Members krappstein Posted November 17, 2014 Members Report Posted November 17, 2014 Chrome tan scraps with pigskin lining, sewn at about 7 SPI. First attempt on the pockets with a homemade freehand hot creaser. I'm not that steady handed, just ran it along the edge of a steel ruler. Oh, and for once I used PVA instead of contact cement. Less of a hassle and I got to use my handy dandy cast iron book press. Gratuitous photos of the WIP: Cheers Juan Quote
Members benlilly1 Posted November 17, 2014 Members Report Posted November 17, 2014 Nice looking wallet, Juan! Quote
Members krappstein Posted November 17, 2014 Author Members Report Posted November 17, 2014 Thank you! Maybe a bit overkill to carry just a bus pass, but had a great time making it. Quote
Members MonicaJacobson Posted November 17, 2014 Members Report Posted November 17, 2014 It looks clean and nice! Quote
Members snubbyfan Posted November 17, 2014 Members Report Posted November 17, 2014 Looks good to me, nice edge work. Quote
ETW Grumpy Posted November 17, 2014 Report Posted November 17, 2014 Very elegant. Tight edges. Cool looking stitching clamp too. Quote
Members krappstein Posted November 18, 2014 Author Members Report Posted November 18, 2014 Looks good to me, nice edge work. Very elegant. Tight edges. Cool looking stitching clamp too. I've been working on getting neater edges. Glad you like them. Made that clamp out of two broken chairs, Grumpy (bent boards for the jaws from one's backrest, leg from the other). The brass hinge was spendy but can't scrounge it all, right? Thank you all Juan Quote
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