Your new Coach: a mini-reveal thread!

[elvisfan4life]

The bag I ended up taking home had imperfections in the leather that were natural and I completely fine with that. The 5 bags I looked at and plus the Tate 18 I received looked like they were mishandled during manufacturing or transportation. They had scuffs and scratches as if someone was deliberately dropping them. They all seemed to have this type of scuff and some had weird stitching (slanted, some were randomly double stitched in the middle of a single stitch line not uniformly):
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oh that is not good what are they doing with these bags???

 

[Narnanz]

Almost Finished her rehab.. Saddle 9988 ( edited to correct , thanks @whateve )in British tan.
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[JenJBS]

Almost Finished her rehab...Berkeley saddle in British tan.
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Extraordinary job! Gorgeous!

 

[xo.siren]

Almost Finished her rehab...Berkeley saddle in British tan.
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Wow that’s so impressive!!!

 

[BeachBagGal]

Almost Finished her rehab...Berkeley saddle in British tan.
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Wow what a nice sheen!

 

[whateve]

Almost Finished her rehab...Berkeley saddle in British tan.
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It's gorgeous! I love the color! It isn't a Berkeley. Berkeleys have suede on the exterior. This looks like a saddle bag 9988.

 

[VSOP]

Almost Finished her rehab...Berkeley saddle in British tan.
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it is glowing, lol, good job!

What products do you use, if you don’t mind me asking?

 

[Narnanz]

It's gorgeous! I love the color! It isn't a Berkeley. Berkeleys have suede on the exterior. This looks like a saddle bag 9988.

Thanks @whateve ...for some reason I always think of it as a Berkeley and I have 3 so I should know better.

 

[MiaKay]

Almost Finished her rehab...Berkeley saddle in British tan.
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Good as new! That’s such a gorgeous bag - the colour, the leather, the turnlock - everything’s perfect!

Have fun with her

 

[Narnanz]

it is glowing, lol, good job!

What products do you use, if you don’t mind me asking?

Just CPR leather conditioner and a brush to buff it up. I still have to put a finishing Renapur balm on it after I complete the polishing of hardware

 

[tearosenj]

a new buy. I love 1941

 

[Riezky]

Almost Finished her rehab.. Saddle 9988 ( edited to correct , thanks @whateve )in British tan.
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What is this magic?! I have one of these looking like your before picture that I wasn’t gonna bother rehabbing. Yours turned out beautiful!!

 

[Narnanz]

What is this magic?! I have one of these looking like your before picture that I wasn’t gonna bother rehabbing. Yours turned out beautiful!!

A dunk and CPR...theres the magic.

 

[SEWDimples]

Almost Finished her rehab.. Saddle 9988 ( edited to correct , thanks @whateve )in British tan.
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Wow! Great job. It looks amazing.

 

[SEWDimples]

Thanks @whateve ...for some reason I always think of it as a Berkeley and I have 3 so I should know better.

Good info. I have Berkeley version in Black and Red, but I wanted a non-suede version. Now I can find one.