4 Slot Bifold Template & Directions

[xStarkweather]

Thank you for sharing! I have been working on a wallet design for a while now and I couldn't get the guts right. This really simplifies things.

[Pablo27]

Thanks so much, it is really great the amount of time, effort and experience that is shared in these forums. It sometimes goes unthanked, but not unappreciated. Thanks again.

[srtolly]

Thanks so much for sharing.

[Trojan122]

Thanks a lot for sharing! I wanted to make wallet badly and you helped me a lot!
Im "in business" about a month and this is my first wallet. Need to work on stitching (and I need proper tools).

[Stewart]

I would also want to thank you. I am about to stitch everything together.

This is out of 4-5oz kind of thick. thinned the center down on interior and exterior

pieces. Did put a crack on the outside one, but fixable?

Joe

[TwinOaks]

Thanks for taking time to post this.....but I'm going to recommend against the leather thicknesses listed. There are simply better choices of leather for this type of project than veg tanned leather. For the exterior panel, I could see using 2-3oz veg tan so that carving is possible, but not the interior. The interior needs to be super thin liner leather, like tooling pig skin, split kangaroo...even chrome tanned. If you look at the minimum thicknesses 4oz back, 2 oz interior, and (2) 2oz pockets, that's 10oz per side or 20oz when folded....at a minimum.

20 oz = 20/64ths..10/32nds...5/16ths of an inch. For a comparison I make double layer gun belts in the 16oz range. Remember, that's the minimum thickness. It's likely that if the leather runs on the thicker side of the size range, that this minimalist wallet will be 1/2" thick.....BEFORE adding cards.

A "minimalist" wallet needs to be very thin and compact, just something to keep an ID and one or two cards together, and maybe a few bills. That is the reason you see so many 'front pocket wallets' that consist of nothing more than a pair of pockets sewn together. Small, lightweight, thin, and does only what it needs to....that's what's going to appeal to the "fast moving" customers.

It IS a nice wallet pattern, though, and with some changes in material choices you'd have a excellent product.

[macimago]

I have started using 2-3 oz leather for the whole wallet, with a 3-18 waxed linen thread (3mm spacing). I was dong 2mm spacing of the stitches but it seemed unattractive.

I really appreciate all the postings and comments. It has improved my work considerably.

[capsterdog]

Thank you

[scrobbesbyrigcyr]

Thanks for this inspiring post ducjes!

[RandallFlagg]

Thank you also!

I wanted to add that maybe just sewing the slots together and the top corner could be rivited. this way you have behind the slots as holder as well. I was even thinking that sewing the bottom left slot all the way around to the T slot or just another slot cutting out a window, leave it plasticless and have a slide out id space. since the extra room of behind the slots will be there. Just suggestions. im gonna throw these on autocad and play with the design a little and post the finished piece. if it turns out great ill post the template with a definite shout out of gratitude to ducjes for the original template.