Members artwithapulse Posted November 20, 2015 Members Report Posted November 20, 2015 I thought you lovely lot might like to see the wallets I've made, so far, for Christmas. These are mostly Horween Dublin horsehide, with a little Chromexcel in there for good measure. Full album - http://imgur.com/a/sDDg6 Quote
Members biglew Posted November 20, 2015 Members Report Posted November 20, 2015 they are beautiful Quote
Members Rohn Posted November 20, 2015 Members Report Posted November 20, 2015 Very nice clean work. Quote
Members 25b Posted November 20, 2015 Members Report Posted November 20, 2015 What are you using to finish your edges? Looks a lot better than most Horween edges I've seen on here... Quote
Members artwithapulse Posted November 20, 2015 Author Members Report Posted November 20, 2015 25b, Dublin is like cheating - burnishes very well, as do the horse fronts. Chromexcel can be a pain but gets there in time. Cocobolo burnisher, deer antler, wax, sand and canvas. Melt in some beeswax, resand, burnish again. Chromexcel sometimes needs to be hardened with resolene, then treated to the above as normal. Quote
Contributing Member Bob Blea Posted November 20, 2015 Contributing Member Report Posted November 20, 2015 Those are very nice edges... Quote
Members artwithapulse Posted November 20, 2015 Author Members Report Posted November 20, 2015 Cheers, guys. Here's a few more from last night and this morning. Quote
Members MonicaJacobson Posted November 22, 2015 Members Report Posted November 22, 2015 Very nice and clean. Dublin is my favorite. I didn't realize it came in horse-hide strips, though. I thought Dublin was cowhide/veg tanned, and horse-hide strips were chromexcel. But I also find it difficult to find much information about the different Horween leathers until you accidentally find them for sale somewhere. Quote
Members artwithapulse Posted November 22, 2015 Author Members Report Posted November 22, 2015 Hi Monica, it's not the strips, it's the horse fronts. They make all the tannages out of both horse and cow, just depends on the look and temper you're looking for. http://horween.com/leathers/full-tannage-list/ Here's the tannage list - all but the cordovan can be done in horse and cow, but some lend themselves to tannages better than others. For example, Rockford is almost always horse. Quote
Members MonicaJacobson Posted November 22, 2015 Members Report Posted November 22, 2015 Sweet, thanks for the info. I'll definitely have to keep an eye out for horse Dublin. It makes a killer wallet back. I've also not tried Rockford, yet. Quote
Members Wild Bill46 Posted November 22, 2015 Members Report Posted November 22, 2015 Artwithapulse, I found it too, Thanx ! ------- Wild Bill46 Quote
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