Colonel Littleton Steerhide Leather Key Wallet is the Key Wallet — full-grain American steerhide pocket sized to hold 4 keys on a hand-stitched leather strap, replacing the jangle of a metal keychain. The piece is built from full-grain American steerhide with imported brass hardware and hand-stitched seams. The leather is dye-finished by hand, meaning the surface variation in color and grain is part of the character — each piece reads as individually made rather than punched out of a sheet.
This works for daily key carry, men’s gift for replacing a 20-year-old plastic key fob, or as a secondary kit for travel. The full-grain hide develops patina with daily use — the rub-shine on the high points, the deepening of the dye in the creases, the slight molding to whatever the carrier puts in it. Pieces last decades when oiled occasionally with a leather conditioner; they don’t wear out the way bonded-leather or split-hide pieces do.
Colonel Littleton makes its leather goods in Lynnville, Tennessee — a small workshop founded by Gus Littleton in 1987 that handcrafts wallets, belts, briefcases, key wallets, possibles pouches, and small leather goods using full-grain American hide and traditional saddle-maker techniques. Made in the USA.
