A Bunch Of Wallets, Most Horse Hide

[azrider]

I haven't been posting much, but have been building up stock for shows and trying to get an online store going. Here are some wallets I have made recently. By the end of making all of these I figured out a few changes to the design. My wallet backs are now a quarter inch longer than my interior, and I cut a notch in the center of the interior. For the last two wallets, the Celtic Boar and the skull, I switched to a thiner thread size, that helped to make the handstiching look quite a bit better. The first three wallets are cow hide, and the rest are horse hide.

[azrider]

Couldn't fit all the pictures on one post. The first picture is the interior of one of the later wallets.

Feedback is always welcome.

Edited December 6, 2010 by azrider

[builderofstuff]

I haven't been posting much, but have been building up stock for shows and trying to get an online store going. Here are some wallets I have made recently. By the end of making all of these I figured out a few changes to the design. My wallet backs are now a quarter inch longer than my interior, and I cut a notch in the center of the interior. For the last two wallets, the Celtic Boar and the skull, I switched to a thiner thread size, that helped to make the handstiching look quite a bit better. The first three wallets are cow hide, and the rest are horse hide.

Those are great. Which stamp did you use to do the pattern in pic geometric1?

Chris

Couldn't fit all the pictures on one post. The first picture is the interior of one of the later wallets.

Feedback is always welcome.

How did you do the background in pic smiley 4? Man those are awesome.

Chris

[bkingery]

Nice stuff I dig the rugged look. How do people react when you tell em its Horsehide? Cause I would think alot of people would be turned off by it.

B

[azrider]

Those are great. Which stamp did you use to do the pattern in pic geometric1?

How did you do the background in pic smiley 4? Man those are awesome.

Thanks Chris. The geometric one is from hidecrafter, X689. The back grounders are from Tandy, and are the E294 series.

Nice stuff I dig the rugged look. How do people react when you tell em its Horsehide? Cause I would think alot of people would be turned off by it.

Thanks B. So far no one has been upset by the horse hide. My dad told me that when he was a kid, all his shoes were horsehide, just because it lasts longer. I haven't sold any of them yet, so we will see how it goes.

[grammyd]

Thanks Chris. The geometric one is from hidecrafter, X689. The back grounders are from Tandy, and are the E294 series.

Thanks B. So far no one has been upset by the horse hide. My dad told me that when he was a kid, all his shoes were horsehide, just because it lasts longer. I haven't sold any of them yet, so we will see how it goes.

I don't see X689 in the book, maybe they don't sell it any more. Do you know where else someone could pick one up? I love that background, and I think the horsehide isn't a bad way to go, as long as they aren't killing the horses just for the hide. I like your work.

[azrider]

I don't see X689 in the book, maybe they don't sell it any more. Do you know where else someone could pick one up? I love that background, and I think the horsehide isn't a bad way to go, as long as they aren't killing the horses just for the hide. I like your work.

Thank you. The basketweave is from Hidecrafters. http://www.hidecrafter.com/hci/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=2702&category_id=106&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=35

I would assume that the horse leather is like cow leather, and produced as part of processing the entire animal. I have no qualms with it, and I grew up with horses. It tools and cases a little differently than cow hide.