Evolution of Leather Goods: Before and After Pictures

[edmond]

you didnt reply to my pm dick....

[kenthenoob]

"Thank you for waiting.

we have shipped your wallet (11/14 JST)

Delivery days is 3-4 days from shipping days.

........

enjoy your life!

best regards,

by shinichi dozono"

such a nice guy

[arlee]

was in the process of tanning my RM wallet and a few drops of water got on it, now it looks like it has freckles. anything I can do to fix this?

[40ozprophet]

enjoy the hell out of it.

[rome1]

was in the process of tanning my RM wallet and a few drops of water got on it, now it looks like it has freckles. anything I can do to fix this?

you could oil it if it's finished tanning, but those drops will eventually wear away with time.

[mizanation]

was in the process of tanning my RM wallet and a few drops of water got on it, now it looks like it has freckles. anything I can do to fix this?

yeah, just re-oil. no biggie.

[Aristo]

This just came in today.

(tanning as we speak)

[kert]

"Thank you for waiting.

we have shipped your wallet (11/14 JST)

Delivery days is 3-4 days from shipping days.

........

enjoy your life!

best regards,

by shinichi dozono"

such a nice guy

what skull did u get?

[kenthenoob]

i ended up picking up the medallion ring in large

[kert]

i ended up picking up the medallion ring in large

oooh. nice choice. i'm thinking of the medium one myself. my redmoon is killing my back.

[kenthenoob]

lol, do you have the huge ones?

[kert]

lol, do you have the huge ones?

it's the short wallet (HR-01A), but thick as hell.

[kenthenoob]

so excited. i opened it and didn't know it was that big. i should've known since i had the FH mid-size in my hand before. gonna carry this with my FH leather chain

gonna tan it during work tomorrow.

how does FH wax work? do i take some out and microwave it and then smother it over the surface or what?

[jpgm]

nice ken...enjoy!

[kert]

looks great ken.

[kenthenoob]

thanks guys.

i'm tanning it right now as we speak:

hahaha!

i set the wax under the lamp for a while so it'd soften and then i sponged it and rubbed it onto the wallet and now it's sunbathing under the artificial sunlight maker.

the wax made it a shade or two darker, too.

[edmond]

wow thats sweet ken!!!!!!!! post wear pics!!

[kenthenoob]

these 660s have bigger pockets than my apcs...

[dunkin deeznuts]

does tanning under a normal light work? no need for uv rays or anything?

[kenthenoob]

not sure. it got a little darker from the wax, but i don't know if the light had any effect on it...

[OptimaDies]

kenthenoob-Awesome. The size is perfect IMO. Truly a gorgeous wallet; the leather is beautiful. For being handstitched I'm suprised at the consistency of the skull wallets, your pics show the backstitching I hadn't noticed before as well.

dunkindz- Veg tanned leather tends to be photosensitive. In regards to lamps, I believe there is a coating to prevent UV rays from getting through, so I don't think it has to do with UV, just light in general. The tannery I go to stores all their veg tanned stuff upside down. I'm not really certain on the precise differences (in terms of tanning hues) that of natural sun light and that of a room light, it would be an interesting experiment.

[Superstar]

It doesnt help anything to tan under a lamp.. tanning of leather is caused by an increased amount of the pigment melanin into the skin's cells after exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Two types of ultraviolet are responsible for tanning, UVA and UVB.

And as OptimaDies said, most household lamps are UV protected..

[kenthenoob]

ah, so anything that can give skin cancer will work... thanks for clearing that up

[dunkin deeznuts]

It doesnt help anything to tan under a lamp.. tanning of leather is caused by an increased amount of the pigment melanin into the skin's cells after exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Two types of ultraviolet are responsible for tanning, UVA and UVB.

And as OptimaDies said, most household lamps are UV protected..

thats what i thought...

i always wondered if putting your wallet in an oven and baking it for a bit would do anything.....

sick wallet none the less ken, you're making me think about getting one......

[kenthenoob]

lol it's not that special. it's just the pictures and the orange background

and i'm sure if you bake it, it'll tan... it's be very toasty:D

i still need to order that obenauf (sp) oil

[rome1]

Congrats Ken! you have chosen wisely! I really like the pick, I got an Ivory one

[englandmj7]

Just ordered from Wild Swans. Tanning right now:

[Charlie Delta]

^ I must say that the craftmanship on that particular one looks really shit England.

But if you're happy with it....

[englandmj7]

^ I must say that the craftmanship on that particular one looks really shit England.

But if you're happy with it....

Wild Swan-san will not be happy when he reads this.

[Charlie Delta]

Well clearly Redmoon-san can teach Wild Swan-san some lessons when it comes to the fine craft of leather mask making.

Btw, Edmond do you have one of these already???