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No matter how high-quality the leather is, not every part of it is suitable for making bags.

Xunmi selects premium Spanish calf leather hides. When entering the workshop, each hide undergoes strict inspection for its grain texture, fiber direction, and color condition. Before bag making, craftsmen conduct more precise zoning judgments on the leather.

Natural vegetable-tanned leather has no chemical coating. Its advantage lies in truly presenting the natural beauty of the leather, while the challenge is that it has extremely strict requirements on the quality of raw hides. The usable parts of each hide are also more limited.

For bag production, Xunmi usually only uses the back area where the fiber structure is dense and the texture is smooth and uniform. This area accounts for only 30% to 40% of the total area of the hide, making the loss rate extremely high, which can be called luxurious.

Take Xunmi's Cloud Hobo Bag as an example. It is a large-capacity hobo bag that requires a whole, continuous piece of leather. Making just one Cloud Hobo Bag often consumes two whole cowhides. The leather material cannot be spliced or compromised.

Natural vegetable-tanned leather is costly. Some parts can be used, while others are not compromised; some standards must be adhered to, and some losses must be borne even if it is distressing. It does not rely on logos to show its value because for Xunmi, the value of the bag has long been reflected in every rigorous and decisive choice of selection and abandonment.