One solid piece of full-grain · Stitched by hand · Released in small numbers · Shipped worldwide
Flores Tamez — Fine Leather Goods
Cigar holders and card wallets, cut from a single hide and stitched by hand. Made over days, to be carried a lifetime.
One solid piece of full-grain, cut by knife and saddle-stitched over days by a single pair of hands — the way the great houses did before they grew too large to.
Made once, by one pair of hands.
The core pieces, in full-grain black and brown. Made to outlast the man who carries them.
Single pieces in leathers that come once. When one sells, it is gone.
Most of what you just scrolled past is spoken for. The next pieces are told to the list first, and rarely repeated.
You're on the list. You'll hear when the next pieces are released — and not a moment more often.
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A single piece can take days. I have never found a way to hurry it that I would be willing to sign.
One full-grain skin, chosen by hand for grain, pull-up, and how it will age over a lifetime.
Every panel cut and skived by hand, then worked smooth on the back. No two hides behave alike, and none is rushed.
Two needles locking every pass, in thread I wax myself — the one seam a machine can't fake, and can't unravel.
Edges pared, sanded and burnished over days until they shine like glass. Then it is signed in 22K gold.
The most closely held tanneries keep their finest hides for a very short list, and I am on it. Full-grain calf, shell cordovan with a mirror shine, exotic skins reserved a single skin at a time — each chosen by hand for grain and how it will age.
Full-grain calfThe finest cut there is — it earns a patina instead of wearing out, and only grows richer.
Shell cordovanThe rarest leather made — prized for a glow that takes years to earn.
Exotic skinsReserved a single skin at a time. When one is gone, it does not come again.
Knife, needle, wax thread, and one solid piece of full-grain. I don't line it, I don't layer it. I work the back smooth by hand so it never needs to.
No commission, no waiting room — only what I've made, and what's left. If it carries my mark, it left my bench finished, for the person who knows the difference.
Made once, by one pair of hands.Francisco Flores
The bench can only make so many. Pieces are released in small numbers, told first to the list, and rarely repeated. Join to be told, quietly, when the next ones exist.
You're on the list. You'll hear from us when the next pieces are released — and not a moment more often.
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