Honest question: is it ok to say Indian? I’m assuming you mean an American Indian and not an Indian as in from India.

I absolutely mean an Indian craftsman from the country of India.

Contrary to the lyrics of "Home On The Range", there are only bison in North America, not buffalo.

Ah cool. I didn’t expect an Indian to be particularly skilled in leather and could totally see that being an American Indian thing.

Curious on where in India did you buy it from?

Is it a brand that one can buy online or at a store in India?

Ah yes the common stereotype of Indian people not being skilled leather workers.

You’re trying so hard to be correct, repeat after me “Sorry I made 2 assumptions, and I have been proven wrong in both, also nice leather bag mate”

Nice leather bag OP

There are so many small companies that are fantastic. This was from Komal's Passion Leather, and it's significantly less fetishy than it sounds.

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That’s not how I meant it at all. I just meant if someone says Indian made leather, I would think that they were meaning an American Indian where the ppl are known to use buffalo and cow skin and make leather, rather than ppl from a nation where almost 80% of the population revere cows as sacred.

Indians are good at tons of things, ppl all over the world are well versed at tons of things. This wasn’t a knock against Indians, I just made an assumption that you were referring to a certain ppl and I was wrong.

That is an awesome bag

Wow. Just googled these guys. Was this bag seriously less than a hundred dollars?!

That’s the thing tho, cows are sacred, buffaloes aren’t.

Also India has huge populations of every type of people including those that do not revere cows (e.g. a Muslim population of 200 million).

If you’re not familiar with that scale and diversity, trying to extrapolate from knowledge of other places is not very effective.

I know, right? People are so afraid of non-bovine leather that these guys get overlooked a lot.

1. Yes it is

2. Why would you assume that?

Buffalo is used for the American bison in North America.

They use really cheap hardware.

That’s the only bad thing I have to say about them if they used better hardware I’d recommend them endlessly really decent product for the price though.

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Do you have any favorite alternatives that are anywhere near this price range? Even the lower cost bags if put in the BIFL category are like $275.

The monogram will age, it's glaringly out of place now but I think OP made a good call for how it will look in a few years time.

The point is that it’s wrong to call bison “Buffalo.”

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Not really, I’m not saying they make bad products just really a shame. They also have an offshoot called KomalC

Nothing at that price point unfortunately(under 100$), if you are willing to spend double then yeah but there are lots of decent brands at that price point.

Great brand for gift giving though.

You can actually replace the hardware with some after market pieces that are meant for repair. So that’s an option if you really enjoy the product. Doesn’t really make sense on some models because of how much hardware is present. Did it to a toss around duffel I’ve had for a couple years and honestly it’s a great bag.

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No offense taken at all, and my wife said the same thing when I was designing it. The colors are quite a bit softer in person, and the silver and gold have a nice metallic sheen.

I know it’s not for everyone, but it makes me happy so it’s all good!

Native American, or Indian from India?

“Though the term “Native American” is today often preferred to “American Indian,” particularly in the U.S., many Native American peoples continue to prefer American Indian (or Indian). “

Courtesy of Brittanica. You don’t have to be offended on behalf of every aggrieved party, dude. Sometimes it’s ok to stay in your lane and just try to be a good person

The country of India.

Superb. I just bought a leather briefcase from them too and it is excellent.

Very cool.

Honest question and people downvote. lol Reddit is a funny place.