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Close-up detail of the dark brown leather grain.

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Close-up detail of the red-brown leather grain.

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Comparison of the two colors of leather.

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A closer look at the hinge side.

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Isometric angle on the closure side. Fit and finish came out pretty excellent. The microfiber lining...

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First official one. While the second mockup came out great, the embossing isn't as deep and nice as this one.

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Mockup #2, with the thinner/darker leather. MUCH better. The bonding around the edges isn't perfect,...

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A bit too far off-register, and not enough slack in the leather around the hinge. Glad I had a few bad pieces of leather to practice on.

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Recessed in the bookbinder's board, so there won't be any bumps in the cover.

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Measure twice, cut once.

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I thought about not using a backing board, but a) I don't want the cover to be floppy, that's one of...

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More than half of the knockoffs are slightly crooked on the lower hinge like this. I'll need to...

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From the guts of a Smart Cover, genuine on the right (cast resin), knockoff on the left (flimsy...

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These things were terrible. Never buy crappy knockoffs. The parts I needed were fine, but the covers themselves didn't work for shit.

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I shopped this photo around to all the Apple OEM parts suppliers I could find, but nobody seemed to be...

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Lots of successful impressions, now I had to source the hinges and magnets.

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The dark brown leather, at first, really wasn't what I wanted. I love my red leather Apple Smart...

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Seriously. I thought maybe this whole thing might work, but I had NO idea it'd work this well. This...

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