Astell&Kern KANN ULTRA Lederetui

The case for the KANN ULTRA music player is made from high-quality, vegetable-tanned leather by Badalassi Carlo, and the fit is perfectly tailored to the KANN ULTRA. The case, in black, offers excellent protection for the player and feels great in the hand. The tannery, founded by Carlo Badalassi, who was a professor at a leather school in the Santa Croce region, has been producing leather for over 40 years by combining the traditional vegetable tanning method developed in Tuscany with Badalassi's unique theory and technology. Vegetable tanning is an environmentally friendly leather production method that takes a long time, as the leather is tanned only with tannins derived from plants. The leathers from Badalassi Carlo are produced using the Vacchetta technique developed in Tuscany and are then tanned with plant oils. The company aims for high quality and produces its products in small batches using traditional craftsmanship techniques. The Minerva leather used for the black leather case is a vegetable-tanned leather made using the unique Vacchetta process in Tuscany. Initially, the leather appears somewhat matte and dull, but over time it develops a natural shine and the color becomes richer. This is because the leather surface is not artificially coated; instead, the shine develops naturally from the oils contained within the leather itself as it is used. Like other vegetable-tanned leathers, Minerva leather becomes particularly beautiful over time.