Looks great. SB is definitely the best looking natural patina out of the available Apple colors.
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Leather Cases - Patina Proud Photos
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3 months in, and my case hasn’t changed much. Forest green seems to hold up pretty well. I also picked up a matching leather loop watch band.
Product Red leather case for my iPhone XS Max. Purchased in the first week of November...so about two months.
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Had black originally.
Sold it, bought midnight blue, then electric blue, then saddle brown, then back to midnight blue.
Now I’m back to black again and have sold all the others. Bored of colours and you can’t beat a black leather case on a black phone.
Sold it, bought midnight blue, then electric blue, then saddle brown, then back to midnight blue.
Now I’m back to black again and have sold all the others. Bored of colours and you can’t beat a black leather case on a black phone.
One week old orange (not sure the exact one, it's the X )
I wish Apple made their new battery cases leather and not silicone. I hate their silicone cases since it’s a lint magnet.
That orange is beautiful.One week old orange (not sure the exact one, it's the X )
You’ll never go back to “amazon” cases now.
Spending £50 on a case from the off and it lasting two years will be much better than buying a £15/20 amazon case every 6 months.
I couldn't agree more. I have the X Silver and with the leather black, it just looks so slick. Tried Taupe for a bit and returned it. I always seem to come back to black. I wouldn't mind trying Saddle Brown down the road though.
[doublepost=1547915142][/doublepost]Well, I tried the Taupe experiment and couldn't do it. Therefore going back to Black. I thought I'd like it more but it was just too light. I tried to even do it for the Taupe fans out there because there just isn't much out there on how it patina's but I couldn't just get it into it. So back to black for me. I'll probably try Saddle Brown down the road since that ages so nicely but love the Black and X Silver Combo. It's been my favorite combo to date and been rocking it the past year before the Taupe experiment because I wanted something different and new. Here are some pics based on about 2 months usage. Probably more so 1 since I would take it off at times.
As you can see it got a little bit darker over time. Sorry the pics couldn't be better, especially when not much patina has happened. I'm actually disappointed how the pics came out but you can kinda see the patina at the corners and top.There is a video on the you tube about a guy having the Taupe in the beginning and 2 months in and that's how mine was turning out, if you want to get an idea.
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Is this normal after a few days already? I love the patine but this is really fast... I got this for my birthday last week
I know its my finger but i have really dry hands so its not that my hand are very oily.
I hope it wil get a lot more, what a beautiful pictures .
I know its my finger but i have really dry hands so its not that my hand are very oily.
I hope it wil get a lot more, what a beautiful pictures .
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I hope so, this is my first leather case. I hope the rest of the case will follow fast.
2 weeks into the Saddle Brown. Was thinking of this color before I found this thread, made my decision for me.
First day of use I accidentally dropped some e-juice on it. Ended using Jason Mark bio shoe cleaner and brush and this is the outcome after only 2 weeks. I love how the outer edge is starting to show good wear.
One week old orange (not sure the exact one, it's the X )
Definitely won't be losing that if you set it down. Also, that must be a fake, right? I didn't see Orange on apple's site?
No, it's a real one. A small university coop shop has a mini Apple Store where I live, and they have a bunch of discontinued Apple products
Four months in
Cane the patina on your case looks great! Is that natural or did you use anything on it?
Just natural use. Taking longer than I thought but it’s getting there.
Patina is coming along nicely with almost daily use over the past 5 months. Dropped it on the sidewalk getting out of the car last night and got a little road rash on the bottom corners. I of course held my breath but thankfully the phone itself was fine.
I think it looks a good. Nice to see each persons preferences. I need to post a update of my xs max sb case.
[doublepost=1549507418][/doublepost]Your case looks just like mine. I became impatient so I altered it...
Ended up buying a new SB case a few weeks ago. Already much much darker. Only thing I have done is rub it down with leather conditioner a handful of times. It is actually much darker but the camera is overexposing the first picture a bit.
I have a couple stains around the apple logo... One from where some tape was stuck to it for a few hours and messed with it. And my daughter spilled a dab of jelly on it, ha.
I have a couple stains around the apple logo... One from where some tape was stuck to it for a few hours and messed with it. And my daughter spilled a dab of jelly on it, ha.
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