Wallet Edges

[krominix]

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49 minutes ago, Grihm said:

That is without a doubt machine stitched. The edges can be done in several ways, but what i do is leather-fat and a round wood burnisher. Depending on how long you spend at it, the edges gets better and better.

 

That's hand stitched. All his work is hand stitched.

[samNZJP]

Yeah I was wondering about how he paints or dyes those edges so straight. What’s CMC?

 

sam

[krominix]

31 minutes ago, samNZJP said:

Yeah I was wondering about how he paints or dyes those edges so straight. What’s CMC?

 

sam

Its a lot simpler than you think. Make your patterns over sized 4mm. Assemble them as usual. When assemble is complete, prior to marking stitch holes, trim the excess 4 mm off with a vary sharp blade. This leaves you with the perfect edge that requires 0 sanding. If you are working with chrome tan use edge paint like fenice, if you are using veg tan use the Bob Park method. 

[samNZJP]

3 hours ago, krominix said:

Its a lot simpler than you think. Make your patterns over sized 4mm. Assemble them as usual. When assemble is complete, prior to marking stitch holes, trim the excess 4 mm off with a vary sharp blade. This leaves you with the perfect edge that requires 0 sanding. If you are working with chrome tan use edge paint like fenice, if you are using veg tan use the Bob Park method. 

Yeah I make things larger, I still have them a quick sand though, maybe I won’t do that next time.

for me bob parks method works fine up until dying. I just can’t get a clean looking edge with paints/dyes. I can get it pretty good for a natural look but paint isn’t my strong suit

[Grihm]

13 hours ago, krominix said:

That's hand stitched. All his work is hand stitched.

Thank you for making me aware. Did not know they made prongs that thin, but found images of it now. If he really stitches like that by hand, i salute the masterwork. Exquisite performance and such details. A detail like that will up the price, and it should.

[Sheilajeanne]

Beautiful work! What type of leather is he using for the pockets and lining?

[krominix]

18 minutes ago, Sheilajeanne said:

Beautiful work! What type of leather is he using for the pockets and lining?

That’s french goat skin called chèvre sully from the tannery Alran SAS. 

[Sheilajeanne]

I can't figure out if the edge of the card pockets has been left showing, or if it has been turned and glued?

Gosh, oh to have that level of skill... 

[krominix]

53 minutes ago, Sheilajeanne said:

I can't figure out if the edge of the card pockets has been left showing, or if it has been turned and glued?

Gosh, oh to have that level of skill... 

As I stated earlier, it was painted with acrylics edge paint. There is a lot of different brands out there. A good one to start with is fenice - I’ve had very good luck with this brand 

[RusticLeatherShop]

Thats done with an binding Attachement to the machine.

Or it's glued on with some sort of rubber edge. I have such an chair with rubber glued on. It falls off and peels off after about 1 month.