Card Wallet -- with extra pockets

[DJole]

A commemorative gift for my nephew, as he starts medical school this fall.

I mixed Angelus blue and purple to get this color, and that's a rare appearance of Fiebing's white dye in the reverse carved design. 
The design is from the flag of Sendai, Japan (near where he lived for a couple years.)
The thread is burgundy Tiger (.6 thickness) using 3mm stitching chisels. 

I used my pebble backgrounder (Craftool M 892) to add texture, except just around the design. The outside leather here is about 2-3 mm thick. Inside leather is 1 mm.
Edges burnished with black Tokonole. 

 

Edited June 9, 2021 by DJole

[DJole]

Here's the inside.

Very thin leather for the inside pockets! Traditional Japanese motif in the middle there.

There are 6 pockets in this thing! That's a fair number of cards...

Inside edges (a three layer sandwich!) sanded then painted with Fiebing's black EdgeKote.
I have this on my desk at the moment, and I keep looking at it and thinking, "Hey, that's a pretty decent job! Looks nice!"

Edited June 9, 2021 by DJole

[fredk]

Like

[JayEhl]

I like your design on both sides of the stitch line.  It adds a bit of something for the eyes to enjoy.  I think your nephew will really like it.  And you should be proud of your work.  Well done!

[AzShooter]

Wonderful design.  I like the color and the art work a lot.  Now I see how to get more cards in the holder.  I've been looking for designs and if you don't mind I'd like to copy yours.

[DJole]

You are welcome to copy the extra pockets design.
Just make sure you post it so we can admire your work!

[Tugadude]

The funny thing about wallets to me is just when I think I've seen every possible configuration, a new one suddenly appears.  And that's the case here.  When I saw the picture with the stitching line on the fold I was puzzled, but then I saw why it was there and I thought it was a pretty cool idea.

Very creative and nicely executed.

[spacedog]

This is a cool design. Great work.

[AzShooter]

I checked out your page. Incredible work and when I make one I will post it.

Thanks so much.