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Coach Vintage Baseball Wallets

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Hey folks,

I've gotten a couple of requests to make a vintage baseball wallet like the 200 piece limited edition of run that Coach did earlier this year (their run sold out in 3 days). I have a pretty consistent backlog of 3 months for my motorcycle leathers so most folks looking for a custom wallet are looking for someone to make these. I did help the first requestor research what was involved so he could be better prepared when getting quotes and such. here's what I found:

The Coach run was made from gloves that were 70+ years old. They spent a year scouring ebay and other sources snatching up any gloves that were old enough and in good enough condition to use. Each wallet takes approximately 1.5 baseball gloves to make (sometimes 2 depending on the leather quality of each). They were made in a patchwork fashion, the palm and back made up the majority of the outside and the remaining palm, back and fingers were used to make the guts. Even the edge trim was from the gloves, it was simply skived to be thin enough to wrap the edges.

The wallets were priced at $348, which sounds expensive but they did explain a bit why. Aside from the price of the gloves which at times was pricey, a large part of the project was deconstructing the glove to retain as much usable leather as possible and then they put the leather through a lengthy process of oiling & conditioning to make sure it would be workable and last once put into use. Also, since the gloves would not be all uniform size and shape each cut pattern adjusted during the making as a standard pattern didn't always work. Combine that with color matching the various gloves to each other for the closest matches and you can see how it could become a decent sized job.

The couple of folks I have talked to I have referred to others from LW.net and such in the hopes they might find some extra business and possibly a new offering. Just thought I would post my research so the process wouldn't have to start over if you get a request. Here's an article with a good collection of the pictures from the Coach wallet announcements & ads:

http://www.psfk.com/...ve-wallets.html

Cheers,

Chris

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Wow, those are pretty cool. Not sure I want to make one myself, but I like the idea a lot.

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