My recent leather work

[ddjchemist]

Hi,

I am a new member from Seattle. I recently got into leather craft hobby. Here are few leather wallets that I recently made. 

Dan from Seattle

[Bert03241]

very nice

[TomE]

Very nice work!

[PastorBob]

Very classy.  Clean lines and stitching.  Well done.

[Tugadude]

Very nice!  We also like to see them open!  The insides are often even more interesting.

[Handstitched]

They are really good. Don't much work with ' hair on ' leather, but they are nice. The stitching  stands out nicely.  I also love the images on the press studs. 

HS

[chuck123wapati]

those look great tell us more about them. leather weight, type, etc.

[tsunkasapa]

Welcome from the DRY side of the state. Nice work.

[ddjchemist]

Thank you all for your kind words. I am still in process of learning. 

These wallets are all made from genuine leather (calfskin, cowhide, goat/sheep/piglet skin). Then largest wallet made from calfskin is a mini-purse and has 12 card slots and two large pockets. The others are pocket wallets and they have 4 card slots and two cash pockets (except the one with "revolvers" snap fastener that has only two card slots and one money pocket). 

Image size is limited, so I am limited to how many pictures I can post. I am new to this forum, so I need to figure out if I could get more image memory. 

[ddjchemist]

Some more images. 

Edited March 6, 2023 by ddjchemist
Problem with images

[ddjchemist]

Another one

[Samalan]

Very nice work clean stitching and planned spacing can you tell us more show inside? 

[ddjchemist]

Here are some more images of the interior of my wallets. I generally double-side each leather piece such that interior is lined with goat/sheep/piglet skin. When I started doing leather work I learned from others using online resources. After mastering basic skills, I started experimenting in order to come-up with designs that will be different from most other wallets. I also figured out not to use rulers for measurements and I do not overlap leather pieces in order to match holes and size. I use fork-punch with 4mm spacing and I measure my wallets in terms of holes (e.g. 20 x 14 holes). I first make holes on the main outer leather piece and I cut that piece in the exact final size. For all other pieces (card slots and money pockets ket divider) I cat them larger than the main piece, and then after I stitch the wallet I make the final edge cutting, smoothing and burnishing. I do not make any paper templates and I do not sketch anything. 

Edited March 6, 2023 by ddjchemist

[Bert03241]

Absolutely gorgeous work, very professional  

about pic sz you can download a free version of fotosizer  it will reduce pics so you can upload more

Edited March 6, 2023 by Bert03241

[ddjchemist]

35 minutes ago, Bert03241 said:

Absolutely gorgeous work, very professional  

about pic sz you can download a free version of fotosizer  it will reduce pics so you can upload more

Thank you very much. I use LightRoom software to downsize my images, but the lowest I can go is 300KB per image. 

[Bert03241]

25 minutes ago, ddjchemist said:

Thank you very much. I use LightRoom software to downsize my images, but the lowest I can go is 300KB per image. 

Fotosizer you can tell it what size you want

[Hags]

Very clean, well done. Welcome from the "blue hole" of Washington! 

[ddjchemist]

I finished this hairy calfskin wallet. Outside and a couple of card pockets are from calfskin and the rest of the wallet interior is from soft cowhide. It can fit up to 8 cards and some paper money (money pockets are just behind card slots). 

Edited March 7, 2023 by ddjchemist
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[PastorBob]

those look great!

[Wild Bill46]

I too think your very talented,  nice pieces !