My First Wallet

[RichLee]

This is the first wallet that I have completed. For this I just used what came in the Tandy kit that I bought. I used the floral design that was recommended and the raisin mahogany stain in the kit.

Issues: The first issue I had was during the carving. It took me much longer than I know it should have because it was the first time I had used a few of my tools. However, through some trial and error I did learn how to erase some of my mistakes using some of the tools; that was nice. Another problem was the guts for the wallet were too big so the holes didn't line up exactly. I had to make some new holes and trim the edges down.

Overall, I had fun with it!

[bwillielv]

Looks really good. I haven't done a wallet yet but I think I will try one soon

[WyomingSlick]

Not too shabby for a first effort. The reason that your holes didn't line up is because the tooling leather changes size due to the wetting and drying out of the leather. Rubber cement your tooling leather to a some plastic film or a water resistant cardboard to minimize the problem. There are several threads on here about the procedure.