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Hello everyone, See the attached photo - I was wondering how this person manages to burnish their T-slots so cleanly. Anyone have any insight into how they might be doing it? Regards, Sam

cheers!

Hi everyone, Recently I've been using fiebings paste saddle soap to finish my edges and I've come across a few problems. So I use canvas to apply the saddle soap to my edges however it can spread around and sometimes cover my stitching. While I don't really want to dig small pieces of saddle soap out and around of my stitching, it's worse when you have white stitching and your yellow saddle soap discolors your stitching... Also, I use a hand dremel with wooden attachments to burnish after applying saddle bar soap which works great, but I'm not sure how to attach canvas to a hand dremel and use paste saddle soap to finish my leather. Any ideas? Sam

Hi everyone, Recently I've been using fiebings paste saddle soap to finish my edges and I've come across a few problems. So I use canvas to apply the saddle soap to my edges however it can spread around and sometimes cover my stitching. While I don't really want to dig small pieces of saddle soap out and around of my stitching, it's worse when you have white stitching and your yellow saddle soap discolors your stitching... Also, I use a hand dremel with wooden attachments to burnish after applying saddle bar soap which works great, but I'm not sure how to attach canvas to a hand dremel and use paste saddle soap to finish my leather. Any ideas? Sam

Thanks a lot. I’ve been following some of these people. I especially like niwa leathers

Not much to say, would love to know the process behind lining card slots with chevre. Here's an example - https://www.chestermox.com/blog/Bespoke_barenia_chevre_coinpouch_bifold_wallet/ PS - anyone know any other premium leather makers like chester mox? Regards, Sam

Hello, Kind request for a template if anyone has one of T-slots for a bifold wallet. Having a problem recently with my design and tight cards. wondering if I should taper the T part more or not. Regards, Sam

I wonder if Equus leather uses clicker dies.

Must be able to order them somewhere. I got a rotary cutter but it was a right handed one. Need to find a left handed one.

Clicker die. That's what those are called! I'm definitely getting some made at some point.

Hello, Recently I've been trying to refine my techniques and I'm not quite sure on the best practices for cutting leather. First I'll outline my technique for the wallets that I'm trying to make. 1. Work out my measurements. Ruler to leather and trace away. 2. Bust out the craft knife and slice away. I feel if I am cutting two identical pieces that there are slight errors due to the leather bend while cutting, or simply just starting a mm on or off the trace line... Are people getting plastic molds made so that things are easier to cut or what? Take this example from Chestermox, how is this so perfect each time?! Regards, Perfectionist Sam

Thanks Tom, I’ll try scratching it to make teeth and see if it’ll work on some scrap leather

Hello, So recently I made a train pass/ID case which is attached below. This was a bit of a failed product as in the end I didn’t realize that usual glues for leather don’t stick well to plastics. The opening at the bottom of the plastic section, which I could stitch but I’d rather not to, has come loose. I tried super glue as well but that also came loose. So I was wondering, maybe Epoxy would be good or is there some unknown product I don’t know about or should I just stitch this really inconvenient place to stitch? sam

Thanks a lot! Btw I’m pretty sure he doesn’t roll any of his edges for his wallets

So has anyone seen that Equus leather wallet video on YouTube? If you haven’t, you should! anyway, during the video you can see a frame where he’s skived his leather like this. I understand skiving, but why would he do this on the top side of the leather instead of the underside? sam

Thanks for all the comments and diagrams. so in the second image I posted, you are saying he skived those pieces before sticking them together? sam

Thanks for that!

Alright, hello, and thank you to anyone who can point me in the right direction. So, recently I have started working with leather and I just want to master making wallets, but I'm confused as to how people do card slots. I've been following some people on Instagram and have been inspired by their work - Maybe someone could tell me how they do their card slots? Here are the examples I'm looking at: So judging by the stitching around the card slots, I believe that each slot has been cut so that each piece can line up with each other where I assume there is only two layers on the edge, a back and all the card slots lined up. Here's a T-slot! So, at this point I'm thinking, OK - Make T-slots, easy... But when I made a wallet there were "tightness" issues where the card slots at the back worked fine, but the card slots at the front were very tight - SO, do people make different sized card slots for the first, second, third and fourth card slot? Another side note, Mattnudi from this T-slot photo told me that he glues two pieces of leather together 0.5m leather x 2. IS this common practice as well?! Right moving on... Here's my biggest confusion.... So obviously this wallet is layered and T-slots are not used. I wonder if their are two pieces of leather glued together for each slot as well. Anyway, I have big problems with T-slots and whether they should all be the same measurements, and if so how do I avoid tight card slots? And how can I make non-t-slots viable without super ugly edges? Was going to include edge tips as well in this - Anyone know a good edge paint product? Sam

Alright, hello, and thank you to anyone who can point me in the right direction. So, recently I have started working with leather and I just want to master making wallets, but I'm confused as to how people do card slots. I've been following some people on Instagram and have been inspired by their work - Maybe someone could tell me how they do their card slots? Here are the examples I'm looking at: So judging by the stitching around the card slots, I believe that each slot has been cut so that each piece can line up with each other where I assume there is only two layers on the edge, a back and all the card slots lined up. Here's a T-slot! So, at this point I'm thinking, OK - Make T-slots, easy... But when I made a wallet there were "tightness" issues where the card slots at the back worked fine, but the card slots at the front were very tight - SO, do people make different sized card slots for the first, second, third and fourth card slot? Another side note, Mattnudi from this T-slot photo told me that he glues two pieces of leather together 0.5m leather x 2. IS this common practice as well?! Right moving on... Here's my biggest confusion.... So obviously this wallet is layered and T-slots are not used. I wonder if their are two pieces of leather glued together for each slot as well. Anyway, I have big problems with T-slots and whether they should all be the same measurements, and if so how do I avoid tight card slots? And how can I make non-t-slots viable without super ugly edges? Was going to include edge tips as well in this - Anyone know a good edge paint product? Sam