Leathercrafting Creations: PYC

[wild style]

Not pretty? C'mon son, that shit is beautiful. You should sell those.

[zissou]

Hah, thanks! It might be a bit hard to make these for other people as the VW key is riveted to the leather

Edit: Should have added this earlier. I can spin it around and have access to all of the buttons on the VW key.

[vamks]

Man that's super functional. Did you get this from your excess leather belts as well?

[zissou]

I used some lighter weight leather scraps for that. Belt stock would have been too thick. Function is just as important as form in my book.

[the Repeater]

Chicago screw = for everyone!

[delirium]

Thanks, Otis.

Mr. Black- Thanks. I did use a standard sewing machine, but it was a challenge. There were spots where I had to sew through 4+ layers of canvas. Use heavy thread, set the tension pretty high, and go slowly. For rivets, I'd punch a hole in the fabric/leather, then hand hammer the rivets. But, you need a $10 tool to set the washer and good cutters to nip the excess rivet off before hammering. The straps are just belt blanks.

Nice work!

Is cutting the excess rivet off mean cutting the height of the rivet if it is too tall for whatever one is riveting?

Also, any recommendations for quality leather hole punches?

There's some on amazon but not sure if these will last.

[rwli7787]

Here's my girlfriends new camera case and strap, damn my hands hurt.

I want to make one as i have a g10 as well

did you use tooling leather? is so what number?

how do you make your stitching so neat and tidy?.. i'm using a lock-stitch sewing awl and i can't get my stuff and nice and tidy like that.. any pointers for me?.. i know.. i'm a newb

[choice]

What do you guys use as far as leather purveyors? I'm having trouble finding an online one even with the help of this thread ):

[the Repeater]

What kind of leather do you want?

Tooling? Latigo? Garment?

If you're wanting tooling ("raw") leather, Tandy is great because they carry three grades of quality/price, and it's easy to get especially on sale if you have one locally.

Shoulders are cheap/easy/no waste.

[choice]

That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks. Looks like they have a Tandy retail near where I live. Gonna' make some relatives some shit for Christmas.

[Marshall Deming]

[zissou]

I've been using this card case that I made almost exactly one year ago. Photos are new, 6 mo, 12 mo.

[hollowsleather]

Another great piece, Zissou.

I whatever it is you do for a living, I hope your talents are going to good use.

ed: here's a few recent projects of mine...

www.flickr.com/photos/hollowsleather

[corter]

nice guys! zissou: i love that case there. simple, aged nicely. it looks like a billykirk piece!

[corter]

I finally finished my collection!

These pieces are inspired more by New England and my home than western wear, and are a bit more simple than a lot of the custom work that's popular. This is the Traveler's Wallet. It's 6" by 4", and holds a passport, has a coin/receipt pouch, holds upwards of 10 cards and has another bill/receipt slot. I'm using hand set copper rivets throughout, and the wallet is about 1cm thick unloaded.

and a sneak peak of the rest. I'm going to be doing a couple other colors, i'll post pics when they're all done (inbetween custom stuff, should take a couple months).

[Mr Black]

my first project. Simple yet effective. should outlive me!!

Quite proud of it.

[Marshall Deming]

nice stuff corter. looks really nice with that style rivet This too is inspired by new england.

[zissou]

Another great piece, Zissou.

I whatever it is you do for a living, I hope your talents are going to good use.

Thanks a lot I really like the stitching on this belt. Did you do it all by hand? That's my next task to try...

nice guys! zissou: i love that case there. simple, aged nicely. it looks like a billykirk piece!

Thanks I have to admit that I kinda copied their card case, but wanted something horizontal.

[hollowsleather]

Thanks a lot I really like the stitching on this belt. Did you do it all by hand? That's my next task to try...

Thanks I have to admit that I kinda copied their card case, but wanted something horizontal.

Yeah, it's all done by hand. It takes a really long time, but it's good, satisfying, meditative work.

[corter]

Heres a couple journals I've been prototyping, I want to put one out this year. Any thoughts?

[t.wayne]

both look great corter. good stuff man. how big are they? i like the leather strap best.

[beatle]

I really dig the one with the rope* if there's a way you can "refill" the pages this would be an awesome item to have

[corter]

yep, they're refillable. basically the inserts are stapled together and will have a soft cover inside the leather cover, so all you do is clip the waxed thread to remove the filled insert and sew a new insert in. I wanted to do something semi permanent that involved the owner, not just a simple "unslide and slide in a new one" type thing.

[beatle]

great.....keep me posted ****

[superbeveridge]

Heres a couple journals I've been prototyping, I want to put one out this year. Any thoughts?

I'll buy the second one in black.

[the Repeater]

You need a lighter weight leather with a tog and tie like a folio. The twine seems off and the slotted belt seems clumsy. Lovely though. I won't stand for awkward closures though!

Could do w/ just a simple stud, too.

[coleslawyum]

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[corter]

hell no man, those look awesome

[zissou]

Yeah, those look fantastic. Nice job!

[40ozprophet]

good god those are gorgeous.