Show us your leather

[ItsJustNC]

Lazybum.! I'm at China right now in a polytechnic that offers leather goods as a design course on an exchange program.

Apparently they'll be teaching us how to tool leather. And they'll be bringing us to some tanneries. Maybe if i have the opportunity and if you are interested, i could find some exotic stuff for you to play around with..?

Wouldn't mind since I'm planning to bulk up on exotics if the price is right.

[spidereye]

Retro design belt..leather quality is lame. i just like it .not so practical ,got no lock system.always loose fit.so i just keep it in closet.any idea how to fix it.waisted.

[lucaas]

Lazybum.! I'm at China right now in a polytechnic that offers leather goods as a design course on an exchange program.

Apparently they'll be teaching us how to tool leather. And they'll be bringing us to some tanneries. Maybe if i have the opportunity and if you are interested, i could find some exotic stuff for you to play around with..?

Wouldn't mind since I'm planning to bulk up on exotics if the price is right.

china has their own distributor for Horween Leather. That might be interesting

[hollowsleather]

@spidereye, you could improve that thing quite a bit by adding a sam browne stud to pin the flap into place.

[spidereye]

@spidereye, you could improve that thing quite a bit by adding a sam browne stud to pin the flap into place.

Thanks man.will do. cool leather mate website.

[lazybum]

Lazybum.! I'm at China right now in a polytechnic that offers leather goods as a design course on an exchange program.

Apparently they'll be teaching us how to tool leather. And they'll be bringing us to some tanneries. Maybe if i have the opportunity and if you are interested, i could find some exotic stuff for you to play around with..?

Wouldn't mind since I'm planning to bulk up on exotics if the price is right.

Haha that will be cool. Although I actually won't have much time to be doing leathercraft after next month. Time to undergo conscription

I won't mind a piece or two exotic, maybe a horse/croc/ostrich leg, but not too many, or i may end up not being able to afford them!

By the way thats some very cool exchange program there! You're on a design course? Man polytechnic sounds fun.

[louisbosco]

recently went down to OGL to get this black leather belt.

thanks Johnny! see you soon!:D

[spidereye]

OBL does come out with good products those buckle ,isnt it nickle or silver .like the lamb skin wallet much.

louisbosco.

[ItsJustNC]

china has their own distributor for Horween Leather. That might be interesting

Ah..! Thanks.! It's in Shenzhen huh.? Gonna try convincing my teacher to bring us there. =P

Haha that will be cool. Although I actually won't have much time to be doing leathercraft after next month. Time to undergo conscription

I won't mind a piece or two exotic, maybe a horse/croc/ostrich leg, but not too many, or i may end up not being able to afford them!

By the way thats some very cool exchange program there! You're on a design course? Man polytechnic sounds fun.

Yea, i do Product design. I'm hoping it isn't too expensive...

[panthermodern]

Took some new flicks of my Angelos wallet. I've been using it since late December. No Obenauf's, no wax, no treatment of any kind yet.

The exterior is darker in real life but the lighting wasn't so helpful when I took the pictures.

New wallet up top.

[panthermodern]

Group pic of leather goods I wear or use daily.

[Obbigood]

^nice group pic of leather stuff

I'm proud to show this wallet, custom made based on a theme given by Kayodic (some members may know her), a pretty lady who is also into denim

We discussed about a possibility of making a new feminine style wallet but also need to be suitable for kayodic's denim style. The idea of light colour Lambskin external gives an impression of classy and elegant feel. Adding the popular veg tan leather internally will allow aging characteristics and contrasting the colour with the lambskin.

Instead of the usual 4 point braiding of rein, we opted to hand-roll the tough 10/12oz saddle leather lace into rounded form and use it as rope rein. We find that it is more suitable for girls to hang rather then braided rein, which look or already stereotype as manly...

Girls are always girls, they will have their day of wearing pretty dresses and skirts. So to add in more option, we include a matching wristlet for kayodic to carry the wallet as purse by hand, just like clutch bag

[vespr^1198s]

great work James, it's a beauty

[Tiro]

yeah james, really digging all the lambskin stuff, real nice look

[spidereye]

Nice wallet ,like this wallet chain double protection.

[scasi]

the wallet hump evolve

[dirtyjack]

6 month mark.

from OGL!

Can't wait to get another piece from them!

[spidereye]

Amazing ...what kind of leather treatments you used.like the collour.

[Notice]

pics of my new long wallet. made in veg tan leather. real simple, how i like it to be.

got it from a local leather craftsman in Singapore, real reputable around here.

[dirtyjack]

Amazing ...what kind of leather treatments you used.like the collour.

those are red leathers not veg tan! hahah! leather treatment wise I use normal mink oil!

[spidereye]

Great evo on yours.

[Obbigood]

Dressy, formal bi-folds

[beatle]

IH folding calf

[hollowsleather]

Can't rep, great IH wallet.

[beatle]

thanks, hollow, no need to rep, it´s just sitting in my pocket...

but I seriously like the size and the amount of card slots, pretty much perfect

[Sinji]

Great wallet and that's a lot of cards

[explicitx]

IH folding calf

Where can I buy one of those?

[dnsnlsn]

http://www.ironheart.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=67

[szszcool]

how are the quality comparing japanese brand leatherwork such as iron heart flat head and kawatako to tanner hollows or cortel?

[mikecch]

^ Hahaha, a great but awkward question - I think it depends on which specific brands you're comparing, and which models/lines. For the Japanese brands you'd also want to find out which workshops make the leather goods for them!

E.g. Kawatako has several lines (including some high-end products they make for Samurai Jeans), and I think neatness is lacking in their lower-end stuff relative to the price they're asking (I've seen a couple of their cheaper wallets with so-so edge burnishing) - their higher-end makes are approaching flawless though.

But in general I have to say the more fanatical Japanese workshops usually use better leather when it comes to cattlehide (they aren't lone hobbyists or one-man operations, so they can usually source better/customised stuff). And their edge burnishing is usually a bit closer to perfection.

The Japanese also use more hand-curried/stuffed leathers (I'm talking high end RM and Kawatako here), which I think are far superior to a W&C American bridle or a generic saddle/skirting leather (unless you know how to play around with the saddle leather to make it age well.)

This means $$$ though.

Interestingly, if you have a look at Kawatako's most expensive belts and wallets, they are usually made from leather that is bark-tanned in England and then hand-processed by Sedgwick's or in Japan (the folks at SE may know more about this).

I remember seeing a Kawatako brown oak-bark bridle belt for 50,000 yen...and thinking to myself I have a belt with a very similar leather made in England for $60

Mmm, I guess I rambled a bit.

Short summary is that IMO the Japanese workmanship and leather selection on leather goods have been excellent but the premium for these are steep (things just cost more in Japan compared to most places, and leather goods especially so.)

Not to mention the extra $$$ you'll have to fork out if you're buying Japanese goods from an overseas retailer.

It's the leather paradox...most of the raw hides on these Japanese leather items come from the US

I think it's a great idea to commission something unique from our forum craftsmen (hollows, zissou, corter, unlucky, etc).

I can't speak for all of our forum craftsmen (as I have not purchased from all of them), but the folks I have commissioned items from have been wonderful to deal with, and make excellent products (so much so, I haven't bought any expensive Japanese leather goods for a couple of years now.)