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Made for business trips and days at the office, the Giulio briefcase by Italia in Progress uses genuine calf leather in a variety of colors. Go for tried-and-true black, brown, or cognac; or opt for a bolder look with blue, red, or green Read More
If the leather and quality of construction are good, this is an excellent deal. Unfortunately details in both the Massdrop description and on the manufacturer's website are quite sparse. Reviews seem to be hard to come by as well.
SenorbumThat info is , for the most part, BS. "Genuine leather" does NOT mean split leather. It simply means that it is, in fact, leather as opposed to polyurethane or some other synthetic fake. Something labeled as "genuine leather" can be an artificially finished split with a gake grain, or it can be veg-tanned, aniline dyed full-grain; the only thing "genuine leather" actually tells you is that the material is the skin of a dead animal.
The practice of labelling products as "full grain leather", for example, is virtually unheard of outside the US, and even there it has only caught on fairly recently. Globally, most manufacturers only specify that their goods are actually leather, i.e. genuine. Generally you can expect that only dirt-cheap crap will be made with splits, otherwise you leather products will be full-grain or top-grain (the teo terms are, by the way, also often used synonymously).
Also, there is some really shitty full grain leather around (as "full grain" isn't a measure of quality), so the fact that something is advertised as such says nothing of its quality, only tat it isn't made from split hides. Articles and blog posts line the one you linked are mainly marketing by US manufacturers that use "full grain" labelling to give them an advantage over international producers that don't.
MjoharLining seems like nylon, no real "padding" to speak of. The inside expanding part is just raw leather on the inside half, no lining. Strap is detachable zippers are a chromed metal, but nothing special. The quality overall is nothing special and fair for the price paid. I wouldn't pay more than$125 for this bag.