{"product_id":"card-case-american-shrunken-bison-cognac","title":"Card Case | American Shrunken Bison | Cognac","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJack Foster | Card Case — American Shrunken Bison Cognac — Hand Stitched — Edge Dyed — Made in the USA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt for the person who has eliminated everything unnecessary from their daily carry and demands that everything remaining meet the same uncompromising standard of American material and American craft as the watch on their wrist and the belt on their waist — the \u003cstrong\u003eJack Foster Card Case in American Shrunken Bison Cognac\u003c\/strong\u003e is the most texturally distinctive, most boldly American, and most personally compelling minimalist card holder available from any independent maker at any price point. Constructed entirely by hand in the United States from the most characterful and most authentically American leather available to any craftsperson on American soil, hand saddle-stitched with waxed linen thread, and edge-dyed to a clean and deliberate finish, this is a card holder that carries up to \u003cstrong\u003ethree cards or two cards and an ID\u003c\/strong\u003e — everything the modern minimalist carry requires and nothing it does not — in a construction small enough to disappear into any pocket and distinctive enough to command attention every time it comes out of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Shrunken Bison Cognac. The Most American Leather in the Smallest Package.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe boldest material statement in the Jack Foster collection does not require size to make itself felt — and the Card Holder in American Shrunken Bison Cognac proves it completely. The American Bison — \u003cem\u003eBison bison\u003c\/em\u003e — is the national mammal of the United States, the living symbol of the American West and the frontier spirit, and the source of a leather denser, tighter-grained, and more abrasion-resistant than conventional bovine hide at any grade. The shrunken process takes that already-exceptional foundation and concentrates it into a bold, three-dimensional pebbled grain of extraordinary tactile and visual character — a surface unlike anything produced from bovine, exotic, or synthetic leather that announces the quality and the American character of the piece before a single card is drawn from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Cognac — the warmest, most luminous colorway available on this hide — the shrunken bison surface becomes something immediate and alive: a warm amber-gold with honey and caramel undertones that shifts between deep gold and rich amber with the light and the developing story of the leather. In the palm of the hand, the bold pebbled grain of Cognac Shrunken Bison is unlike any other card holder material available — a texture so tactilely distinct and so visually immediate that the simple act of pulling it from a pocket becomes a quiet statement of material knowledge and considered daily carry. On a piece this small, where every square inch of leather is visible and every detail of the construction is close at hand, the character of American Shrunken Bison in Cognac is not merely present — it is the entire conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHand Stitched. Not Assembled. Made in America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery stitch on the Jack Foster Card Holder is set by hand using a traditional saddle-stitch technique — a waxed thread lock-stitch that is stronger, more durable, and more repairable than anything a machine can produce. On a piece this small, where the stitching runs the full perimeter of the card holder and is visible at close range every time the piece is used, hand saddle-stitching is not merely a craft preference — it is the construction detail that defines the difference between a card holder built to a standard and a card holder built to a price point. The waxed linen thread sits cleanly and consistently through the full saddle-stitch run — each loop placed with the attention and the precision that American Shrunken Bison deserves and that Jack Foster delivers without exception on every piece regardless of size or complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt Without Compromise. Carried Every Day. Built to Last a Lifetime.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFull-grain American Shrunken Bison leather in Cognac\u003c\/strong\u003e — the national mammal of the United States in its most texturally distinctive and chromatically warm leather expression, providing a bold three-dimensional pebbled grain exterior of extraordinary visual character and rugged daily-carry durability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHolds up to 3 cards or 2 cards and an ID\u003c\/strong\u003e — a precisely considered capacity that covers every minimalist daily carry requirement without bulk, without unnecessary pockets, and without the compromises of a wallet that carries more than it needs to\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHand saddle-stitched with waxed linen thread\u003c\/strong\u003e — traditional hand construction at every stitch point for heirloom-grade durability and a finish quality that machine stitching cannot approach on a piece worn and handled this closely every single day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdge dyed\u003c\/strong\u003e — all exposed edges finished in a complementary edge dye that seals the leather perimeter, defines the profile of the card holder with a clean and deliberate line, and delivers the finishing detail that separates genuine American artisan leather goods from everything else the market offers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMade entirely in the USA by Jack Foster\u003c\/strong\u003e — every cut, every stitch, every edge finishing decision made by American hands to the standard that Jack Foster brings to every piece in the collection without exception or compromise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Card Case That Gets Better With Every Day It Is Carried\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican Shrunken Bison in Cognac ages with a boldness and a specificity that no other minimalist card holder leather can replicate — the warm amber-gold face deepening at the card slot openings and the daily handling contact points as the natural oils of use work into the dense bison fiber structure over months and years of honest daily carry. The bold shrunken grain develops a burnished depth at the wear points that creates a tonal contrast between the most-handled and least-handled areas of the piece — a patina map of every day this card holder has been reached for, every pocket it has lived in, and every time it has been the most distinctly American object on the counter. On a piece this small, carried this consistently, and handled this directly, the patina development of Cognac Shrunken Bison is among the most personal and most rapid in the entire Jack Foster collection — a card holder that is unmistakably yours within weeks and irreplaceably yours within months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a card holder for the long haul — for the minimalist carrier and the everyday EDC enthusiast, the American leather devotee and the person who has decided that everything they reach for every single day should meet the same standard of material, craft, and American conviction as everything else they refuse to compromise on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican leather. American craft. Everything you need. Nothing you don't. 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