credit card holder

[dustin29]

Here is a credit card holder I made for a guy who doesnt like to carry a wallet. He keeps his cash in his front pocket and his cards in a holder that an Alaskan woman made him years ago. The holder finally is tearing out and he needs a new one, so I designed a holder for him that is close to the one he had before. I used veg tan 3/4 oz on the outside and I used pigskin lining. Please let me know how I could improve my design. Thank You~

[dscott]

Think it looks great

I am just starting out but like it

been wanting to do one of those

David

[resqman]

I would suggest you tighten up the camo border stamp. Too much space between the stamps.

Looks good otherwise

[leatherjunkie]

I would suggest you tighten up the camo border stamp. Too much space between the stamps.

Looks good otherwise

yep tighten up the border. the stamps should be touching each other.

also if you are going to put a line around your design and leave it there then i suggest you swivel knife it and use a bevel stamp on the inside of the line.

then do your basket weave stamping with your choice of border tool.

i would also suggest using a smaller basket weave stamp for this size of project.

otherwise looks good.

the lacing looks great.

[dustin29]

Thanks for the input Leatherjunkie, I need all the help I can get. I did cut the border line with my swivel knife and then I beveled the inside of the line. Is this what I should be doing? Should I be beveling the outside of the line? I have trouble with my border stamping, is there any pointers you can give me on how to get my border stamping to be spaced correctly? Thank You!

[indypbear]

Just adding a little to the other comments-box tape, shelving contact paper the piece on the flesh side before you basketweave or tool it. This will reduce the stretching that results from tooling. If you are going to line the project rubber cement is OK. Rubber cement NOT contact cement 'cause you want to be able to remove it. Old X-Ray film is good also and some hospitals have material they pitch out in the Radiology Dept. They'll save it for you if you just ask the Chief Tech. The cardboard or plastic that comes between the raw film is great for patterns also. The price is right! Hope this helps.

Happy tooling.

Indy