Card Slits

[grieve]

First time poster, here. Does anyone know what makes the indented lines above and below the card slits? Is it a special tool and if so does anyone know what it is?

Thanks!

[dirtclod]

My guess is they used a heated creaser and that the lines were done one at a time.

[Ferg]

They use a folding machine to do their rolled edges. It has a piece of metal with a semi-sharp edge. Pressure applied with the machine indents the leather.

Same technique with the little decorative groove above and below the slots.

Now for the simplistic way of doing this: If you do not do metal work, have a machine shop make a piece of stainless steel bar with a "V" formed on one edge. The point should be slightly rounded, you do not want to cut the leather. You can place this piece of metal onto the leather and strike with a heavy mallet. There are numerous other ways to do this, but this is the simplest.

ferg