Boot top long wallet

[Prestige593]

My cousin wanted a wallet made from the tops of an old pair of work boots. He's a junkman that goes by the name "Junkman" and goes through work boots like crazy. 

The outer is from the boots and the inner is 2/3oz veg tan.

[ScoobyNewbie]

Very nice!

[Wreford]

I like it!

[Rbarleatherworks]

That is very nice, would you mind sharing how you did the letters?  and what kind of leather they are on?

Thanks so much

 

[Elvis]

Nice idea and really good work!

Edited November 28, 2018 by Elvis

[ComputerDoctor]

COOL.

Sam:)

[benlilly1]

Very cool!

 

[Prestige593]

On 11/27/2018 at 10:53 PM, Rbarleatherworks said:

That is very nice, would you mind sharing how you did the letters?  and what kind of leather they are on?

Thanks so much

 

The "JUNKMAN" is on 2/3 oz veg tanned leather. I used a stencil and traced them out. I then carefully sliced the outline of the letters with an x-acto blade and painted them black using a toothpick with acrylic leather paint. I dyed the red over the top and you can see that the black smeared a little. It was a tedious pain in the butt, but I'm happy with the outcome for a novice.  

[Rbarleatherworks]

Thanks for the reply to my question

I am new to this site but since I have been on here I am learning that I know nothing about leather work ....lol !!! Such a huge world out there.

I  really like what you did with those letters and I have a project that I could use that on  but I am still a bit confused on how you did it.  I'll blame it on the blonde roots

So If you cut the letters out and stitched it to the black leather wallet why did you need to paint them black?  Would the black from the wallet not show through?  (as I am typing this I am thinking that this is probably a real stupid question but I am obviously missing something). 

Could you clarify please,

Thanks so much

Regan

[rodneywt1180b]

Cool! Recycled boots for a recycler. Seems fitting.