Stingray Wallet

[ComputerDoctor]

Good response!

Sam

[charon]

Good job on the wallet! I recently tried to hand-cut and hand stitch stingray leather and I totally feel your pain. My stitching looks okay on the lining side and terrible on the outside. Made it on the list of things I will never do again, especially since these skins are pretty pricey in my area. 

[kyrrk]

I heard it is really pain working with stingray lol. To have an idea, how much does it costs? I only got snakeskin, phyton scrap and crocodile scrap which will be useful for making watch strap. 

That's a nice wallet, btw.

[charon]

My skin was around $45. The thing is the size is enough for one outer part of a wallet, so it's hit or miss. The most pain for me was that given that these pearls are really hard (in fact these skins are fire resistant) your cutting edge looks really bad. So you basically have no choice but doing a turning edge as Ryan did. I tried to beautify the edges with edge paint and ended with throwing it around the workshop. You may have be lucky with one skin but for me there's simply no way for a consistent small series, so I ended up discarding the plans. There are versions where the pearls are sharpened but I don't think the handling will be easier with these. As has been said, it's good for inlays in belt buckles or things like that. My skills just ain't good enough for that stuff.

Again Ryan, good job on your wallet, I bet your brother will be happy with it.

[plinkercases]

Well done once gain Ryan.