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Very rarely do I get to sit down and make an item without regards to efficiency. This is a wallet I made for myself for a trip to Japan to study with my leathercraft teacher. Most everywhere is cash only there and you need to use many coins, so I wanted to treat myself to a nice wallet finally. 

The exterior is Italian camo leather and the interior is Buttero. It is stitched at 9spi with Amy Roke 632. All edges are dyed and burnished with Funori seaweed. 

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Well, that's just spectacular! Love the seaweed edges, didn't know that was a thing.

Jeff

So much leather...so little time.

 

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This is beautiful work! I can imagine this took a fair bit of time. If I may ask a few questions:

 

  • How thin is this leather split to? Looks fairly thin - is it 0.5mm?
  • It looks like you have partially lined card slots - is it difficult to get the fold to the same depth for each slot?
  • Your skiving seems is crazy exact - any tips on getting to that level of consistency?

 

Thanks for sharing

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32 minutes ago, goingconcernMA said:

Thank you very much Alpha2 and goingconcernMA for the kind words.

I used 5 thicknesses for this build, which is probably a little over the top.

The card pockets are .5mm leather folded over. Everything is fully lined, including the card slots. The card bank is pretty tricky with lots of strategic skiving to reduce bulk and to nestle each card slot into the next. That way there aren't any lumps when viewed from the side, or gaps when viewed from the top as if you did a regular t-slot.

Sadly there aren't any tricks to the skiving. It's just the usual long runs on the bell skiver and a bunch of free-hand skiving. I free-hand a lot of edge beveling with my knife and card slot skiving, but it takes me ages to carve out the indentations for the card slots to nestle. I wish there was an easier way haha

 

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Can't say I love the camo, but that has to be one of the finest executions for a wallet that I have seen here. Or anywhere.

Bravo, Sir and have a fun trip.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Great craftsmanship - I admire your stitching! You say you're going to study with your leathercraft teacher? Looks like the teacher might pick up a tip or two...

"People are more violently opposed to fur than to leather because it's safer to harass people in coats than to try being nasty to motorcycle gangs." ~Anonymous

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That is one beautiful wallet to be very proud of!

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Wow that wallet is clean and really well put together. All the components look great together.Where in Japan are you going to study?

Anata no saifu wa subarashi desu

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A very nice wallet, with excellent workmanship.

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