Pancake Case For Phone Too Tight...

[Dwight]

Borrowing from a current buzz phrase, . . . "think outside the pocket".

This is my personal phone case, . . . something in the 5 years old bracket, . . . lotsa hard miles.

I personally detest my pockets having a bunch of stuff in them, . . . as well as carrying anything in my hands. Maybe some sort of OCD

I put snaps on the bottom so I don't have to take my belt on or off to remove the case or put it on.

May God bless,

Dwight

[ebdavison]

This is my personal phone case, . . . something in the 5 years old bracket, . . . lotsa hard miles.

I put snaps on the bottom so I don't have to take my belt on or off to remove the case or put it on.

I really like that phone case. Good character and construction looks simpe with no stitching. I had something like the in mind for my Leathearman. Would you mind sharing the pattern and construction method of that case?

[Dwight]

It's a simple case to make, . . . for my Motorola phone it took the following:

1 piece 5/6 leather, 4 x 6 inches, . . . the main body

1 piece 5/6 leather, 1 3/4 x 7 inches, the belt loop

5 pieces of scrap leather, 3/4 x about 2 inches, . . . forms the plug for the body of the case.

First cement the scrap leather together to make a plug, . . . one piece on top of another, . . . stack em up, cement em together, . . . one solid plug, about 2 inches by 3/4 inch by 3/4 inch. Take it to a sander and even up your pieces, . . . round the corners a bit.

Pop the holes in the bottom of the main body and the bottom of the belt strap for the snaps and glue the snap stud to the main body.

Contact cement the main body to the plug, . . . with the snap studs pointing up.

Contact cement the belt piece to the back of the main body, . . . aligning holes for the snap studs, . . . put the male pieces on the snaps and set the snaps.

I used a center punch and an ice pick to slowly and gingerly get the snaps set, . . . it was the hardest part of the whole job. If you pull the main body tight around the plug, . . . (cutting it so it really fits good first is a really good idea too), . . . the plug will withstand the "tap-tap" beating you do to set the snaps.

After that, . . . pop and set the four rivets, . . . then the female portion of the snaps, . . . finish, . . . VOILA, . . . you are done.

I also made one using basically the same pattern for a Galaxy phone some time back for a customer. He all but danced out the door he was so happy.

I have another case, leather, got it for 50cents at a yard sale, . . . it's my "Sunday go to meeting" case, . . . but I don't like it any where as much as I like this one.

The only finish it has ever seen is a neatsfoot oil / beeswax mixture.

May God bless,

Dwight

Edited July 13, 2013 by Dwight

[silverwingit]

Here's a trick sometimes used to break in leather pistol holsters. Instead of plastic bags, use waxed paper. It has a slight "lube" effect that it deposits on the leather. This in addition to the main purpose of slightly enlarging the object being forced into the pouch, whether it be the phone itself or better yet, as someone suggested a wooden "dummy" of the appropriate size.