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On another note, my dark green trinity arrived and I just picked it up from TNT office. The box is cut open by custom as usual (the tape has a custom stamp all over it as a sign that they’re the one who did this) and it seems to be deep this time. I have to pray the bag inside is safe.
I still have a lot to do today so I’ll report my opinion on this Trinity later when I get home. I feel like I’m dying inside a little bit though.
I still have a lot to do today so I’ll report my opinion on this Trinity later when I get home. I feel like I’m dying inside a little bit though.
Hope they locate it soon for you!
Hope your bag is safe inside the box!
Vink, that is scary. I hope it is not cut. Marco has been wonderful about the lost bag; he jumped right on it and has contacted me several times to say they will know shortly if it is really lost and will immediately make another one and ship it free. Many apologies, even though it is not their fault it is lost. He really meant it when he said they were going to assure that their customer service was the best it could be.
Thank you Bonniekir. It has been quite a wait.... I placed the order on Dec 12.
Report on my dark green trinity.
First impression, it’s light! Very light! Much lighter than a Verona. I haven’t weighted it coz I don’t have a scale, but I can really tell by holding one in each side and trinity is obviously much lighter.
The leather is significantly thinner than a pebble. Maybe about Merino level or could be even a bit thinner. Maybe this is the reason why it’s light weight.
The color is nice like a dark leafy green. It’s definitely the color of a dark green leaves. Pure green. No blue undertone. May lean toward yellow, but not so obvious. It’s a leaf that if we leave it there longer it’ll turn yellowed during the fall foliage.
The texture is not as deep as the Verona. I mean the lines on Verona are very deep and it’s definitely more prominent. This one is much more shallow. Like pebble’s, actually.
The smell is different from Verona. I do notice some oil smell. Maybe the coating? But it doesn’t feel plastic. It still feels like leather.
And I agree with another girl that this leather is treated differently from Verona in the term of dyeing . The color seems to only sit on top since I can see the real leather color through some very bending area. It’s like this leather got treated the way Vacchetta got dyed, the color sit on top. I don’t hate it, but it makes me curious how it’ll look aging.
I think this bag will do great with structured bags. I haven’t used it yet so I can’t tell if it’ll slouch more over time, although it can bend well enough, but at least, structured bag will help the color with all the less bendy parts.
All in all, I don’t dislike the bag, but I kinda curious how it’ll look after lots of use. Will the creases show? Etc.
First impression, it’s light! Very light! Much lighter than a Verona. I haven’t weighted it coz I don’t have a scale, but I can really tell by holding one in each side and trinity is obviously much lighter.
The leather is significantly thinner than a pebble. Maybe about Merino level or could be even a bit thinner. Maybe this is the reason why it’s light weight.
The color is nice like a dark leafy green. It’s definitely the color of a dark green leaves. Pure green. No blue undertone. May lean toward yellow, but not so obvious. It’s a leaf that if we leave it there longer it’ll turn yellowed during the fall foliage.
The texture is not as deep as the Verona. I mean the lines on Verona are very deep and it’s definitely more prominent. This one is much more shallow. Like pebble’s, actually.
The smell is different from Verona. I do notice some oil smell. Maybe the coating? But it doesn’t feel plastic. It still feels like leather.
And I agree with another girl that this leather is treated differently from Verona in the term of dyeing . The color seems to only sit on top since I can see the real leather color through some very bending area. It’s like this leather got treated the way Vacchetta got dyed, the color sit on top. I don’t hate it, but it makes me curious how it’ll look aging.
I think this bag will do great with structured bags. I haven’t used it yet so I can’t tell if it’ll slouch more over time, although it can bend well enough, but at least, structured bag will help the color with all the less bendy parts.
All in all, I don’t dislike the bag, but I kinda curious how it’ll look after lots of use. Will the creases show? Etc.
I also think it's lovely Vink!! Hope the leather will turn out fine long term.Thank you! I hope so.
I also think it's lovely Vink!! Hope the leather will turn out fine long term.
I think it will. I don’t think it’ll be subjected to so much force by usage as much as when it was sewed up. I think it should be fine. I’m just very surprised to find it’s very light. But come to think about it, this might show wear easily around the corner. I don’t know. It’s hard to pinpoint anything now with this leather since lately, I’m not in the mood for green (I’m enjoying a black backpack now.) I guess it’ll be some time until I find out more about it. [emoji28]
This is a really nice looking leather! I hope the color wears well. Interesting about the weight.
Thank you! I think it’s nice, too. [emoji4] If you’re looking for light leather, this is it. I compare it with Verona with all the same feather and it’s noticeably lighter. I hope it wears well, too. [emoji4]
Thanks! It’s much more lovely IRL. [emoji4] I think Marco usually makes a great choices when it comes to leather so I’m very curious how this one will fare out, too. It may take quite some time though coz I did quite a lot of damage last year. [emoji28]