Goat skin wallet

[stormcrow]

I’ve had another go at doing a wallet this time it’s for a Christmas present so I tried to take a bit more care with this one and not make my usual mistakes. I still need to work on my edges as there is a little bit of a glue line visible but it’s one of my better edges so far.

This was done with goat skin and it was dyed with mahogany and walnut. I avoided my usual bright yellow and red pockets this time as I didn’t think they were suitable for my friend who I’m giving this to.

I received my first makers mark the other day so I kind of went overboard with it by putting in inside and outside the wallet I’ll probably just stick to the one the next time. My friend like me is a proud Northumbrian so I thought he wouldn’t mind having it referenced a couple of times.

Any advice as usual appreciated.

 

[YinTx]

That came out top notch!  You should be happy with that for sure.  Edges are nice, color is great, stitching is really good... great work!

YinTx

[alpha2]

Nice! I'd not really considered doing a wallet before, now you've ruined that for me! GoatSkin...hmmm. I can do that!

[Brown64]

Nice! Very clean.

[electrathon]

Looks nice, I like goat for wallets.

[Bigfoote]

Nice job, your stitching is great. I like the texture of goatskin, looks great!

 

[malabar]

That's lovely!

[Jimmy McLaughlin]

I like that very much. I was thinking of 2/3 oz Hermann Oak and adding the Goat Skin for a lining. Is the Goat skin expensive? What is Kip skin? Is that Goat skin?

[stormcrow]

1 hour ago, Jimmy McLaughlin said:

I like that very much. I was thinking of 2/3 oz Hermann Oak and adding the Goat Skin for a lining. Is the Goat skin expensive? What is Kip skin? Is that Goat skin?

Thanks, if I remember correctly I paid around £24 per goat skin (6-7 sq ft .8-1mm) I'm no expert but I believe kip skin is from a younger cow the ones I have bought have been about 1.8mm just over 4oz and the full skin was around 17 sq ft.