Hi Im Joe

I bet you have a lot of friends! Good luck man.

Man I've seen you post on a lot of threads. You have a chip on your shoulder the size of a boulder. I'm sorry...but generally people on here have been super helpful and if misunderstandings occur juts let it go.

That whole wallet is made out of 2-3 oz leather. My card pockets are 4 inches by 2 inches.

If you can make a belt you can make a watch strap. They aren't that difficult. just don't stitch across them. Just stitch along the edge. Its not so hard.

I'm pretty sure your posts as well as your pm has taught ikewineb everything he would ever want to know about you. Geez man chill out. He was only trying to help you. No one called you an idiot.

Exactly like a gusset except you just cut your pocket long on either side and then fold it in on itself to create a pleat at the edges which when stitched to the wallet provides your pocket with some depth.

Full grain veg tan pigskin lining can easily be used for the insides of wallets. Also, when doing a coin pocket think about using a pleated pocket instead of a flat pocket to give the coin pocket some depth.

It is my understanding (maybe incorrectly) that you wet form stuff first then dye it. Maybe for this exact reason? I'm not sure.

If you don't want your chromexcel please send it to me. I will give it the lovin'. Honestly, its great for wallets, bags, watchstraps and a bunch of other stuff. I've made wallets out of it and am now using it to make a messenger bag for my wife. The wallet on the left is tan chromexcel. The other picture is the inside of the wallet.

Yeah thats the same skiver I use as well. It takes a very strange motion to get it to work. It's hard to describe. You kind of just have to fiddle with it until it works then try to replicate it. Also you may want to try swapping out the blade.

I wonder if you can use one of those heat wand things to "burnish" chrome tanned leather.

I am dismissive of your opinion because none of it is based off of fact and it is generally pretty ridiculous. Apology was the wrong word to use. Just admit you are wrong and we can move on. You have flip flopped your opinion a couple times in this thread and then tried to wheedle your way out of it by citing "integrity." That's not integrity. Integrity is admitting you've made a mistake and owning up to it. You know...like taking responsibility for what you actually said instead of trying to change your position? I'm done with you. Also, I will not lose any sleep over this conversation and neither should you.

LOL...integrity is saying something wrong...then backpedaling when you get some shit without actually apologizing or admitting the things you said were patently wrong. Yeah that's integrity.

I got about 25 more years...

Good for you man. Enjoy your retirement. I'm sure you earned it!

This is a good post. Much better than mine. But to say having a college degree precludes you from being a police officer is asinine. Sorry for the strong language but I have a lot of friends who are police officers and they are nothing like the stereotype DavidL is portraying in his posts. It irks me.

No problem! Glad you liked it.

Cops aren't allowed to have a university degree? Is that in the USA or somewhere else? You realize every major university in the states has a criminal justice program? A lot of graduates go on to become law enforcement of some type. That is one of the dumber things I've heard on here.

You are holding yourself back man...the chromexcel from Horween smells and feels so good! You should give it a try. Its really awesome stuff.

It's really not hard. You just have to take some more time thinking about measurements. Once you get the measurements the act of turning the edge and the rest is easy (barring the corners). I am interested in this as well!

Those look great. You just confirmed the guy is an ass. Well done.

I found this over on reddit.com/r/leathercraft. https://thedistance.com/horween Thought you guys would like to see it if you aren't familiar with reddit. Enjoy! Joe

Try doing a turned binding instead of a cut edge. I bought some chromexcel and as soon as I tried to burnish it I gave up and started researching how to do a turned binding b/c I knew I would never get that edge how I wanted it.

Thanks! Yeah the chromexcel wallet is using tandy's tejas thread which is freaking giant. The brown wallet I wanted to see how artificial sinew worked so I used that. I have a small amount of tiger thread coming which I"m going to try out and if I like it I'll buy a bunch. Thanks for posting the suppliers I'll check them out for sure!

Hello all, Here are a couple wallets I've done and a portfolio I did for someone from Reddit. She wanted a portfolio to give to her boyfriend in the army corp of engineers. So I've never made one before so I told her I'd make her one for my cost of materials plus shipping. I think it came out pretty good. The wallets I tried to turned turned bindings for the first time. It was a great learning process. The chromexcel card wallet has cut edges on the turned binding (was just trying to figure out the basics). The veg tan medium brown wallet has the bindings folded on themselves and then folded over the edge. It was a bit of a challenge. Please tear them up. Let me know how I can improve. My feelings will not be hurt. I learned that you have to leave some extra room between the binding and the edge you are turning it over. I also learned that cutting the corners is hard. I need to improve in that area. Thanks for looking! Joe