Looking for ultra thin wallet leather

[Bugstruck]

I'm making a wallet now with some 2 - 2 1/2 oz. veg tan. Learning process but already, even with plenty of skiving this is going to have more bulk than I'd like. I'm not stacking and burnishing components (yeah I know) but folding the edges. Does anyone know what type of leather they use in the thin department store wallets? That is what I'm looking for but haven't located any material even close and I've looked for some time now. Even the exotics, calf, etc. don't seem nearly thin enough. I carry a designer leather wallet (well a poor man's version anyhow), store bought, and like it, so that's what I'm ultimately chasing to imitate on this project. My guess is that with fabric backer that wallet leather is coming in just over 1 oz. Less than 1 oz. without the backer. No need to skive if I can locate similar material and too thin for that anyhow. I know it's not the type of leather we usually work with here but in the off chance someone knows or has experience I'd appreciate it. Open to suggestions. I'm not likely the first to have tried or thought this and if I'm headed the wrong way, let me know. I did some searching here and didn't find the answer.

Thanks for all the good work up here. Great resource.

Chris

 

 

[Bugstruck]

When I got home, measured the thickness and determined the leather isn't as thin as I stated. Measures .020 to .022". So a little light of 1.5 oz. is what I am looking for. 

[LatigoAmigo]

Maverick Leather shows some 1.5 to 2 oz. kangaroo on their website: http://maverickleathercompany.com/product-category/kangaroo/

[stormcrow]

I use veg tan goat it’s about .8 - 1mm it’s strong and skives well

[Bugstruck]

Thanks Amiigo. I checked that kangaroo out and that may work okay. I measured the thicker leather I'm using for the wallet and it is closer to 2.75 oz. So a little thicker than I thought.

Hey Stormcrow. That's a little thinner as the leather I am working is 1.09 mm. I assume you are sourcing that on your side of the pond. I recently bought my first micrometer that measures in mm. Work in architectural millwork and we yanks convert from metric to imperial all day long.... on the calculator and not the converting type. Habit and necessity as the hardware is all metric and near everything else imperial. When I started the wallet I picked up my steel rule that has both. Decided to do my first all metric job ever. Much easier and you are working in 1/25th of an inch increments (near enough) so the accuracy is better than 16ths. Was nice keeping the accuracy tight and not converting for a change. No fractions or even a metric decimal point shift to contend with on a wallet. Liked that. Funny, it is easier for me to convert your mm to oz. than going opposite. Had to think about that reverse direction some seconds to invert that calc. Yeah, we were going to be all metric within a decade when I was in high school 40 odd years ago. I hate change but we yanks are plain crazy for holding onto imperial. Keeps our math sharp though. Endless.

I'm diverging here so I'll tighten it up and thank you both for your help!