SlimCase for Leica M11 & M EV1 - Buffalo Hide

Buffalo hide on the smallest case we make The SlimCase is the FlexCase with everything unnecessary removed. No Arca profile, no AirTag compartment, just leather around the body and a precision machined plate underneath. This run is buffalo: a hide with a grain so deep it reads as texture from across a room, over an aircraft grade aluminum plate in Black Chrome or Silver Chrome. The plate carries a spare SD card, an anti skid pad and two quarter twenty threads, and it leaves the battery and the USB-C port open. The EDC Keychain Tool that opens the card door is in the box. Built for the Leica M11 and M EV1, in limited batches. The grainBuffalo is not calf with a pattern pressed into it. The raised grain is the hide's own, so it varies across the case and from one case to the next. Traveling lightLess leather and no bracket. The camera keeps its shape in the bag without gaining the bulk of a full case. The card you forgotA spare SD card lives in the plate. The tool that opens the door is on your keys, not in a drawer at home. WearThe hide darkens where your hand sits and the grain softens with it. A year in, no two of these look alike. FitMaterialsSpecificationsCareQuestions Leica M11 and M EV1. The plate is machined to those bodies. The case stays on. Battery and USB-C are reachable with the camera still in the leather. The SD card too. The plate carries its own door, and the EDC tool that opens it is in the box. Two quarter twenty threads. Straight onto a tripod head, a plate or a strap anchor. No Arca profile, no AirTag compartment. Those live on the FlexCase. The SlimCase trades them for less material and less weight. South African buffalo. A heavy, deeply pebbled grain that no calf hide produces, in a grey brown that shifts warm or cool with the light. Structured, not stiff. It holds its shape from the first day and breaks in with use rather than going floppy. Lined and padded inside. The finish of the camera never touches bare material. Aircraft grade aluminum plate. Precision machined, in Black Chrome or Silver Chrome. Made in Miami. Cut, machined and finished in our own shop. Fits. Leica M11, Leica M EV1. Plate. Aircraft grade aluminum, Black Chrome or Silver Chrome, at the same price. Threads. Two quarter twenty. Card storage. A spare SD card sits in the plate itself. Base. Anti skid pad. Access. Battery and USB-C without removing the case. In the box. The EDC tool, designed by Gaston Shutters, for the SD door. Production. Limited batches. Excluded from sitewide promotions. Wipe it dry. A dry cloth for dust, a barely damp one for anything else. If it gets wet. Let it dry away from direct heat. A radiator will stiffen leather permanently. Conditioner. Sparingly. A grain this heavy needs very little. The grain will change. Buffalo darkens and softens where your hand sits. That is the hide working, not the case wearing out. How is this different from the FlexCase?The SlimCase drops the Arca profile and the AirTag compartment. Less material, less weight, the same protection where the camera meets the leather. Do I have to take it off to change the battery or the card?No. The battery and USB-C are open, and the SD card sits behind a door in the plate that the included EDC tool opens. Black Chrome or Silver Chrome?Both, at the same price. Black Chrome disappears under the leather. Silver Chrome draws a line along the base that reads against a dark hide. Will mine look exactly like the photographs?Close, not identical. Buffalo grain varies more than calf does, so no two cases carry the same pattern. Does it fit the M11 D?No. That body needs its own plate.