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Core Materials for Leather Boxes: MDF vs Greyboard vs Wood vs Plastic
A leather box can look premium and still fail in real life. The reason is usually hidden under the leather. Most problems—warping lids, misaligned corners, soft walls, loose hinges, dents from shipping—come from one thing: the wrong core material (or the wrong thickness of the right core). The leather is the “skin.” The core is the “skeleton.” If the skeleton is weak, no leather—no matter how expensive—can save the structure long term.