Choosing the leather

We use vegetable-tanned leather certified by the Italian Vera Pelle association — tanned with plant materials, with chemical processing kept down.

Every hide takes colour differently. So each time we cut a cover, we look again at which part to use.

Cutting and stamping

It is natural leather with coating kept to a minimum. Nothing covers the surface, so the cut edge and the grain stay visible.

Inside we press a stamp. It reads “Camel & Tiger — Handmade Leather Craft”.

Binding the note

Each note is sewn by hand, one at a time.

The paper is 93gsm in a warm off-white. We chose it for the way ink stays on the page instead of bleeding through.

We make two rulings: dot and plain.

Packing

We pack each order with care, so that opening it feels like receiving a gift.