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Nordstrom Is Selling a Rock in a Leather Pouch for $85 and the Internet Is Very Confused
One Nordstrom product has customers scratching their heads.
With holiday season here, Nordstrom is offering what it calls a “Leather Wrapped Stone” for $85 – much to the confusion of the Internet.
“Ummm it’s just a rock? In a pouch? Is it from somewhere special at least … ie the moon…. somewhere, anywhere?” one person tweeted.
The piece is billed as a Los Angeles-area stone “wrapped in rich, vegetable-tanned American leather.” And its use is up to the buyer.
Derek Attig @bookmobility
This is a rock. It has leather knickers. It costs $85 at Nordstrom. This is entirely normal.
4:17 PM - 5 Dec 2016
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http://people.com/home/nordstrom-is-selling-a-rock-in-a-leather-pouch-for-85-and-the-internet-is-very-confused/
No One Can Figure Out Why Nordstrom Is Selling a Rock in a Case for $85
That's one expensive rock.
Chelsea Stone DEC 6, 2016 2:23PM EST
It's that time of the year where we're all on the hunt for the absolutely perfect holiday gifts for all of our friends and family, and Nordstrom seems to have the solution: On the company's website, one can purchase a "Medium Leather Wrapped Stone" by the brand Made Solid for a cool $85, Buzzfeed points out. To clarify, that's a rock, swathed in a leather case, and it costs $85.
If you're confused, you're not alone. Here's a quick recap of what we know about the rock: It's from California, and it can literally be used for anything.
The item's description reads, "A paperweight? A conversation piece? A work of art? It's up to you, but this smooth Los Angeles-area stone—wrapped in rich, vegetable-tanned American leather secured by sturdy contrast whipstitching—is sure to draw attention wherever it rests. A traditional hardening process gives the leather a beautiful ombré effect."
http://www.teenvogue.com/story/nordstrom-rock-85-dollars-website
Though the pouch is cut and created by Made Solid, an L.A.-based leather product company, a Nordstrom rep told BuzzFeed “only Mother Earth can take credit for rocks.” So to be clear, the rocks came from the ground.
Co-founder of Made Solid Peter Maxwell told Cosmopolitan.com the wrap (which is a collaboration with artist Cristy Pitoc) has become one of the company’s most popular items since its 2014 creation and that this is the second time it’s been featured at Nordstrom, “the first to garner this much attention though.”
As for the pouch price? He “[knows] the comments are going nuts right now,” but he emphasized: “It’s a high-end vegetable tanned leather, meaning it’s all natural and darkens with age. The technique is labor intensive. Each piece is made by hand by stretching the leather, shrinking it, sewing, and finishing. This isn’t a simple pocket of machine-stitched cheap leather that a rock was jammed into.”
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/a8470884/nordstrom-selling-85-dollar-leather-rock-pouch/
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This is kind of the same thing. 
Because life is about choices. 
for when you want stinky pee without all the nutrients, calories and fiber.
Lucy Van Pelt would give to Charlie Brown. Snoopy would not approve. 
it was the same as below . but it was much cheaper than the nordstrom thing.
https://shop.the189.com/products/stone-with-leather-cover
"The stone with leather cover is one part of 'The Gropius Set' and has been produced in Vienna by the Carl Auböck workshop. Collected from the banks of the Danube where Carl II first collected them in the 1940's, each one is chosen on appearance, taking into account texture and form, they then cut a piece of genuine leather to size and stitch it on. Each one is embossed with the Auböck logo. A nice compliment to any creatives desk, both functional and quirky."
The difference in quality is apparent:
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"The stone with leather cover is one part of 'The Gropius Set' and has been produced in Vienna by the Carl Auböck workshop. Collected from the banks of the Danube where Carl II first collected them in the 1940's, each one is chosen on appearance, taking into account texture and form, they then cut a piece of genuine leather to size and stitch it on. Each one is embossed with the Auböck logo. A nice compliment to any creatives desk, both functional and quirky."
The difference in quality is apparent:
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for an amazing discount, leather pouch not included.
...each with the name of a Trump Cabinet member.
https://shop.the189.com/collections/carl-aubock/products/stone-with-leather-cover
Nordstrom's should be ashamed for selling these cheap imitations.
Nordstrom's should be ashamed for selling these cheap imitations.
Carl Auböck knockoffs.
Actually, I had no idea that these leather wrapped stones even existed. We learn something new every day...
