Vegetable tanned leather from Gujarat is like an old friend, it develops a beautiful *sukh* and patina over ten years. Chrome tanning stays uniform but feels less alive to me. "Italian leather" often means fine finish, but true aging charm is in our local veg-tanned hides.
I've carried the same vegetable-tanned satchel to school for fourteen monsoons. It has my life's marks, while my brother's chrome-tanned bag still looks new but feels no connection.
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