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Most of products in our store are Made in Japan, still we appreciate brands that carefully made their products and represent the true artisan spirit even they are outside Japan. This is why we bring in S.F.K from Taiwan. Kurt of S.F.K is not just an excellent leather artisan, he also bring us a very interesting candle.

S.F.K "Skull Fragrance Candle is a vanilla fragrant based candle. The wax is made of natural vanilla oil that extracted from Madagascar. It brings you a light vanilla scent after you light it up and gives you a refresh but peaceful feeling. The "skull" is a result of countless sculpt and adjust, it is super detailed. Quite a tasteful piece even for those who just looking for a small good to decorate home.

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S.F.K Full Grain Cowhide Mid Wallet in stock. Mr Kurt chooses a 3mm thick black tea-cord full grain cowhide for the wallet. The tea-core leather will appears brown color through time and appear a special sheen which is similar like horsehide. The wallet was hand built in Taiwan. Legit vintage brass rivets, button and zipper had been used for this wallet, they are all small pieces of history. The design is pretty clean, one notes department, one coin case and one card case will fulfill your basic daily needs. 

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Super functional tool bag from S.F.K company in stock. The bag is made of Okayama made selvedge denim and vegetable tan cowhide. Through long time in use, you will see denim and leather aged gradually together. It is not just a bag with nice material, but also super functional. It goes with two departments. One large department secured with two cooper buttons, you can put keys, coins or any small belongings inside. The other department design specifically for smartphones, and it goes with a adjustable leather strap so you can always grab out your phone easily but keep your phone secure as well. The bag also goes with a cooper ring so you can hook it with your belt loop buddy, key hooks, key rings, or even on your tote bag.

If you are looking for some extra space outside your 5-pockets denim, this can be a great choice. 

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S.F.K got some really descent small leather goods. We bring in some of these measuring tape that you might need one. The tape goes with a cover that are made of thick full grain original tan leather and hand stitched with thick wax thread. Through using you can enjoy the aging of the leather. There is a stamp of S.F.K logo on one side of the cover and the other side goes with a hidden self-retracting button which make it super easy to use. The tape goes with both “cm" and "Inch" measurement unit.

This is a must have for those who like to shop online.

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A beautiful key case from S.F.K Company. It is constructed with a thick piece of vegetable tan cow hide leather and an "Omega" (Ω) shape steel shackle. 

The cowhide leather has been hand cut and stitched with thick wax cotton thread. The S.F.K symbol has been stamped on the leather. Through daily use, you will see the leather gradually aged and the stamp appearing more and more clearly. A brass snap button has been studded on the leather so you can always keep your key secured. 

The omega shape steel shackle is in a screw construction, so you can open it up and put things like keys (a steel key ring has been provided), usb, or Victorinox inside and hook on your belt loop. It is super functional and secured to use.

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If you already have some nice denim or beautiful leather, how to wash them is always a big problem. We bring in these S.F.K Natural Soap which is specially developed by Kurt as well. It is made of 100% organic vegetable oil. Through a classified process of extraction and compounding, the S.F.K Natural Soap goes with a rich ferment nutrition, which can be used to clean out some deep stains on denim or leather. Also, since S.F.K Natural Soap goes with no essence, no dye, and no chemical additives. For those who have allergic skin, you can use them to wash your hands or even face as well.

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We met Kurt  one year ago and he kindly gave us a lecture of his products. Kurt has a more than 20 years experience and research on leather products. At the very beginning of it, he was really into horse hide belts, since the horsehide will appears a different kind of sheen compare with cowhide through a long time in use. Then he try out more different types of leathers, he found that some top grade full grain cowhide can appears similar aging looks like horse hide. Through a long time research and testing, he found out that the "Sheen" that appears through the aging is a result of the density and grease of the leather. The full grain cowhide he developed can makes full grain cowhide appears same sheen as cowhide. The results do really surprise us. Also, the cowhide is in an medium weight, we guarantee that you will have a smooth "break in".

Except top grade full grain cowhide, Kurt use dead-stock copper buckles for these belts. Those buckles are used to be US Army's supplies decades ago. They all appears naturally rusty looks, and through the time you might feel them become a bit more smooth and shinning. Also, since the buckles are dead-stock, the belts will be finished once the buckles are out of stock. The drop shape belt holes design makes the belts easy to be on and off.

The belts are carefully hand-stitched and polished by experience artisans from Taiwan. In our opinion, it is a "Made in Japan" standard product. We bring in two types of leathers - natural tan and black tea-cord for you to choose. The natural tan will age to a darker brown color. The black tea-cord is a color that kurt develop by himself, through wearing, you will see a reddish brown color come up little by little.

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In our store, over 80% of the brands and 95% of the products are from Japan, because Japanese makers are always on the way of pursuing quality. However today's brand which we are going to announce is NOT from Japan, and of course you might be wondering why. Most of our non-Japanese brands they have two things in common: one being they are extremely successful especially in Japan; the other being the high standard of quality for their products. So you may know the reason by now, yes, proudly to announce we will be carrying S.F.K., the legendary brand from Taiwan from this season.

Kurt Chen, the founder of S.F.K was first a vintage collector and he was heavily influenced by the way of how things were used to be crafted, through collecting vintage goods, he gained enormous amount of knowledge on leather, fabric and making of products. Then he got in touch with Japanese garments and deeply touched by the way that Japanese artisans' pursue for quality. In 2003, Kurt started his own store: Faith & co. Ltd., back then he was the only one who promotes the "quality fashion" concept in Taiwan or even the entire Eastern Asia region. Meanwhile the great hype of street fashion is on, and brands such as BAPE or NeighBorHooD were doing extremely well. Kurt played a very important role and had magnificent influence in today's world of quality fashion although most of you haven't even heard about his name, it was him being the missionary of quality fashion.

The key concept of the brand S.F.K. is comfort, practical and the products you can use everyday. Back in 2006, the atmosphere of quality fashion in Japan is super heavy duty. Items such as 33oz denims, shoes made from 7mm thick leather etc, as we look today such items would have been utterly uncomfortable, impractical and weighs too much for daily using. Having been through that era, S.F.K. has established their concept as we have mentioned before: comfort, practical and the products you can use everyday. The brand itself was established in 2006 as well, but all the products were prototypes and were gradually improved throughout the years until 2013, so we weren't able to see anything from S.F.K. until the Clutch Collection "C C Show" three years ago. S.F.K. haven't been in the market for so long time but they have a lot of dealers in Europe already so the quality is approbated.

We, CoRLection were also inspired such pioneer and we will like to pay extreme respect for such a great brand. Not made in Japan but has the Japanese standard of quality goods for everyday use. In the future we may be bringing in some more non-Japanese brands with premium quality. There's a saying in China says "A hero is a hero, no matter where he's from", we are the "spotter" for heroes, what we find will be good of course and we don't think origination is everything. We highly recommend you to check them out in our physical store to sense the beautiful designs and amazing quality of SFK products!

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