Evolution of Leather Goods: Before and After Pictures

[f50fan]

Finally got around to breaking out the camera. Belt is about 9 months old, with less months of actual wear. Made on Jan 22nd 2010. Click picture for full size.

[ihatebrianwilliams]

iPhone case I made.

4 months later

back

really glad it wtill works with the iPhone 4.

[beatle]

great patina, ihbw

TFH Wallet, apprx. 11 months

Tanner coasters, a lot of drinks

[ke1]

Can someone provide me a picture of an aged Tanner Natural leather item compared to a Tan one?

I like how the Natural gets real dark brown, but I'm not sure how the Tan one turns out. Thanks.

[jstavrin]

Any recommendation for a thick, sturdy bi-fold wallet? I bought one from Leather Goods Connection a few months ago, and while it is a nice wallet, but it's begun to lose it's shape and really "bulge" in the middle. It's uncomfortable to sit on and leaves less-than-ideal fade in my jeans (I know, right). I don't want to spend more than 200 dollars.

[edmond]

i have a black mid length kawatakos

[Obbigood]

Definitely great petina, Beatle!

Been using my own denim+leather long wallet for a awhile, and made another one for a project. Also took some pics to comparing darken leather.

[widgwok]

^you made that? that's really dope; the details on those wallets are really sick. nice job!

[jbphoto23]

for belt, wallet, and patches...Obenauf's leather oil or leather protectant??

[beatle]

I prefer the oil....

[bchhun]

Some shots of my Red Moon wallet that I got off another user about a year back. Treated with Obenaufs a few times...

[TLCA]

opened up a package from corter yesterday, sorry for the grainy iphone pic

[edmond]

cordovan short wallet

[ihatebrianwilliams]

Ordered these the other day.

Thought they were coming from Salinas CA. These gloves are leaving a very nice carbon footprint all the way from UAE.

Will post pictures when they arrive.

[rome1]

obbigood that leather work is amazing, you have anymore pics of stuff you've done?

[rome1]

pics of my Tanner belt I don't remember how old it is... but it's getting up there.

[huatzai]

obbi good wallet + chain

[jstavrin]

Saddle soap can't stain leather, can it? I applied some to the lighter inside of a used wallet and the soap didn't really spread around, leaving dark spot where the soap was. It's been like this for about an hour and a half.

[GregoryH]

tanner goods natural billfold, had it since xmas used every day, no tanning no oil no nothing, just a ton of indigo and oils from my hands and what not, love the patina it's developed...

...just picked this up for something different from our man Zissou, amazing craftsmanship, looking forward to some evo

hard to believe the tg was the same color as the zissou piece!

[M.O.A]

Great page all around.

[WhoGotMeIntoThis]

Just to be honest I don't think I've ever seen a particularly shitty leather evo page. It's all fucking good.

[corter]

morse9443 stopped by today and I grabbed a picture of his wallet, I think it's over two years at this point.

[morse9443]

This new belt is beyond amazing corter, thank you sir.

[f50fan]

Riveted another D ring onto my belt. I know this is small, but you can see how the original one has aged compared to the new one.

[morse9443]

Some of my older Corter belts along with the new beast

[poly800rock]

i'm trying to figure out if i like that. it kind of just looks really dirty vs. well aged.

[ThinFinn]

^^wtf? how many oz does your new one have?...looks thick as hell...

[corter]

It's around 18oz, 3/5" thick. Hides that thick are never totally even all the way through, that one I remember as cutting a bunch of normal belts then 3 strips at the end that were a bit thicker than anything I'd seen before

[chantheman]

i was taking pictures cause my wallet broke so i figured i would post some full shots of the wallet in this thread. i need help trying to fix it if possible

i dont know if i lost a piece or what but the reign doesnt stay attached to the wallet because the loop piece came undone from. hope the pics make more sense than my description...

KC leather wallet 3+ years

original color

current color

[tomorrowstars]

Spent the last few weeks slowly reading through this whole thread; time to start contributing. Weather hasn't been good enough to take pictures lately, so I'll start with some I took a few days ago as 'befores'.

Briefcase I thrifted for $6. Used, so not technically a before, but before for me.

Buffalo leather satchel, hand-stitched by artisan in Central Asia (bought through a fair trade merchant). Hasn't seen much wear because I never got around to punching new holes in the strap to make it short enough for me, but I think it's going to age really nicely.