builderofstuff

Really nice work. What weight leather do you find works best for wallets like these? Chris

Fantastic. I really like the look of it. Chris

Very cool. I like making tools as well. Chris

Looks amazing. Chris

I think they look great. Definitely work to be proud of. Chris

Looks great!

I second that, looks great.

Really dig the wallets. I have a wallet design that I've been carrying for about 5 years now and I'll never go back to a store bought wallet. I've always wanted to make a bi-fold and I tried it once but I think the leather that I have was a bit to thick for it.

Very very cool. I would never have thought of making bowls from leather. Chris

Seriously awesome! Chris

Welcome to the group. Chris

I like it. I've always wanted to make a watch band but never had any leather thin enough to do it. Chris

Thanks. Good to be back. Chris

A while back I was really active on the forum and for one reason or another it seemed that leatherwork took a backseat to everything else I was doing and slowly I drifted away from the forum. Just wanted to say that I'm still around and recently I've started doing more leatherwork again. Look forward to getting back into the swing of things. Chris aka builderofstuff

glad I could help Chris

There were some videos on youtube that I saw that didn't necessarily go through every little detail, but they did have enough information to give you a good starting point. I'll look and see if I have links to them saved. Chris Check out this videos and see what you think. I think it might give you a good starting point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJCi63O6Uw&feature=channel_video_titled Chris

What about thinning the dyes? How do you thin them down so you can spray them and how much? I generally use Tandy leather dyes and they are pretty thick.

very cool

Wow never thought this thread would get this much response. hahaha Chris

I think it looks great. Chris

I use vinyl which came from Jo-Anne's. My fiance got it for one of her craft projects and we had a ton of it laying around. Unfortunately I don't know what the thickness is or if it's even available in different thicknesses, but that's what I use for the ID window on my wallets. It works great, holds up really well, and it's readily available. Hope that helps. Chris

I'd like to know how to do this as well.

You did a beautiful job on it.

excellent as always

You might contact a doctor that works with orthodics and ask them, explain the situation to them and see what they think. I know that in my still limited study of shoemaking that if you get it wrong you can cause some problems. However if she wears crocs all the time those are about as basic as you can get. At least the ones that I have don't have much in the way of arch support or anything like that. Wish I could be of more help. Chris