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There is just something I'm missing.. I've tried making two cuts in the corner and folding the two sides over but that leaves cuts on the outside edge.. Then I've tried doing a sort of accordion thing around the edge but I can't make a consistent corner that way.. Sort of like this.

How can I roll the edges of approx. 4oz. Chrome tan around a rounded corner.. To make it look somewhat like the bottom edges here

http://makr.com/round-wallet-navy-matte

Thanks for the help

Todd

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The leather was cut on a curve and then stitched.

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There is just something I'm missing.. I've tried making two cuts in the corner and folding the two sides over but that leaves cuts on the outside edge.. Then I've tried doing a sort of accordion thing around the edge but I can't make a consistent corner that way.. Sort of like this.

How can I roll the edges of approx. 4oz. Chrome tan around a rounded corner.. To make it look somewhat like the bottom edges here

http://makr.com/roun...llet-navy-matte

Thanks for the help

Todd

As tree reaper says, and the example (second link) is not a rolled edge. Edges have been glued, trimmed to match, sewed, and burnished to give a nice slick edge.

Tom

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Actually, what the maker appears to be doing on these is skiving and rolling the edges of each layer back on itself, THEN putting the two layers together, gluing, and stitching. It is more obvious and visible in the pictures of the iPhone 4/4S sleeve shown here http://makr.com/ipho...eeve-saddle-tan

I'm not sure why anyone would bother to go through the trouble of doing this when a properly glued, trimmed, and burnished edge would look and perform as good or likely better than this method.

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Really? think a burnished edge is cleaner than a rolled one?

anyway.. back to the original question of rolling an edge around a round corner.. any tips or tricks on how to do it well??

Skive the edges thinner so you can roll the edge over without so much bulk.

Tom

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Did you try with damp leather?

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Actually, what the maker appears to be doing on these is skiving and rolling the edges of each layer back on itself, THEN putting the two layers together, gluing, and stitching. It is more obvious and visible in the pictures of the iPhone 4/4S sleeve shown here http://makr.com/ipho...eeve-saddle-tan

I'm not sure why anyone would bother to go through the trouble of doing this when a properly glued, trimmed, and burnished edge would look and perform as good or likely better than this method.

I think he's calling edgeing skiving because the edges in the picture are burnished and are not rolled.

I'm old enough to know that i don't know everything.

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I would skive the edges down to just the epidermis, the dense thin upper layer of leather, then put a layer of glue on it, let it get to that magic super sticky state and start folding. I find that having a shoe hammer to tap it down afterward makes those little wrinkles go away. I do this all the time on chaps and chinks. Taking a chrome tanned leather and burnishing the edges is pretty much a waste of time. I've never had any luck with that. Either cut it clean and leave it, or roll the edges like you're talking about.

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