Evolution of Leather Goods: Before and After Pictures

[jcotteri]

pda4live great pickup mang

[SLAB]

My Ted Company long wallet. I don't have any pix when it was just fresh out of the box but the picture where I'm wearing it in my Nudie's Slim Jim is closest to the original color. I suntanned it awhile but never oiled it. Since I haven't used it very often yet, there's not much evolution going on besides some minor bleeding from my Skulls (not even sure if I will keep it since I'd prefer a smaller sized wallet)

[SLAB]

my Paul Smith wallet; this here I wear 99% of the time and as taken quite a beating already on the inside.

[40ozprophet]

better pic of the inscriptions on the front of the ted wallet plz.

[staedler]

so i mention to my mom that i'm looking for a leather keepall type bag, and she mentions her father in law had just the thing. turns out he was polish, managed to escape during the nazi invasion, was arrested and escaped twice, and ended up in the RAF as a pilot. he bluffed his way into a teaching position on a base, first as a marksmanship teacher (having never shot a gun) and second as a sewing instructor (having never touched a needle). apparantly war makes you a quick learner, cause this is one of the things he made there:

it looked really bad when i first saw it, and i regret not taking pics, cause the transformation is amazing. it had some shoe polish or something on it, which i had to remove, and was badly dehydrated and cracked. i finished it up with clear wax polish.

[la-vvoc]

that bag looks great...im kinda jealous lol

[dave023]

My Ted Company long wallet. I don't have any pix when it was just fresh out of the box but the picture where I'm wearing it in my Nudie's Slim Jim is closest to the original color. I suntanned it awhile but never oiled it. Since I haven't used it very often yet, there's not much evolution going on besides some minor bleeding from my Skulls (not even sure if I will keep it since I'd prefer a smaller sized wallet)

Nice wallet !! Where did you get it?

[kenthenoob]

try rakuten

[jcotteri]

i like the bag.. i want to see more transformation pics of real old leather. I fond it so interesting seeing it resoted with a little care. It's a pity you didn't take pics of it before hand.. damn

[edmond]

http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b84002145

could someone help me are these corodvan leather? cause they are pretty cheap if it is thanks!

[mizanation]

yup, it's cordovan. this is "cordovan" in japanese:

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[edmond]

hey thanks miz-san!!! thats pretty cheap for a cordovan wallet..

[mizanation]

well, i think you just blew up this auction.

[SLAB]

Dave, yeah I got it at Rakuten; they also have a small version of it.

here's a better picture from the front

[.jacob]

Anyone know how/where I can buy KC's or Redmoon stuff?

I want to a keyholder like this:

Thanks,

Jacob

[kenthenoob]

rakuten lol

[.jacob]

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/ ?

Where's the English?

[pda4live]

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/ ?

Where's the English?

You can try: http://www.google.com/translate_t

and/or: http://www.kc-s.jp/

there is no english site but you can email to them.

[kenthenoob]

i wasn't at my laptop. here's another site: http://www.rakuten.co.jp/kc-s/

[jcotteri]

hey edmond do you buy a wallet a week??? i think your bank account thanks you that you cant read japanese...shiiiiat.

[proteus]

Well, he's gotta put all of his money somewhere.

[edmond]

oh no was just asking...

[Superstar]

edmond is a secret levis agent who earns his living (for which he buys expensive jap leather goods) working for levis who forces him buying denim from japanese companies so they can sue their asses...

[edmond]

hey no! im from the chinese goverment buying jap jeans to be faked at a chinese sweat factory in downtown beijing...

[rome1]

"joke"

applause....

[Tiro]

Got some new stuff from Miz's man Kamida. He's crazy skilled at what he does.

Another pic to showcase what he's done so far.

is that belt also made by kamida-san?

any more pics of it?

[.jacob]

Can someone help me with http://www.rakuten.co.jp/?

Through KC's rakuten page I found the key holder but I don't understand what to do next/how to buy it.

Thanks.

[brissyboy]

so i mention to my mom that i'm looking for a leather keepall type bag, and she mentions her father in law had just the thing. turns out he was polish, managed to escape during the nazi invasion, was arrested and escaped twice, and ended up in the RAF as a pilot. he bluffed his way into a teaching position on a base, first as a marksmanship teacher (having never shot a gun) and second as a sewing instructor (having never touched a needle). apparantly war makes you a quick learner, cause this is one of the things he made there:

it looked really bad when i first saw it, and i regret not taking pics, cause the transformation is amazing. it had some shoe polish or something on it, which i had to remove, and was badly dehydrated and cracked. i finished it up with clear wax polish.

love the bag, love the story too, gives it more meaning.

[arlee]

Redmoon RM-IFW

Pre-Tan

Post-Tan

Still have some of the water spots that got on it while I was tanning, but some have disapperared after a coat of Obenaufs LP I put on after the tanning

[40ozprophet]

beautiful wallet, really interesting design. how much did that run you?