Japanese Wallet Books

[deloid]

I see there are two books in Japanese (Tankkobon Hardcover) about wallet designs and making. They are quite pricey. Anyone own any of these? Are they useful for design ideas or as a making guide?

Thanks

Dean

Edited September 2, 2014 by deloid

[LeatherLegion]

You can probably buy the Chinese ones for a bit cheaper...same books translated in Chinese. Look them up on etsy. The pictures are worth a thousand words...lol...I would say they are useful if you are getting into making wallets

Edited September 2, 2014 by LeatherLegion

[deloid]

Thank you! I would love to find out if there is a less expensive subscription based fee for these books as they come out. Anyone know of a contact in Japan that can find out?

[rlkey]

I've been into these Japanese/Chinese leathercraft books for a while now and they are full of useful information and tips, in my opinion. If you purchase actual hard copies of these books, most of them come with full size pull-out patterns. I also have several of the older books in pdf format and can send you one of the wallet books if you're interested in checking it out before buying, since they are pretty pricey. The photos are really detailed and unless you read Chinese/Japanese, that's all they're really good for...

[tanda4]

Do you have any links to these books?

[King's X]

I have almost the entire collection and I ditto the comments above. They are very informative and most times patterns are included. I purchase my books on ebay from a seller called CharmingBabe. I believe she is also on Esty. She is based out of San Francisco and has a good rate for shipping.

Good luck!

[zipper168]

Not sure if it is cheaper with the international shipping & currency exchange... anyway below is the Taiwan online book store..

http://search.books.com.tw/exep/prod_search.php?key=%E7%9A%AE%E9%9D%A9%E5%B7%A5%E8%97%9D++%E9%AB%98%E6%A9%8B%E7%9F%A9%E5%BD%A5&cat=all

Search based on book title and author's name...

[omlucas]

I have a few of those, I can "loan" out if anyone has a book I dont have and is willing to "trade" win-win lmk

[SteelheadFineGoods]

goodsjapan has several Japanese leathercraft books. They're pretty helpful if you don't already have experience making wallets. Even if you don't read Japanese, the photos in these books pretty much tell it all. Also, get used to measuring and cutting in metric, if you don't already.

[25b]

Goodsjapan charges a LOT more than leathercrafttools.com...on books and just about everything else.