ODE to Box Calf

[QuelleFromage]

Cross-posting from #boxcalfnerds, 1952 Gold 28 says hello Needs a bit of dusting (something happened in the closet and somehow dust got in!) but in general looking good for 71.

 

[880]

Love this @QuelleFromage . Reminds me of noisette box

 

[QuelleFromage]

Love this @QuelleFromage . Reminds me of noisette box

Yes, this color was called Gold in 1952 but today would be Noisette

ETA: My 2000 (I think?) Noisette Box Bolide, now the property of a wonderful new owner

 

[ari]

Thank you, @Virevolte, for your kind words! I am very delighted with the bag.

And yours is so special, too, thank you for sharing! Honestly, it does look like fresh from the store, amazing! How do you prevent blisters in rain? I do live in a sometimes rainy /4 seasons country and do not plan to have the bag as a pure sunshine bag, as you can’t really tell how the weather will change during the day anyway.

So far, I have just owned bags that do not care about rain at all (barenia) and so did I.

May I tap into your experience: do you think H Spa could even out the scratches to blend them in a bit more (before there are new scratches added from my side )?

@Goldenbelle , when I first started on TPF in 2008, the expert members then told me the 1990s were a period of very refined kelly workmanship. The ones from the early Aughts have very different lines. Like @jbags07 , I send my box leather to @docride to weather proof. If my box bags happen to get caught in some rain, i simply wipe water off and let the bags air dry. I have no water damage or blistering. But, I do avoid very rainy days as a matter of course. Hermes official policy is that bags should not be exposed to water, but that’s not realistic for me.

How about using the bag H rain protector?
I never used it on other bags, /although I have one Epsom Kelly damaged by the rain/ now I’m carrying one protector in my bag always..

 

[Virevolte]

How about using the bag H rain protector?
I never used it on other bags, /although I have one Epsom Kelly damaged by the rain/ now I’m carrying one protector in my bag always..

Yes, @ari - and to answer your question, @Goldenbelle - I’ve used the H raincoat on my Tricolore Box K32 and that has always gotten the bag safely through occasional unexpected bursts of bad weather. That being said, like the wise and knowledgable @880 I do avoid carrying it altogether when rain threatens. Better not to tempt fate if at all possible.

 

[Sus]

I've always used Docride's suggested Blackrocks and Obenauf's for conditioning and protection of all my box calf bags. If caught in the rain, I simply wipe the rain drops off my bag & they're perfect. No stain, water damage or blistering. It makes me so confident using box. Now my croc bag is another issue - it gets so little use because I am concerned about rain.

 

[periogirl28]

I must be the only person who never uses anything on her Box bags. I bring them in and just entrust them to my dear SAs at SAV and they decide whether they need some TLC or not. So far my bags do not get rained on, have never blistered and thus they remain like when purchased them on Day 1 with no patina or super high shine, which is what I prefer.

 

[nymeria]

I must be the only person who never uses anything on her Box bags. I bring them in and just entrust them to my dear SAs at SAV and they decide whether they need some TLC or not. So far my bags do not get rained on, have never blistered and thus they remain like when purchased them on Day 1 with no patina or super high shine, which is what I prefer.

Neither do I! I only trust H with my bags and they have never steered me wrong.
Now, my father, who found it very meditative, was occasionally allowed to clean my grandmothers BBK, but that was a special dispensation!

 

[periogirl28]

Neither do I! I only trust H with my bags and they have never steered me wrong.
Now, my father, who found it very meditative, was occasionally allowed to clean my grandmothers BBK, but that was a special dispensation!

Wow that's so sweet! That's one very special bag and with sentimental value there too.
(My DH polishes all my Box Jumpings, but that's because he does his boots too and he finds that kind of thing relaxing.)

 

[chateau88]

Admiring the beauty of vintage box calf.

 

[Cookiefiend]

Ooh @Goldenbelle your Rouge Vif Box K is divine! Positively luminous - you must be thrilled with your treasure. It inspired me to pull out my Tricolore K32 from 1989 - a special bag commemorating the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution - which is in Rouge Vif and Bleu Marine Box, and Blanc Gulliver. The almost mirror-like luster of my 1989 Rouge Vif Box looks quite similar to yours, I think. Something really wonderful about the leather from that era, and mine has worn amazingly well with only one visit to the spa in the past 36 years:

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zomg - what an absolute gorgeous bag!

 

[Cookiefiend]

Box is my favorite of the H leathers - it is so beautiful.
1985 Kelly

2000 Dalvy in Navy

2003 Drag II in Rouge H

 

[Virevolte]

zomg - what an absolute gorgeous bag!

Thank you, @Cookiefiend - and right back at you! Your Box trifecta is STUNNING - I am especially obsessed with your beautiful Drag.

 

[Cookiefiend]

Thank you, @Cookiefiend - and right back at you! Your Box trifecta is STUNNING - I am especially obsessed with your beautiful Drag.

Thank you sweetheart! I need to take new photos - these aren't showing the 'glow' like they should!

 

[Sus]

Some of my Box collection: Good Lock 2009, BBK 1995, Bolide 1993, Black & Chocolate Bi-color Birkin 2005

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