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OK, I am a newbie here but when I told a co-worker that I was doing some leather stuff he said he wanted a new money clip. I have also been wanting one so I'll "practice" on the first one and if it looks OK when I am done he will be my first customer! We both have similar money clips now, let me see if I can explain this without a pic. It is 2.75" wide, by 4" tall, with three card size pockets, the two outside pockets appear to be sewn onto the face and the middle pocket is about 3/16" in height and is collapsible due to the soft leather sewn between the two outer pocket assemblies. It has a 1.5" x 6" strip of leather with magnets sandwiched between leather and what appears to be a thin soft leather (or pleather.) One end of this assembly is sewn in between an outer layer and a lining on one side of outer pocket. The two outer pockets are then attached together via a 3/4" piece of soft leather between them, creating the collapsible pocket mentioned in the third paragraph. I am trying not to tear my wallet apart to make my template for the new one, so I am asking for some pointers on the best way to figure out what size to start out. Anyone have a template for something very similar? Any other info you can throw my way would be appreciated very much. I have some remnants that I believe are about 3-4 oz veg tanned and some 1-2 oz mission grain lining (hope this works) I am not planning on doing very much tooling on this one, maybe doing some basket weave on one corner of the outer pockets . Thanks in advance, Terry

It looks good, adding what the others said. You could also do a magnet, instead of the snap, and turn it into a money clip/small wallet! Terry

Redochre, I just stopped by a local granite countertop store here in the USA and asked if they had a small piece and I told them why. They gave me a piece that is 12" X 12" or 30cm by 30cm depending on how you want to look at it.. :-) If you have anyplace across the pond that does granite or marble counters, they might be able to hook you up. Terry

Thanks, I'll try to give those a shot. Terry

This may sound like a silly question, but I am having trouble with my piece turning as I am tooling. Especially when I am using a beveler stamp like the B702 or b202 etc.. The piece is small like a scrap, fob, or coaster size. Am I missing something? haha Terry