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FI.03 | THE TREASURY

Sale price£140.00

Made to order. Please allow up to four weeks for production before dispatch.

FOR THE ESSENTIALS OF EXCHANGE

The Treasury is an exercise in carrying less, but carrying it properly.

Cards, credentials and the small necessities of modern life, held in a compact form designed to disappear quietly into a pocket.

No unnecessary bulk. No unnecessary complication.

Just what is required.

Product Details →

Materials: Full-grain leather

Colourway: Caledonian Whisky with Holyrood Heather

Edition: Individually numbered, one of twenty

Designed in Edinburgh

Purpose & Provenance →

WHY IT EXISTS

Pockets have limits.

The Treasury was designed around the things a gentleman actually carries rather than everything a leather goods company might find room for.

Compact, purposeful and deliberately restrained, it keeps the essentials organised without becoming an object that needs organising itself.

Small things should still be made properly.

LESS, DONE BETTER

The design of The Treasury is intentionally economical.

Every pocket has a purpose. Every line is considered. Nothing has been added simply to create the impression of greater complexity.

The result is an object whose simplicity is precisely the point.

THE FOUNDERS COLOURWAY

CALEDONIAN WHISKY / HOLYROOD HEATHER

Caledonian Whisky leather is complemented by a discreet Holyrood Heather detail, reserved exclusively for the Founders Issue Collection.

A distinction that reveals itself rather than announces itself.

MADE PROPERLY

The Treasury is handcrafted by skilled artisans from vegetable-tanned leather selected to develop a rich patina through handling and use.

As the leather softens and darkens, the piece becomes increasingly individual to the gentleman carrying it.

The more it is carried, the more it becomes yours.

RECORDED BY THE HOUSE

FI.03.01 – FI.03.20

Only twenty Founders Issue Treasuries will be made. Each is individually numbered, giving every piece its own identity within the collection.

The unique Founders Issue code is stamped discreetly onto the piece itself and recorded on its accompanying Certificate of Authenticity.

For example:

FI.03.06

FI — Founders Issue

03 — The Treasury

06 — The sixth example of twenty

The same number is recorded in the Balfour Cairns House Register alongside the year of issue and original Registered Owner, establishing a permanent record of the piece's provenance.

Once FI.03.20 has been issued, the Founders Issue Treasury is closed.

It will not be repeated.

Leather Type →

Full-Grain, Vegetable Tanned Leather

Delivery & Returns →

MADE TO ORDER

Balfour Cairns pieces are made to order rather than produced for stock.

Once your order is placed, it enters production with the artisans and specialist makers of the House. This allows each piece to receive the time and attention it requires, rather than being made in anticipation of a sale and left waiting on a shelf.

Depending on the piece, production may take up to four weeks. Once complete, it is inspected by the House before being prepared for delivery.

We believe some things are worth waiting for.

Made for its owner. Not for inventory.

The Treasury – Balfour Cairns Founders Issue leather card holder
FI.03 | THE TREASURY Sale price£140.00

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