![]() Experiment until you find the right thicknesses to create the product you envision. In the end I think it comes down to balance. As you pointed out, the interior side is soft and fuzzy. But I found skiving easier said than done when it comes to used glove leather. That's not a bad strategy and improves the appearance of the edges, makes it easier to stitch, etc. Some skive just the outer edges of the wallet, giving it the appearance of being thinner than it actually is as a whole. But again, that's just me, you may have a different opinion. When you are going to fill something, why make it thick to begin with? Just seems sensible to me that you'd want it to start out skinny and then get fatter as it is loaded. There is no right or wrong and everybody has an opinion, but to me the goal should be to make the wallet as thin as possible while still maintaining strength and durability. I understand that Weaver and other vendors do.ġ.0mm would be for lining and perhaps pockets, but I wouldn't use anything that thin for the outer shell. And while you are at it, ask if they split leather for a price, I've never asked them. You might call them and ask if they currently have anything similar to that. Same basic hand and a popular shade of tan. ![]() I bought it because it reminded me of baseball glove leather. I purchased some oil tan from Springfield years ago that I still have, waiting for the "right" project. I've got a few smaller sides of oil tan leather from Springfield in tan that may look the part as well. 1 ounce seems pretty thin, but this guy makes a lot of them.Īs far as type of leather, some makers are using Steerhide. As far as thickness, what do you recommend? One maker said 1 ounce leather, Walpier Buttero. Plus, it's hard to get the flesh part of a glove really clean. Hoping to gain some traction with some different questions.Īs I look more and more about how to put these together from small gloves, I'll probably need to do a french seam (felled seam) on some to piece parts together, and so a lining leather would look the best. For a money clip, I'd prefer to use this style: For both, I'd like to have some place to store bills. Recognizing that gloves don't provide a lot of leather, I'm hoping to have a small card wallet and one that's a bit bigger. So, either the wallet will be made of entirely glove and be small, or the wallet has a shell of baseball glove and the lining and other bits being new/normal leather. I find glove leather to be 2-2.5mm thick. ![]() I was going to finish the edges with Tokonole after stitching, but I couldn't get my irons through the wallet since it was so thick (10mm).Īfter looking at a number of designs, it seems the big issue is how thick glove leather is, which I found to be the case on my sample wallet. I did some things out of order and forgot a few things. ![]() I kinda threw it together to get a feel for it. I used some beat up glove parts from a catcher's mitt and some red Horween baseball glove leather. So, after a lot of google'ing of designs, I tried to make a 3 pocket wallet. The logos are too big for a strap, so I thought about making wallets. Lately I've bought some really old gloves with logos of baseball players in action. I mainly make watch straps from baseball gloves.
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