Wallet for person with neuropathy in hands

[Rahere]

3 hours ago, chrisash said:

Anyone know what type and name of material is used for the strap type material used to make the card holders below the t slots on this video, and where you can buy it

Texon's an artificial card stiffener mostly used in shoemaking. It's usually only stocked in wholesale quantities - in the UK, smaller amounts are available from www.icanmakeshoes.com, in London.

The other materials are Butero Box leather, skived thinner where needed, for example in the turned edges, and a fairly thick standard polyester cloth fabric, we all have our favourite fabric stockists, mine's Dalston Mill Fabrics, on Ridley Road in Dalston, London. It's a short walk from JT Batchelors (London's secret leather suppliers) and William Gee, for haberdashery - they're shut Fridays, shabbat shalom. Ridley Road's the real street market behind Eastenders, in passing.

 

[chrisash]

Thanks @Rahere it was the polyester type material I was interested in , it appeared to be tape with sealed edges ideal for slot wallets but may just have been plain poly just just cut to fit

 

[Rahere]

53 minutes ago, chrisash said:

Thanks @Rahere it was the polyester type material I was interested in , it appeared to be tape with sealed edges ideal for slot wallets but may just have been plain poly just just cut to fit

 

What he's done is cut an appropriate number of polyester "wraps" to fit, covered the upper raw edge in glued skived leather, then glued the lot together, sewing to reinforce the edges. Before poly, it would have been silk (which continued in the early days of credit cards in top-end goods).

Because all the edges are turned, you could get away with chrome leather, but the life won't be as long. Ideally, kangaroo, because it's both tough and stretchy, but goat would be more realistic at your stage.

[Sheilajeanne]

I am very jealous of that little skiving machine he has for doing the edges! I really can't imagine being able to skive leather that thin without something like that. Even then, he says 'guess how many times I did that?' (goofed up).  

[Rahere]

Texon's specs: https://www.texon.com/footwear-components/

These are the volume wholesalers supplying the Northampton shoe industry (look at Kinky Boots for the recent heritage) http://www.trlawman.co.uk/products/footwear-materials/insole-materials
There's quite a lot of detail on those pages