Great case leather good enough to stretch for bumper case

Posted by Mike on 30th Nov 2011

It arrived soon and is a great case.
I particularly liked the note that after stretching it would break in to be a proper fit. As it is I have an Incipio case on my phone and of course the fit was very tight.
I knew it would be. I brushed on some Lexar leather conditioner on the outside of the case.
Then I put an old cassette case in it with hard paper shims on either side to match my phone with the Incipio case on it (actually slightly bigger)and let it sit overnight. When I took out the cassette the phone fit perfectly with the (bumper) case on it.

I might suggest you make the side leather straps a little thicker (only a little) and make sure they are sewn in well (though I had no problems at all, just a retired engineer).
If you then also sold a plastic piece and some shims (or included them since they are cheap), and maybe a foil pack of leather conditioner and cheap brush (people could use a q-tip)
You could advertise that the case could be made to fit the phone with a variety of (bumper) cases on it.
Though people would have to be careful not to get conditioner on the inside.
Perhaps the main plastic piece inserted (so as to block conditioner from getting on inside), then once coated with conditioner and allowed to soaked in a bit the shims could be added as needed for the appropriate bumper case...
It was easy to do and the Lexar conditioner is a great product.
Love the case as is, and using stuff laying about was easy to stretch it to accommodate the bumper case on my iphone, so the phone is secure but slides out easy enough.
Looks good too. Nice job on the belt clip as well.