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It is very nice.   I like it and the pink Chèvre interior..

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not your ordinary card holder for sure. Beautiful work friend. 

Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms.

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9 hours ago, Hardrada said:

Danne, you have to stop posting your work! I get depressed by excellence because it reminds me of how much I suck. You're gonna be responsible for me quitting leatherwork and tossing all my expensive tools in the garbage! Do you really want that on your conscience?? :nono:

 

(Being arch, as usual. Post away, mate! That card holder is quite similar to my Oselvar™ wallet, 'cept I go for curves and don't line it. Guess I should start lining them now. :yes:)

That reminded me of how I actually did feel like "maybe this is nothing for me" I mean we have different goals with our craft, but no matter what the goal is, of course one important part is that you enjoy crafting. And I do, it's like "meditation" I just focus on what i'm doing. But I also tend to put a lot of pressure on myself to improve, maybe a little to much, I wish I also could appreciate more how much I have improved since I started. But stitching almost made me stop, because I felt like I will never be able to stitch thinner leather with good results. But I didn't give up. And I slowly get better at stitching (Thinking especially on thin watch straps and thin edges on wallets) it's a little bit of a lottery for me when it comes to contrasting colors. I know it was a joke from your side, but if you where serious when said you suck. Don't say that about yourself, it will become an obstacle for improvement. (Sorry if this was a little confusing, and I hope you don't misinterpret me, English is not my native language so I might express myself bad sometimes) 

Where do I find your Oselvar wallet? I tried to Google for photos.

2 hours ago, Scoutmom103 said:

It is very nice.   I like it and the pink Chèvre interior..

Thank you, yes brown and pink is a good match isn't it.

47 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

not your ordinary card holder for sure. Beautiful work friend. 

Thank you

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6 minutes ago, Tugadude said:

Gorgeous. I would like to see "in-process" photos next time you do the square pattern.  

Feel free to send me a dm and I try to explain how I did it.

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The black and pink combination is always a great contrasting colors.  But the lines you created with the creaser; now that set the whole thing off as PROFESSIONAL!!  I thought that came from the factory it was so evenly spaced.  Just a marvelous functioning artwork.

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14 minutes ago, JayEhl said:

The black and pink combination is always a great contrasting colors.  But the lines you created with the creaser; now that set the whole thing off as PROFESSIONAL!!  I thought that came from the factory it was so evenly spaced.  Just a marvelous functioning artwork.

Thank you, The spacing was made with marked with an awl from my template, and a ruler aligned to the marks. But it was hard to keep a consistant pressure with my creaser to make all lines look similar, so I practiced a bit before on a scrap piece. At first I used a higher temperature, but it was harder to make it consistent, and also I found out it looks better with lower temperature.

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Yea, I'm still very much the novice/hobby-ist and am in total awe of the work that is done with other tools that are other than manual ones such as your creaser, skivers, heck even a sewing machine!  I am saving my pennies and adding my next 'toy' to my wish list which I think is going to be a skiver since I've ruined so many pieces with my 'hand skiver' or an air brush painter.  I'm also pretty scared of buying really expensive leather right now until I feel comfortable with a process.  I did bite the bullet to buy some really nice 'pull up' leather that I made a badge ID holder and have enough to make a couple minimalist card holders.  I guess that's the best practice, - that is, practice on more inexpensive leather to get the steps and processes down so I won't get frustrated with more expensive leather.   But one thing for sure, I learn something each time I finish a project and learn so much from people like you and others on this board!  

Thanks!

~JL

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