Show us your leather

[mikecch]

I don't that is the case necessarily - with the staining of dyes it depends on how "raw" the leather is - as in, additional processes of infusing waxes and oils into the leather as well as any coating agents such as resins will make the leather more protected from staining.

Also, if you do have a skirting/saddle leather wallet which is quite raw (nothing wrong with that, it is how these leathers were designed) then giving them a bit of oils & waxes before wearing will give them some protection too.

[ItsJustNC]

On top of what mike said, i'd like to add another point. I feel that when it comes to raw leathers like veg tanned leathers, moisture plays an extremely big role.

This is a case i made for a friend. It was wet-molded. And my friend put it inside his pocket before it was completely dry, and the slightly damp leather actually managed to capture the twill of the denim in an indigo print stain. It was only in his pocket for half an hour or so.

This here is a card case i made for my girl, she had this card case in her back pocket of her denim and she sat on a wet bench. The water from the bench seeped in her denim and bled on the leather, creating this bruise-like stain on the top left. You can actually see the contrast in darkness of the pores. Apparently, they absorb more indigo.!

And lastly, this here is my satchel, this was how it looked like after a month of use. It was never exposed to water since i made it and used it during the whole first month and this is how the indigo stained it. A very gradient stain.

So main point, quality of leather doesn't affect staining.

[Tiro]

offcourse water has it's effect, not just on the leather but also on the indigo itself, think about it, when u sweat your denim bleeds faster on your skin also...

[hollowsleather]

x-posting from PYC thread:

I made a new wallet for my lady for Christmas:

Natural Horween Chromexcel Cow outside, Natural Chromexcel Horsehide inside.

More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollowsleather/

[straightxedge]

Made with love. Beautiful.

[Guest nooblet333]

Amazing!! ^^

[mapz]

bike portage strap from walnut studios. about 2 years old. really dig the touch of leather the strap brings to my daily commute. super functional for my steel frame beater!

had a lot of fun stitching it onto the bike - i chose to do a mexican basketweave stitch.

custom lettering - yeaaaaaaaaaaah.

and here's the set-up if anyone is interested.

Edited December 28, 2011 by mapz

[LckyChrmsBBoy]

Hollows- that's a really nice wallet!!

[TheGanjaLife]

wolverine 1K's just lathered with OB's heavy duty LP

ostrich leather

tanner

Edited January 12, 2012 by TheGanjaLife

[Shhhhh]

bike portage strap from walnut studios. about 2 years old. really dig the touch of leather the strap brings to my daily commute. super functional for my steel frame beater! had a lot of fun stitching it onto the bike - i chose to do a mexican basketweave stitch. custom lettering - yeaaaaaaaaaaah. and here's the set-up if anyone is interested.

i wanna learn how to make one too! for a buddy who mean a lot to me... thanx for the heads-up!

[Jheezy]

Corter Leather, around 2-3 years, cant remember exactly how long

[leftyaxeslinger]

Santa got me some cool leather...

[Shhhhh]

wow,,,

[Robroy]

Aero Highwayman

[Cold Summer]

Redmoon CW-02A new:

And seven months, a little sun tanning, and two oilings later:

[LckyChrmsBBoy]

when it comes to oiling/conditioning does it matter how much you put on when using a paste material? My closing strap cracked a little bit so I decided to throw on some mink oil in paste form onto it. I put on a fairly thin coat for now, but unsure how thick to apply.

Also should I put a coat on the inside of the wallet, like on the back side of the outer piece? Since this is my first leather product of this nature where I have to clean and condition it, I’m not really sure when something should be oiled. The inside is pretty rough feeling, kinda hard.

thank for any input

[arcarsenal]

saw this on the Blackacre Facebook page today:

http://www.facebook.com/theblackacre[/url]

Final update since we have royally confused everyone! All older posts deleted! This is what you need to do' date=' simply "like" us and be the 10th person to email us at [email protected] at 6:00 PM PST on Sunday. Easy enough??? Good! Free custom card holder coming at whoever figures this out!!!![/color']

Seems like a really awesome way to get your hands on some of the great work Ray and Co. are putting out. I actually shouldn't be posting this here cause I want to win, but I figured you guys might appreciate it.

Edited January 6, 2012 by arcarsenal

[morkra]

seeming as pictures mean everything, an update to my small tanner goods kit!

Lost track of how old the belt is now but I would say getting into the year and a half to two year range, lanyard is around 12 months.

Belt was natural to start, lanyard was Saddle(London?) tan.

cross posting for the evo!

[thecolosseum]

tumblr_lxcx1ltVOI1r9aoswo1_r1_1280.jpg

[Wörn75]

vintage - 20+ years

[LckyChrmsBBoy]

These are about 10 yrs old or so. I haven't worn them in at least 6 or more. Found them in my closet and decided to throw some RedWing Mink Oil on them.

with out oil-

Just oiled and the next day it still pretty much looks the same-

[thecolosseum]

DSC_0199 by Mr.JohnCinyo, on Flickr

DSC_0203 by Mr.JohnCinyo, on Flickr

DSC_0196 by Mr.JohnCinyo, on Flickr

Edited January 8, 2012 by thecolosseum

[leftyaxeslinger]

My girlfriend's thrifted leather belt. Solid brass buckle. She bought this at a thrift store 20+ years ago. I have no idea how old it really is.

[lazybum]

Buckle is awesome!

[ItsJustNC]

The buckle looks fucking great.!

[deluxestyling]

Superior Flight Apparel.

[marineabilly]

^looks amazing broken in!!

[Crat]

My Croc wallet has caused some interesting fades.

[TheNorthern]

strange . . . i like it

[ItsJustNC]

SICK... Now i really wanna try some croc skin...