AzShooter

The Pricking Iron went through o.k. but I still had to use the awl to be able to get the needle through without a lot of effort.

First thing I noticed was the basket weave not being deep enough. Stitching could be better, how are you measuring the spacing for your holes? One of my main problems is stitching a perfectly straight line. The forum has helped. I switched to a Pricking Iron and do my edges either with a edger tool or marking them on the leather with a white pencil at 1/8 inch from the edge. I still don't know if that's the right number but it appears to be working. I like the way you have your edges sanded down. They look real good. I suggest adding edge coat. It will give a smoother look. Keep up the good work. I wish I could carve like you.

Time to get out and sell a few.

Yes, how did you do that stitching? It's excellent.

Very fine example. Looks like a nice project.

Very nice work. Tooling and stitching are spot on.

Projects are coming along with the help I've gotten from this forum. My stitching is much straighter and looks better. I finished the Ostridge wallet after three attempts and made a small business card case. I'm now working on a Shark Skin tri-fold wallet. I did all the cutting today and added the Tyvek for the credit cards along with the RFID paper so that the cards are secure from someone copying the data.

Excellent work. You have a lot of talent.

If you try to sell their property. If you give it away that's not a problem.

Late to the conversation but trust me, Tandy will sue. I worked for Radio Shack for 10 years, a company called Auto Shack started up and within 6 months Tandy sued over the name and won. When you work for a large corporation like them, your ideas become property of the main company. Another example, my father held a number of patents for cans and worked for American Can Company. These products made millions of dollars, Dad was taken care of but ACC made all the profits.

She's a holster customer but wanted this wallet, therefore the RFID. My mistake in the description, sorry.

I picked up 4 Ostridge legs at Tandy the other day just to see if I could work with it. Glad it's not too expensive because I made simple mistakes on each one but ended up with a keeper that sold to one of my old holster customers. I guess that she liked the idea I added RFID protection to it and mentioned I was going to make a few for Christmas presents. Next I was able to pick up some Shark at a good price. I'm going to try a few different designs with templates I picked up from Maker's Leather Supply. To get the lines straight I'm using a white pencil for initial marking, then my Prinking Iron. I'll post pics as the process continues.

Ostridge is difficult to see my marks on. My last attempt I used my Pricking Iron after marking guide lines with a ruler and a white pencil. Once I set the iron to work I simply erased the lines. It came out surprisingly well for me. I know I still need lots of practice but it's a start. At least my lines are getting straighter.

Most important is that she likes it. You did a fine job, especially for your first.

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Thanks again. All of this is helping me. I appreciate it.

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I put a lining on the back and front plus the card slots all have Tyvex to keep the cards centered. The wallets also have RFID to protect them from electronic scanning.

Yes, after everything is glued I draw the line and then stitch. I may be wrong but I like glue instead of double sided tape. I don't think the tape holds down the edges as well.

Good work. Wallets are hard!

Very nice work. I like it a lot.

That's why I come here. Great ideas all and I will incorporate them in my next wallets. I made this one today out of Ostridge. It was inexpensive, only $8 so I thought I'd give it a try. I need to change the interior from pig skin to something that's not so flimsy. I was able to get a straighter stitch line by lining up a see-through ruler and using an awl to scratch the line. I'll try a wing divider next. Thanks for the advice. Here's today's work. this part really needs work. Lines are straighter than the picture shows but the leather is too thin to work with and was a bear.

Thank you.

First pic is a The Counselor while second one is a Python. Now I'm working with boa, leather and shark skin. I'm using a 2 ounce. I'm using a 4 - 6 ounce liner. My edge do not appear to be straight I'm on my third skin for a bi-fold but only my 2nd for Tri- ford; Any ideas to help>

I've made a number of holsters and always leave enough room for me to sand and get a decent edge. I use edge cote and my friends and customers have been happy with the systems I've made for them. I decided to branch out a little and make some wallets. What a learning curve. My biggest problem is stitching a straight line. I use an edger to create a channel for the Pricking Iron but with the leather I'm using for the interior I get no like and my edger gets filled with the leather. I'm open to any suggestions to fix this. I've ruined 2 Ostridge skins so far by having the lines not be 90 degrees through the entire stitch. I think I now have it on my latest creation but I still need to lay out the design onto the back piece of leather. I went very slow and just used a straight edge instead of edging tool to get my line. First wallet came out O.K. from a pattern by Maker's Supply. It's a tri-fold and everything comes out to scale. My new venture is with Ostridge and that's been a bear. I line the holster with pig skin but it doesn't want to take a sharp edge. Perhaps I need something stronger? Left is deer skin, right is Python.