Craftsman Made

This blog might be of use to you http://carreducker.blogspot.co.uk/2010_03_14_archive.html http://carreducker.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/bristle-fashion.html

Like it!

That is some really nice work.

They are a work of art. Love them.

Lovely work

Beautiful work love the contrast of the toe and heel and the embossed middle

That's a really lovely piece of work I like it a lot.

Very nicely done!!

Like the boots and the bench both very well made. Anyone interested in making shoes should have a look at this blog i'm sure you will find it interesting http://carreducker.blogspot.co.uk/ Like the boots and the bench both very well made. Anyone interested in making shoes should have a look at this blog im sure you will find it interesting http://carreducker.blogspot.co.uk/

Nice! like the way the fastening strap comes up from underneath. Also like the unusual lay out of the inside

Well done great 1st go

Love it your corners are really something!!! Beautiful work all round.

That is one very neat idea. Simple and practical

Wonderful work very impressive. Love the novel use of the bicycle wheel

Excellent how-to birdman. This is what I use to flatten out seams it's called a seam turner.

That is some tooling love it

That is very nice indeed

Very nice work love the way the colour fades

Looking good be nice to see it finished

Sorry craftsman827 that did not work. Just go to the bottom of page 2 of the forum 'How do I do that' and you will see the topic 'How Is This Done? Magic?'

See this topic How Is This Done? Magic? http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=60483&hl=%2Bdone+%2Bmagic

Thanks for the comments people.

Finally finished the 1st project. I have made mine slightly smaller so as to take UK notes and also I have only put 3 cards either side. I used 5mm english bridle leather which I skived down by hand to 3mm for the outside which I then lined with doe skin and then skived that down along the edges of were the pockets where to go. I used 2mm case leather for the rest. It is stitched with 4 cord 18 black linen thread. I made all the pieces slightly larger than my templates glued and stitched them together then trimmed off the excess at the end as close to the stitch line as I could get. I just used warm water and a flat bone to do the edges. Could have been a bit thinner but I am happy with it.

Beautiful Work

Congratulations to you and your better half!!