Wallet Leather

[PeaceLoveLeather]

What is the best leather and other materials to make a trucker or biker style wallet?

Like these:

Thank you

[MADMAX22]

Rough guess since I have only made a few wallets. Around 5oz for the bodies and say 3oz for the interiors. Give or take an oz. Thats what I would start out with and go from there. I would say try some kip for the interiors and regular vegtan for the bodies.

[abn]

I agree with Max... I prefer 4-5 oz. veg tan for exteriors and 2 oz. for interiors.

[PeaceLoveLeather]

Rough guess since I have only made a few wallets. Around 5oz for the bodies and say 3oz for the interiors. Give or take an oz. Thats what I would start out with and go from there. I would say try some kip for the interiors and regular vegtan for the bodies.

Sorry, but what is kip?

[Chief31794]

Kip is leather made from calf skin or young cows, very soft. I normally use pigskin for interiors and most of the pigskin has a texture that looks good in wallets. Pigskin is what you normally get in a "Kit" wallet. It is in the 2-3 oz range, I like 3-4 oz for the exterior however at those thicknesses, carving and stamping has to be a little shallower and therefore not quite as "bold" For a large (biker) wallet I might use 5-6 oz, it is a little harder to bend and "break in" but should make a nice wallet.

Ken