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"Is this Normal?" Ask about LV stitching, alignment, etc. here!
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I don't own this piece, but I don't see anything wrong with it either.
Hello, I purchased this keepall bandouliere from fashionphile. I have never seen one with these horizontal lines before. They are on both handles, but I am only showing one. The bag was made in 1996 and is a size 50. Has anyone seen these horizontal lines (that look purposeful) on their keepall? Thank you for taking a look. 
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This is a little unusual. But the leather doesn't look 30 years old. I guess the leather was replaced and the craftsman used the creaser to wrap the leather properly around the metal, but it was still hot. Still a little weird though.
Thank you very much for replying. I thought the same, it's a bit weird. There is really no corner wear on the canvas, and the vachetta fades from really light on the handles as shown to a nice significant honey patina down the sides. It's not completely as if the handles are one color and the vachetta straps down the side another, its kind of a gradient. For these reasons, I wondered if the vachetta was not replaced but rather the bag was not used. It smells like a basement a little as well.
That would explain it, but then this is a very rare find, and excellent condition (except for the smell).
If it’s the same on both sides then it’s definitely normal. Don’t stress yourself out! Canvas can vary in color from batch to batch from the factory too. Just variations in the production process! The stitching and everything looks to be decent on these pieces which is usually my main point of contention.
I think it’s actually a characteristic/design of older Keepalls. My Mono keepall from the 80s has the same lines on the handles. They aren’t very noticeable after it patinas tho! My keepall also has the old fashioned metal lock hook on the end instead of the normal vachetta tab.
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It's not going to line up perfectly. The bag isn't straight up and down.
Not to be negative, but the scratched leather would bother me more than the misalignment… you could always try for a better one as far as alignment goes, but I wouldn’t accept a scratch on a brand new bag.
