Wallet with Celtic pattern

[DJole]

Just finished this up last night. Here's the outside with the tooling pattern completed:

And here's the completed piece:
 

I used Angelus Light Brown dye on this piece. 

Edited October 27, 2021 by DJole

[DJole]

A view of the inside:

Black Tokonole on the edges, light brown Ritza thread, and some nice red leather from a remnant sale. 

[PastorBob]

Nice job on tooling.  Love the red contrast on the inside.  What thickness thread did you use and what size stitching forks did you use?

[DJole]

7 hours ago, PastorBob said:

Nice job on tooling.  Love the red contrast on the inside.  What thickness thread did you use and what size stitching forks did you use?

Thank you-- I worked hard to get good lines on the tooling pattern. 
The thread is Ritza Tiger  0.6.
The stitching chisels are Japan Goods 3mm. In a couple places (where the leather stacks up in multiple layers) I also used Kevin Lee 3mm reverse irons to make sure the lines were straight.
I discovered that to get the stitching lines straight, as I was pounding from the tooling side down, I needed to hold the chisel a couple degrees slanted from vertical, since the thickness of most of the red pocket leather doesn't go all the way to the edges.
I also cut the interior pocket pieces (and their backing) a bit bigger so that I could trim them all after stitching, so I have a nice, even edge.  

[HandyDave]

Good looking wallet. I really like the tooling and the pebbled red pockets. Theres only one thing i see and my eye just keeps going to it is that one bottom corner where the stich goes at angle where there aint a hole right in the corner like the other ones. My corners and intersection lines i allways stab first then feel in my holes in between. Other then that one corner its a great piece.

[DJole]

6 hours ago, HandyDave said:

Good looking wallet. I really like the tooling and the pebbled red pockets. Theres only one thing i see and my eye just keeps going to it is that one bottom corner where the stich goes at angle where there aint a hole right in the corner like the other ones. My corners and intersection lines i allways stab first then feel in my holes in between. Other then that one corner its a great piece.

I noticed that too. It's the only corner where the holes just don't quite line up right! ;-)
That's a good tip to start from the corners, and get those even, and then maybe have a slightly longer stitch in the middle of the straight line.

[PastorBob]

On 10/28/2021 at 1:55 PM, DJole said:

Thank you-- I worked hard to get good lines on the tooling pattern. 
The thread is Ritza Tiger  0.6.
The stitching chisels are Japan Goods 3mm. In a couple places (where the leather stacks up in multiple layers) I also used Kevin Lee 3mm reverse irons to make sure the lines were straight.
I discovered that to get the stitching lines straight, as I was pounding from the tooling side down, I needed to hold the chisel a couple degrees slanted from vertical, since the thickness of most of the red pocket leather doesn't go all the way to the edges.
I also cut the interior pocket pieces (and their backing) a bit bigger so that I could trim them all after stitching, so I have a nice, even edge.  

Thanks...I have the 3mm forks, but only have .8 and 1mm threads....gonna have to increase my thread inventory.  Again, nice job!

[DJole]

9 hours ago, PastorBob said:

Thanks...I have the 3mm forks, but only have .8 and 1mm threads....gonna have to increase my thread inventory.  Again, nice job!

I bought the thread from Rocky Mountain Leather Supply, who will make 25 meter spools for about 7 dollars apiece, with free shipping. Good folks there.