The small tray holds keys, cards, and coins in a compact footprint on a bedside table or office desk.
Full-grain leather, like everything we make, so it will develop a patina over time.
Keys, a few coins, a ring, a pair of earbuds. That's the brief, and it's why this one is 5 by 5 by 1.5 inches folded and no bigger: a tray by the door has to be small enough that it doesn't quietly become the place everything ends up. If your pockets carry a wallet and a phone too, the medium is the size to take.
Black disappears on a dark dresser. Color 8 is Horween's oxblood, and it's the one that reads as an object instead of a container. Natural starts light golden and darkens fastest of the three, since a small tray gets handled more than a large one. All are heavyweight Chromexcel with solid brass studs at the corners, and all lie flat when the studs come undone.