Card holder and watch strap

[Petewon]

Hi Folks, I've managed to fit a few hours in on the leatherwork bench between my house renovations and work. I've made this purple card holder and watch strap. It was quite a tricky build but turned out quite well I think. I'ts quite a contrast going from knocking walls down to something as delicate as this 

[KingsCountyLeather]

Beautiful work!

[RockyAussie]

Very nice work. The edging looks good and the stitching and even the covering of the snap.

[Petewon]

Thanks Guys.

Edited September 11, 2017 by Petewon

[verus22]

Fantastic work! 

[TxLeather]

Beautiful!

[plinkercases]

Holy cow that's amazing for "a couple of hours"..... what's inside the wallet?

[spacedog]

That is very nice work. Well done.

[BrownDog52469]

Awesome Work!   How do you cover the snap?

[Petewon]

2 hours ago, verus22 said:

Fantastic work! 

 

2 hours ago, TxLeather said:

Beautiful!

 

53 minutes ago, spacedog said:

That is very nice work. Well done.

Thanks everyone.

2 hours ago, plinkercases said:

Holy cow that's amazing for "a couple of hours"..... what's inside the wallet?

Theres nothing inside of this one. It is just lined with the pink leather used on the gusset. I have done the same design in brown which has a seperating pocket inside, Ive just not got around to taking any pictures of that one yet.

1 minute ago, BrownDog52469 said:

Awesome Work!   How do you cover the snap?

Thanks. I skive down a piece of leather as thin as possible, glue it to the face of the popper then fold the excess leather around the back of the popper. It's quite tricky but the end result is good.

[battlemunky]

That is clean and neat work. Me likey!

[motocouture]

Beautiful work, and probably a welcome break from renovating (always seems to take three times as long as it should, and the dust!!)

[Webicons]

That is just too clean. Really nice work. 

Is the recessed stitching on the card holder a result of edge skiving or did you use an insert.  It's a very neat effect!

 

[Petewon]

21 hours ago, battlemunky said:

That is clean and neat work. Me likey!

Thanks

18 hours ago, motocouture said:

Beautiful work, and probably a welcome break from renovating (always seems to take three times as long as it should, and the dust!!)

Thank you. Yeah, I always try to think the job through in my head and still manage to drastically underestimate how long it's going to take. The culprit this time is a shower cubicle with wonky walls

3 hours ago, Webicons said:

That is just too clean. Really nice work. 

Is the recessed stitching on the card holder a result of edge skiving or did you use an insert.  It's a very neat effect!

 

Ha, good question. For this card holder I have used an insert. Sometimes if I'm working with thicker leather I will just skive the edge as it gives the same effect.