Can't speak to my Decoded as far as long-term use, but I've used several Bullstrap cases long-term and have never had any issues with stretching.
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Leather Cases - Patina Proud Photos
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All leather cases are a plastic shell wrapped in a leather skin. The only 100% wet molded leather case is made by saddleback. They’re all pretty nice, I’m biased towards Nomad though. 😁
I tried it once. But the case had lots of imperfections. So I sent it back for a refund.
I'm all into natural patina, but based on what I read here, it is difficult to achieve it without ugly black edges on 12 cases. Is it possible to avoid it without alcohol wipes/sand paper?
You can if you ‘baby’ the case. The dark edges are due to how you hold the phone.
It’s realistic. I have ordered two and they both made it from Netherlands to the US in 2-3 days. If you order by 14:00 CET, 8:00 your time, then they get shipped out the same day.
My Baltic Bl… Black(?) leather case after 10 months. Sometimes it looks like midnight Blue from past years, but I’m not sure
I try not to buy cases I don't end up using much, if at all, but couldn't resist the Nomad outlet sale, offering the XS Rugged Folio for $5. Shipping cost more than the case, but the total was still a steal compared to the original price.
The price also made it easier to overlook the puzzling lack of sleep/wake magnets, but I'll see how it goes.
The XS folio is resting upon its big brother, iPad Pro version, which has been in service for eight months, picking up a nice sheen and a few scratch marks along the way, but losing the lovely, intoxicating aroma it had when new.
I expect the XS case to follow a similar path.
The price also made it easier to overlook the puzzling lack of sleep/wake magnets, but I'll see how it goes.
The XS folio is resting upon its big brother, iPad Pro version, which has been in service for eight months, picking up a nice sheen and a few scratch marks along the way, but losing the lovely, intoxicating aroma it had when new.
I expect the XS case to follow a similar path.
The sharp angle of the edges of the iPhone 12 series make them exposed to wear & tear much quicker than other areas so the edges patina much faster, giving the case that "black outline" at the edges. Very difficult to prevent, unfortunately.
My Bullstrap Elite case is starting to show some character and its only been 6 days. I like it
How do you rate this case overall? How is the quality of the aluminium and does it show signs of scuffing down to bare metal easily? I really want this case but it’s ~£100 imported so it’s not an impulse decision. Would welcome your views.
Up a little bit in the forum on post #6001 I have a very small review/thoughts. I haven’t dropped it yet and the aluminum hasn’t scuffed any yet. It does have a lifetime warranty so they’ll replace it and right now they have 15% off for Labor Day I think. It’s a nice case and the terra leather picks up character fast.
Unfortunately I have to say I’m a little bit disappointed about the ocean Bullstrap case…
This is the second one with the same problem I noticed…
Both this and the previous one, after really few days of usage, started to develop strange spots…it feels like the leather wear out leaving the case with this ugly stain…
I don’t know if i’m only unlucky or what…I’ve already wrote to Bullstrap CS to start a warranty replacement..
Below pictures of both cases..
Maybe someone can tell me if there is any method to fix this??? Leather balm doesn’t work…
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Why is yours so dark?
Mine is still similar to the original colour, except the edges which have darkened and slightly darker body.
Pics with my relatively fresh Baltic blue leather link and wallet
Good thing there is lifetime warranty. Their customer service has been phenomenal.I do not have anything like that on my BS Ocean.
It did its job protecting the phone on a recent 4 foot digger it took in the roughest parking lot ever.
Just a nice battle scar.
Yours looks fine, but after like 7 months of my using the case regularly, the black on the sides were too obvious, and contrasted way too much, which I didn't really like. So I used alcohol wipes to wipe off the 'dye' or whatever the color is off the entire case. Quite happy with the way it looks now.
Well this is awkward. I (finally, no thanks to UPS) got my Decoded case for my iPhone 12 Pro. MUCH different than the case for my 12 Mini. Texture, color, buttons (a little bit tougher to press on the 12 Pro version). I prefer everything about the 12 Pro if these buttons break in a little bit.
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