Badalassi Carlo Minerva Box Cowhide

Minerva Box Vegetable Tanned Leather comes from the Badalassi Carlo Tannery in Tuscany, Italy. They are well known for their traditional methods of vegetable tanning with tree barks that go back 100's of years.

Badalassi Carlo Minerva Box leather creates a beautiful Bible cover, that feels wonderful in hand. The leather feels soft and considerably less rigid than most other cowhide leather. This provides you with a nice flexible leather. Minerva Box does not have the slick feel that some other leathers have, allowing you to easily hold your Bible. This leather may become my favorite Bible cover leather!

Minerva Box is a full grain cowhide that is offered in striking hues. As a naturally tumbled leather, its surface is littered with non-uniform variations of pebbled textures. These features add personality and depth to the final product, not to mention the promise of a rich patina with time and wear.

This veg tan leather is their top grade, it is full grain and has a nice supple feel with a small amount of firmness. Minerva Box is a vacchetta leather that is infused with special blend of Italian fat wax giving it the famous hand and feel attributed with the vacchetta name. The grain has a natural pebbled texture that adds beautiful depth to the leather. Because it a natural pebble grain, it may have some slight variation throughout the hide.

Minerva Box leather is dry milled (Tumbled), meaning this leather undergoes a tumbling process in heated drums, resulting in a softer feel, a wrinkled texture, and a distressed appearance. Milling is a process that allows individual hide to produce its own naturally unique grain. Sizing and irregularity is variable and will depend on the dermal fiber and thickness of the hides.