Box Calf / Veau Box through the years #boxcalfnerds

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lanit said:
Navy box calf plume -2002

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Pretty!! I love plumes, I have the twin in black :)

I think this is actually indigo, I have a indigo box Kelly from around the same year, also with PHW. My SA said they came out with a batch of Indigo Box at that time.
 
#257
Love the LA tote! The date stamp (in mine, anyway) is inside the bag in the side corner where the interior lining meets along the horizontal seam with the box leather. Hope that helps. Your bag is gorgeous!
 
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#259
Hello! Dear box leather lovers!!
I am really into this beauty-- box calf kelly which is "vintage" ...as i saw it .... I couldnt stop thinking bout it and at last its here with me..:)

Anyway i would like to ask
To purchase another vintage kelly is worth it??
Its box calf rouge h 32 kelly..

I am hesitating cuz i heard box leather is hard to treat.. ;(
 
#269
It's great to see so many Box Calf lovers around! I was intending to sell mine but after looking at the forum, I'm having second thoughts!


You all have gorgeous Box Calf bags and I will try to share my 35cm Kelly Sellier in gold hardware (vintage 1977 - G in a circle year stamp) soon.


Cheers!


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QuelleFromage said:
This came up in the Ode to Box Calf thread...the many variations in this beloved leather over the decades...coming up on at least six decades of box calf being perhaps the most classic of H leathers.
I thought it would be interesting to discuss the difference we see in ours and others' box bags of different years and some lovely tPFers thought so too. Here are close-ups of my three current box bags:

2000 Kelly 28 Retourné, Noir. This is velvety to the touch and soft with a lot of give. It has a sheen to it that is almost sparkly.

2002 Bolide 31, Noisette. This box is smoother and more matte (but not as matte as Chamonix), without a noticeable sheen, and is stiffer too. It seems to scratch more visibly (or the bag is just more beaten up :p).

1980 Kelly 28, Sellier, Rouge H. This is by far the glossiest of the leathers - it is easily fingerprinted, almost like glass. It is shiny rather than sparkly. Even given that it's a sellier it is MUCH stiffer than the 2000 Kelly, significantly more so than the Bolide.
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