Wallet Edges

[RusticLeatherShop]

supposedly thats made of French high Quality leather. 14$ per square feet. It's 2.5 oz leather. If thats true, it's Quality. See here https://www.rmleathersupply.com/products/chevre-chagrin-sully-goat-leather-2-5oz-1-0-mm-made-in-france

Well dunno. Still 223$ for a wallet.

[krominix]

3 minutes ago, RusticLeatherShop said:

supposedly thats made of French high Quality leather. 14$ per square feet. It's 2.5 oz leather. If thats true, it's Quality. See here https://www.rmleathersupply.com/products/chevre-chagrin-sully-goat-leather-2-5oz-1-0-mm-made-in-france

Well dunno. Still 223$ for a wallet.

Yes, I am familiar with Rocky Mountain leather supply. Aaron is a good guy. It’s not if. It is true. It’s ok my friend. You don’t have to believe. 

[RusticLeatherShop]

The edges on some wallets (most of the time he avoided carefully closeup fotos of the edges) are definatelly bound (binder). Actually most of the edges are bound (binding) folded over to the other side and on the other side another leather sewn onto it so it appears painted when it's in reality binding.

However the work is done carefully.

I have no Intention to be "as talented" as that guy. Those wallets are more for City guys and Snobs who like to bragg to their friends to have shelled out 300$ for an wallet. As well 2.5 oz (1.1mm) leather? A Little weak I would say. I use 5 oz leather (1.7mm) for wallets.

But yeah, high priced leather is used which appear almost as faux leather.

[LetterT]

I am no expert but take a look at his own photos of the orange goat leather wallet:

http://purelyhandwork.ayh688.com/product/alran-sully-goatskin-vertical-wallet/

If you scroll down you can see the turned edge and the back side of the stitching.

[niakulah]

5 hours ago, LetterT said:

I am no expert but take a look at his own photos of the orange goat leather wallet:

http://purelyhandwork.ayh688.com/product/alran-sully-goatskin-vertical-wallet/

If you scroll down you can see the turned edge and the back side of the stitching.

I assume you're talking about this particular picture?

The orange is definitely turned. The blue looks painted to me.

And in this picture you can see the turned orange shows the tumbled grain of the orange but the blue does not.

[niakulah]

On 8/28/2018 at 8:37 AM, samNZJP said:

How does he get the lines so straight

If you're talking about the stitching lines, I reckon those 20 tooth irons he makes plays a part. Less likely to meander when your tool is so long.

[RusticLeatherShop]

No it's NOT painted. Look at my enlarged Printscreen.

The outer blue edges are folded in and over top is sewn on the inner leather layer as you can see the fibers.

No painting at all. But seems to be legit French high Quality leather. Otherwise which turns me off that it's chinese. The guy is chinese and sells it trough an chinese Webpage as such as probably etsy.com is banned in China. Be carefull not to fall Prey to a scammer and ripp-off guy.

Chinese like specially to steal wallets so no wonder this guy is selling his 250$ wallets like hot dogs just to be stolen right away again. In Southamerica that mentality is similar to China: rip off foreigners (like selling overpriced items through an governement controlled Website) is considered a chevalry delikt which gets you stars on your comunist uniform.

It's a carefull folding technique to which 2 oz leather lends itself wonderfully. On top he most likely uses glue which I do not use at all.

Edited August 29, 2018 by RusticLeatherShop

[thefanninator]

Where the blue and orange leathers meet is dyed blue and burnished. He's a fine craftsman.

[chrisash]

What on earth has his nationality got to do with anything, so why are you guessing things rather that staying with facts, and if you are silly enough to believe every thing the press states to sell their own products, there is no need to pass it on as a fact

[Matt S]

@RusticLeatherShop for someone who only burnished his first edge this week you sure do speak with a lot of authority. I've done a fair bit of stitching by hand as well as machine and I can tell you for sure those wallets are saddle stitched. They're also stitched with a low-yarn twisted thread with minimal bonding/sizing, probably a 3-yarn polished linen, whereas the vast majority of machine sewing will be done with bonded nylon or polyester.

Further, burnished edges like the blue leather are entirely possible without paint. Notice how it's slightly translucent? Looks like burnished dyed-though veg-tan to me. Compare with the orange of the notes divider, which is definitely folded before being stitched -- not bound but folded. Yes I expect that the maker did use glue, it's bloody useful and results in a better product when properly applied.

If he thinks he can sell a $200-1000 wallet, good luck to him. People are willing to pay for craftsmanship and quality.