Hand crafted so user mileage may vary
While this case is not bad, it is also not great. At this price point I am not compelled to suggest this product until I see that I simply got a lemon which does happen quite often. Because I am interested in how others feel about this case I am giving it 4 stars instead of 3 because I want to see how this product has turned out for other people. This case is hand crafted so human error does play a roll so take my review with a grain of salt. The only quarrel I have is with the back flap of the case and includes nit picking so ignore those parts if those issues do not bother you.<br /><br />I chose to have my case with the custom engraving and it turned out beautify. The letters are perfectly aligned and is square with the case. The lettering is a perfect size to be noticeable but not take away from the simplicity of the case even when I used up all 5 characters. I chose the lighter brown version of the case and while it does look almost identical to the pictures, in my hand I feel like it look a little better.<br /><br />The slots for each card will not allow a card to disappear into the case, showing only a finger tips worth of a card per slot. This makes the slots feel very tight and secure, and allowing room for wear and tear so cards don't begin to feel loose over time. The additional slot behind the card slots feels very normal. The front flap feels moderately stiff and protective because of the 3 layers of leather glued and sewn together to form the front flap and card slots. I wish the back flap was as robust.<br /><br />The rubber phone holder was half haphazardly glued to the inside of the back flap. You can begin to peel the leather back from the phone holder and see the glue, which tells me that over time I may have to re-glue it back on or clean debris out of the crease. The way that the glue dried, left the back flap not totally flat so the leather and phone holder have kind of warped a little. This caused the lock button to not line up perfectly with the lock button cut out on the phone holder, making it feel more stiff when trying to press the lock button. This may fix itself over time, however. The phone holder itself may be the culprit to the button disalignment however seeing as the bottom cutt out for the speaker and S pen are not perfect. the top row of holes are slightly covered on the speaker grill and the S pen cut out is not perfectly centered. The other 2 much more used port cut outs are perfect however with room for larger cables. The last complaint about the case itself is with the placement of the phone holder. While the top and side do have a small bit of excess leather to protect the sides from a drop, the bottom is a little too low for the leather of the case to protect the phone. The phone will rely on its own design and the soft rubbery phone holder. While the phone holder in and of itself is much like many of the phone holders on the market now, it does not offer many of the design features for drop protection as it was made specifically and almost solely for the purpose of holding the phone to the back of this leather case. I would have loved to see the holder aligned a little better. However, like I said, this is a hand crafted case so your case may not have the same issues as mine<br /><br />At first glance and to all of your friends, this is a beautiful phone case. A nit picky grandpa or uncle might find some flaws like I did but that is again mostly nit picky. I was denied return of the product by the company so I will put up with it and may edit my review some day, but for now, I am only comfortable with this case, but I can feel it growing on me already after only a single day of use.
Rating: 4 stars