Photo Demo: Making a Biker Wallet

[Lucifer]

Semi-related question:

I'm planning on making myself a basic shoulder bag and part of the design I'm planning on, is to have a zippered back pocket for air-plane tickets and a passport.

Suggestions on solid zippers for such use? preferably a brass colored one, since I'll be using brass hardware other places.

(Or, are saddleback right in their claim that a zipper will never hold up to enough abuse and should be excluded?)

[Jimbob]

Quick question Kate - what's your preferred leather weight for the outer cover to allow for some decent tooling?

McJeep

I use 3-4oz veg tan.....works well on tooling and is still enough

flexible to be a good outer cover for a biker wallet.

I like to use 2-3oz veg tan for inner liner....

Latly I am using lots of chrome tan for liner and inside

Pockets.....

Greetings

James

[McJeep]

Thanks JImBob!

[2013 Road King]

Sorry for the newbie question & and I do realize this is an older thead but could someone please give some pointers as to how to properly attatch the cover to the liner?

Thanks,

Ron.

[CitizenKate]

Hi Ron,

The back half of the cover stitches to the back side of part 5, and the front snaps down to the front of the zipper pouch. Next time I make one, I'll shoot photos that show how the cover attaches.

Kate

[cbeatti2]

Hi. I am working on this biker wallet to try to get into the swing of creating non-kit projects and to see if I can learn how to hand stitch in the straight line

I am wondering about the second piece (back of the cover, slightly smaller than the cover piece). Is this piece somewhat optional, to be added if you don't want the backside of the cover to show the flesh side or perhaps to thicken up the cover if using the same weight of leather for the entire piece? I have cut out all parts except for this piece, as the flesh side of the cover is pretty decent and the cover piece is of heavier weight and doesn't need to be any thicker.

Thanks, Clark

Edited December 11, 2012 by cbeatti2

[Sylvia]

Wow. I'm glad someone resurrected this thread. Nice job on tutorial Kate... thanks!

[CitizenKate]

I am wondering about the second piece (back of the cover, slightly smaller than the cover piece). Is this piece somewhat optional, to be added if you don't want the backside of the cover to show the flesh side or perhaps to thicken up the cover if using the same weight of leather for the entire piece?

Hi Clark,

That is exactly it, the second piece is a liner, and the wallet will function perfectly well without it.

Kate

[titrent727]

How do I get a complete pattern with dimensions?

[Chit]

great tutorial, thanks!!