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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

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very nice :thumbsup:

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Very nice work!

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Very classy.  Clean lines and stitching.  Well done.

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

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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

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

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

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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. 

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Some more images. 

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Another one

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

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491619777_DDJ12.thumb.jpg.0e46cb613b192a295642e3c4afddbd37.jpg1385513002_DDJ13.thumb.jpg.265c8193a3f1fbaae40d3fc3f7361ff8.jpg782865470_DDJ11.thumb.jpg.278ff4def61aa93290daa0080f6d5681.jpgHere 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. 

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Absolutely gorgeous work, very professional   :You_Rock_Emoticon::thumbsup:

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

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35 minutes ago, Bert03241 said:

Absolutely gorgeous work, very professional   :You_Rock_Emoticon::thumbsup:

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. 

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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

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

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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). 

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those look great!

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I too think your very talented,  nice pieces !

 

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