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[Denverdad]

Each of the three Agfas I own - a Record III, a Speedex Special variant, and a Clipper Special - is clad in that same familiar black material that so many of the old Agfas came in.  You know which one I mean - that black cloth-like material with the h

[Finnegan]

The closest material I have ever found was being used on outdoor equipment in particular, a picnic basket type thing and it was green/white striped. Aside from all that, I remember seeing old vintage luggage with a texture like this. If you are lucky(

[Denverdad]

Thanks for the suggestions, Finnegan.  In the mean time I have also discovered that Iskra cameras came with a similar covering - at least judging by the pictures I have seen.  
 
Not that that really helps any.  The more I think about it, a repro

[Denverdad]

Update: So I contacted Morgan Sparks at Cameraleather.com and this was his response:
 
Jeff,
 
Thanks for the inquiry. We don't have any plans at this time to
develop a herringbone leatherette. It's very expensive to develop a
custom

[Finnegan]

Morgan just buys his covering materials from retail, wholesale, and online sources. He isn't big enough to custom order anything to be made from a manufacturer. Most of his leathers, etc., that he sells now can be found by searching the online b

[Denverdad]

I assumed as much regarding how he sources his materials.  But still, I figured there was a better chance of him being able to convince a manufacturer to produce such a material, than of me doing so.