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Hello everyone!

My name is Denis Rudenko.

I'm living in Kyrgyzstan now. In May I'm moving to Denver, CO.

I love working with genuine leather. It's my hobby.

My first experience was creating leather sheaths for my hunting knifes 2013:

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Leather organizer for my office table in December 2014:

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So, I fall in love to work with leather in January 2015 when I experienced veg tan leather.

I'm always open to communicating, sharing experience here on the forum and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dionleather


Some of my recent works:

Belts

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Organizer for documents and plastic cards
2 big pockets for docs, passport, banknotes
10 pockets for plastic cards
Size 13 x 19.5 cm (closed)

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Money clip wallet
Spring clip
6 slots for cards
2 slots for standard sim card and mini sim card
Size in close: 9.5 x 8.5 cm
Vegetable tanned leather 1.5 mm
Coloring by hand, acrylic finish
Hand saddle stitch with waxed thread 0.6 mm

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Clutch
3 big pockets for banknotes
1 pocket for coins
6+2 slots for plastic cards
Size 20 x 10.5 cm (closed)

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Travel wallet with pocket for photos
2 pockets for passport, documents and banknotes
1 pocket with YKK zipper for coins
2 slots for plastic cards
1 transparent pocket for photos
2 slots for sim-cards

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Women wallet
2 big pockets for banknotes
1 pocket for coins on zipper YKK
1 pocket ob flap
4 slots for plastic cards in central pockes for banknotes
Size 18,5 x 8,5 cm
Vegetable tanned leather (purple tan coloring, acrylic finish)
Saddle stitch with waxed thread

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Key holder for 6 keys
Vegetable tanned leather 1.5 mm
Coloring by hand, acrylic finish
Hand saddle stitch with waxed thread 0.6 mm
Size in close: 6.5 x 10 cm

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Leather straps for golden watch Omega De Ville
Veg tan leather 1.8 mm (coloring, acrylic finish)
Horse leather linen
Seiwa wax thread 0.5 mm
Saddle stitch

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It's me while working :wave:

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Hello Denis and welcome to the forum! You certainly caught the leather bug.....nice work.....thanks for sharing! Good luck on a smooth move to Colorado.

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Nice work, I especially like your brown sheath and your wallets.

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Hello Denis and welcome to the forum! You certainly caught the leather bug.....nice work.....thanks for sharing! Good luck on a smooth move to Colorado.

Hello King's X! Thanks a lot!

Nice work, I especially like your brown sheath and your wallets.

very nice,

Thank you!

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Simple sheaths for folding knives
Veg tan leather (wet forming, coloring, acrylic finish)
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My wife always watched when I worked with leather.

About four months ago she told me that she wanted to try too.

She made a great progress up to date.

Her works:

Belts

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Women long wallet

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Retro wallet

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I like the designs of your work!

Discrete yet stylish and oozing of quality.

It's much in line with what I try to do myself.

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Olle, thanks!

The idea of my leather works is they should be simple and reliable.

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Different belts

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Bifold wallets

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Women clutch

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Notebook cover

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Docs and cards wallet

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Retro wallet

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Sheath for big knife

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Hidden wearing sheath for Spyderco Resilience

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Unisex wallet

Goat skin leather

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Women long wallets

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Different designs of travel wallets

(passport, docs, plastic cards, coins, sim-cards, boarding pass, etc.)

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All of your work looks really cool, your wife's, too. It's cool that you guys can work together.

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All of your work looks really cool, your wife's, too. It's cool that you guys can work together.

Monica, thanks!

You are right! Now we have same interests and a lot of common themes for conversations.

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Hi Dion, nice work, Cheers from England

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Hi Dion, nice work, Cheers from England

Hi Aika, thanks!

Cheers from Kyrgyzstan.

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Dion,

Your leatherwork is excellent. Your knives are also. You should stay with both.

Terry

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Terry, thanks a lot for high rating!

Actually I came to leathercraft from making leather knife sheaths.

Knives and sharpening is my hobby too.

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Stamped belt

Width 38 mm, thickness 4 mm

Solid brass buckle

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