion.
To create one of our Crazy Horse leather bags, we start by using 100% natural cowhide of the highest quality.
We treat this choice leather with a special natural wax, then polish it to perfection. The result is an exceptionally durable leather with a unique ability: Crazy leather is a leather that changes colour.
What are the characteristics of Crazy leather?
Crazy leather is impregnated with oils, adding character to your chosen piece. Thanks to this natural process, the leather will form a shiny layer that will make the product even more exceptional than before.
When scratched or folded, it changes colour, giving it an attractive aged look. This gives us the freedom to make your new item unique in terms of robustness, rarity and maturity.
The natural patina layer will strengthen over time, leaving you with a one-of-a-kind item that truly reflects its owner's lifestyle.
Scandinavian Leather with Vintage Style
Made from Scandinavian cowhides with a high oil content, Crazy style leather will, over time, begin to tell the story of your life and age beautifully without fading. The natural patina process will create a shiny outer layer that will make the product look even more exceptional than before.
The patina will strengthen over time, making each chosen piece a truly unique object that reflects the lifestyle of its owner.
When scratched, it changes colour and leaves behind an attractive "worn" appearance. This gives you the opportunity to make your favourite new item as robust, rare and mature as you want it to be.
What is full-grain leather?
This is the strongest and most durable part of an animal's hide, located just below the coat. The grain pattern in this part of the hide is very tight, which is why this particular leather is called "full grain".
Full grain leather is the strongest and most durable leather, which means that over time, full grain leather will only intensify its majestic charm. It will do this by developing a polish from handling, unlike other types of leather that can and do diminish with wear.
However, even the best quality full-grain leather will show small irregularities, making it all the more unique. Whether it's healed scratches where the animal may have rubbed against a wire fence, insect bites or thicker surface areas, neck wrinkles or even vein marks.
We all have them, don't we?
These slight irregularities are taken into account and incorporated into our products to highlight the natural individuality of each product and its handcrafted nature.
Vegetable tanning
Vegetable tanning is the most traditional and natural method, and the only one that gives leather truly exceptional characteristics. The transformation of the raw hide into a material that will not only last, but become even more beautiful over time is a process that begins in wooden drums.
This is an astonishing process based on the use of natural tannins extracted from various trees and vegetables, combined with modern technology and machinery.
The natural tannin extracts help to create a leather that is unique in its texture, temperament, strength and suppleness, making it one of the most traditional and popular leathers.
Crazy vegetable-tanned leather simply can't be compared to other leathers - it's a material apart.