Bi-fold Leather Card Wallet

[MartinHrcka]

Hello all,

Let me show you my latest project / product. It's a minimalist bi-fold card wallet. Made out of veg-tanned leather, hand dyed and sewn. 

Let me know what you think about it. 

Cheers!

[Wedgetail]

Looks great! Nice job on the dye, good looking patina effect.

[AussieMade]

I like this a lot, I need to get my backside into gear and make something like this for my business cards. Great work on the dye work.

[MartinHrcka]

Thank you gentlemen!

Here are some pics of my first try of "rough" look (or worn out, I don't know).

I use it as my wallet.

[AussieMade]

I really like that one too, I love the colour effect, Is it applied with a paint brush to get that effect?

[MartinHrcka]

It's a tricky and time consuming process of sanding the leather multiple times, grits and layering different dyes + finishes. 

You can find out more here.

[Wedgetail]

Sounds like a fun experiment!

Time to go into 'mad scientist' mode, I think

Normally I just airbrush, but that doesn't get the lines like that.

[MartinHrcka]

Sometimes fun, sometimes not :D , but go for it  

I think, I need to get my hands on some airbrush kit and try it... never done that before. 

Good luck then! 

[MADMAX22]

One thing that will wear like that after use is to dye the leather a light color then use a sponge that is semi dry with just enough dye on it to brush over the leather and leave pigment. Ya dont want to soak the leather with the darker dye. Similar effect as to doing reverse antique type dying. After some good use the darker dye thats just on the surface starts to wear off in areas and shows the lighter colors underneath. Gotta be careful and experiment with the amount of darker dye you add to the top layer. 

[JHobbs]

Very nice, I like the color contrast of the stitching.  It really shows off the great stitching you did.

[Bigfoote]

Really Nice! your stitching is very nice and clean!

 

[Windrider30]

really like that look