What Leather Thickness For Wallets?

[DavidL]

would any one whose used 2/3 or 3/4 ounces for the inner card slots comment on the flimsiness of the pockets.

I have 2 separate 2/3 leathers from different tanneries and one is .8mm (I think this is average size for 2/3) and the other leather is 1.3mm. I've found one leather thats in the middle of the two which is 1.1mm pull up upholstery that works well (sample piece) very solid and thin.

-Would you say anything from .8mm to 1.3mm works well for inside pockets in your opinion?

-can splitters skive the leather to exactly 1.1mm for the bend and give or take a fraction of a mm for the belly and shoulder?(too expensive for me to buy to find that it doesn't work)

-Does any one make their pockets pieces 1mm to 3mm longer the size that would make it fit exactly to allow for more room or would that make the pieces slouch.

[Hi Im Joe]

would any one whose used 2/3 or 3/4 ounces for the inner card slots comment on the flimsiness of the pockets.

I have 2 separate 2/3 leathers from different tanneries and one is .8mm (I think this is average size for 2/3) and the other leather is 1.3mm. I've found one leather thats in the middle of the two which is 1.1mm pull up upholstery that works well (sample piece) very solid and thin.

-Would you say anything from .8mm to 1.3mm works well for inside pockets in your opinion?

-can splitters skive the leather to exactly 1.1mm for the bend and give or take a fraction of a mm for the belly and shoulder?(too expensive for me to buy to find that it doesn't work)

-Does any one make their pockets pieces 1mm to 3mm longer the size that would make it fit exactly to allow for more room or would that make the pieces slouch.

That whole wallet is made out of 2-3 oz leather.

My card pockets are 4 inches by 2 inches.

[DavidL]

Looks good. Any tips to get the front and back pocket to be parallel with each other, meaning the top of the front pocket edge being 1 cm below the top of the back pocket and keeping it exactly 1 cm apart. Sometimes mine come out 2 mm too high on one side and by eye its hardly noticeable until you stick a card in.

Do you use a template or eyeball it?

[Hi Im Joe]

Looks good. Any tips to get the front and back pocket to be parallel with each other, meaning the top of the front pocket edge being 1 cm below the top of the back pocket and keeping it exactly 1 cm apart. Sometimes mine come out 2 mm too high on one side and by eye its hardly noticeable until you stick a card in.

Do you use a template or eyeball it?

I measure everything and with a square piece by piece. It takes longer but until I can get vectored laser cut acrylic pattern it is more accurate than using a paper pattern. At least in my experience. Other's opinions may differ.

[Glendon]

Personally, I'd prefer vectored laser cut leather, but that's just me. I'd suggest a good well made carpenters square. It's a relatively cheap tool that makes a big difference.

[Hi Im Joe]

Personally, I'd prefer vectored laser cut leather, but that's just me. I'd suggest a good well made carpenters square. It's a relatively cheap tool that makes a big difference.

I mean yeah. Why make it out of acrylic just to have to trace it and then cut it. Might as well just cut the leather. Now if only someone would send me an awesome laser cutting machine free of cost I'd get right on that.....(that's a nice fantasy).

[biglew]

you know I wish I had a laser to cut plastic patterns.... I have bought some from black river and they are excellent. Now I want to have some made with my own design specs and yes I know they do custom work.... just afraid they will end up on ebay.

And I have a small clicker press ...can't afford a lot of steel rule dies for small items

thanks

Lew

Edited June 12, 2014 by biglew

[Ryan Barto]

I use 2-3 oz calf for my wallets. It holds up really well, but I don't think it would be very good for tooling (I prefer inlays, so I haven't tried tooling it) the pockets hold up really well, so you could easily use 2-3 for the interior and thicker for the outer shell. I am told that calf has a tighter grain, so that may be why the card slots hold their shape so well.