Front Pocket Wallet in Veg Tan

[Aari]

A front pocket veg tan leather wallet.  Waxed hemp thread, no glue, 7 oz leather throughout.

Edited July 28, 2019 by Aari

[YinTx]

Interesting design.  Can you show it with some cards and cash?  I'm curious how it all comes together.

YinTx

[chrisash]

You would get more strength on the card pockets if you sewed the edges over the top onto the layer below , rather than stopping just before the top like in your example

[Rohn]

Interesting.  I also would like to see some cash and cards in it to better understand the design. 

[Aari]

I'll go ahead and photograph with some cash and cards 

[Aari]

On 7/28/2019 at 4:44 AM, chrisash said:

You would get more strength on the card pockets if you sewed the edges over the top onto the layer below , rather than stopping just before the top like in your example

I found when I did that I got an interrupted line, visually, and the thread tended to cut through. 

[Aari]

On 7/28/2019 at 12:25 AM, YinTx said:

Interesting design.  Can you show it with some cards and cash?  I'm curious how it all comes together.

YinTx

 

[CastleLeatherWorks]

If I could add my $.02 I would say kudos for thinking outside of the box.. While im not really a fan of front pocket wallets I'm sure there's some people who like them.

I would firstly consider using a lighter weight leather to keep the bulk down and also I think you could remove the back piece of leather from the ID window, I feel like its unnecessary and would function fine with that window sewn directly to the inside wall .. another observation is it seems like there's a lot of extra leather where it could be removed but I guess that's what makes it a font pocket wallet ? lol anyways keep it up !

 

 

[Halitech]

I'm with Enanez, 7oz leather is way to thick. By changing from a back pocket to a front pocket, you're trying to minimize things. At 7oz with 8 layers once closed, you are running close to an inch thick before you add any cards or cash. Even dropping to 4oz, you've dropped to 1/2" closed and empty. And if you get rid of the backing piece behind the ID window, will help a little as well.

[Aari]

Thanks gentlemen for your ideas!! I'm going to carry it a while to see how it functions. I'm particularly interested in how it will act once broken in. I suspect that I'll end up agreeing that the leather overall is too thick for the design.

[Halitech]

Just out of curiosity, is that water buffalo? I made one a few years ago out of water buffalo and the inside looks the same. Mine was only 5oz and I used goat on the inside. It's a brick filled up. It's curved to fit my ass  but hasn't really softened much. I really need to make myself a new one.

[Aari]

Halitech it's veg tan cow.  Turns out that you and Enanez84 are absolutely correct.  Even for a front pocket wallet its way too thick.  Going to make it out of 4 oz, and I think/hope that will be okay. Or maybe 3 oz....

 

 

Edited August 3, 2019 by Aari