my first attempt at a tri-fold wallet

[Kevin King]

Ok, here is my first attempt at a tri-fold wallet (full size).

Black is cow, inside and out. all of the brown stuff is pig. orange contrast stitching.

The snaps used to be black, but a wire brush and some sandpaper gave me that distressed look I wanted.

I kept the overlay simple as this was an experiment.

Let me know what ya'll think.

[esantoro]

Beautiful work, Kevin. To do the fine stitching, do you crank the machine by hand?

ed

[Kevin King]

Thanks Ed.

On the graphics i mostly hand crank, but i'm getting better at running the topstitch on the binding.

[esantoro]

Kevin,

There's a guy here in NYC, Queens to be specific, Who makes leather goods with stitching very similar to yours and sells them for big bucks. I'll see if I can dig up a link.

Here's his website, though the item that makes me think of your work, a black and orange or red stingray and cross, isn't listed.

http://www.tednemethdesigns.com/

Ed