Cash Beacon - one of my flagship wallets. This one has been heavily customised though - higher cash pocket, open internal pockets for easy access to hidden pocket, and the cash pocket has a massive skip stitch down the side, again for easy access to the cash pocket. This required A LOT of forward planing to make sure stitches lined up and keep things open. The reverse sides, where the stamp is, have been glazed with Tokonole for added protection. And the brand stamp inside the cash pocket was intentional. I love using Leder Ogawa shell cordovan, the finish is amazing, colour range is on point and its easier to work with than other shell brands. This is truly one of a kind. Hope you guys like it!

Some years ago, I started working with leather to make BDSM gear for me and my wife. It was solid, but not so beautiful.. :)

After learning more by making leather belts and wallets, I came back to where I started, and I’m really happy with the result!

Curious what you think!

This isn’t an ordinary machine-made boot—it’s an authentic Heritage Monkey Boot, meticulously hand-stitched piece by piece. Built with handpicked full-grain leather, a vintage lace-to-toe pattern, and a heavy-duty commando lug sole that stands strong from rocky trails to city streets. With time and wear, this chalk white leather only gains more character.
100% Handcrafted Leather
Classic Lace-to-Toe Fit
Rugged All-Terrain Grip

Made a little green Saffiano passport holder for one of the fellow redditors.

It's now off into the wild thanks to the reddit community 😊👍

Little thing I made

Regarding the card holder, the bottom card on both sides, how do we ensure that the bottom card doesn't slide the down and become hidden in use.

I hope my question is clear.

Hello community,

Few months ago, I created a free, browser-based CAD-like editor for creating leather patterns - EasyPatt. From the very beginning, I wanted it to be user-friendly, accessible, and quick to use.

Now I’d like to share a major update with you that should make pattern creation even easier. I’ve added a “3D Builder” feature, which means you don’t have to start a wallet pattern (only a few wallet types are available for now) from nothing—instead, you can build on pre-made patterns that you can easily customize within the tool. For more advanced edits, simply import the template into the editor and customize it further.

• It’s free to use—no registration or email address is required (unless you want to save your templates to the cloud).
• Print-ready patterns
• 3D view
• Fully customizable

Link: https://easypatt.com/builder/

Feel free to play around with it and let me know what you think. I’d really appreciate it!

I have made a set of bags for my old motorcycle. They have taken som time to make so they are all different stages of tanned.

There is a total of 7 bags on the bike and it might have gone a bit out of hand.

It is veg tanned 2.2mm leather. Strong and relatively cheap because it has marks and blemishes, but the bike underneath is not exactly pretty, so I guess it fits.

Hey guys, I am going to buy a travellers notebook cover and am going to convert it into a wallet. I thought about at least stitching in a zipper pouch to the back of it myself. Do you guys think that is an appropiate beginners task?

I had the really cool opportunity to be asked to test a new pattern that DSLeatherGoods was cooking up as part of a collaboration with OALeather as part of a pattern representing Canada by being named after one of our boats, the Cape Islander.

This was a really cool opportunity, I’m still what I would consider a beginner to amateur at best with less than a year of doing this under my belt so to be asked to test was pretty flattering so thank you for that.

This is the compact version of the wallet in Buttero Hatch and Navy Pueblo with OA’s house thread. It’s .8mm so it has a bit of a chunky look I personally love. It holds Canadian bills but there’s also a cash pocket version to free up room on the inside for more cards.

All in all, super cool pattern. Super cool experience and as always, thanks for looking!

Hello all, I usually use a round knife for cutting, as I find it gives me good control and lets me cut through a lot of layers easily..

However, I was told today that how I cut with it is wrong(or unusual at least).
I don’t do many push cuts, but instead pull cut with the handle in an ice pick grip, so that the handle is perpendicular with the leather. I find that this gives me good control as it lets me use my shoulder and hips to pull… however, apparently this is uncommon?

Am I doing this wrong? Should I learn how to push cut with a head knife?

(this image is not my work, if you know the creator lmk so I can credit them)

I'd like to make a pouch like this, and I'm confident my skills match the task. I'm just not sure how to approach the patternmaking of this! And the construction, too... My inclination would be to sew the soft panels to the front, then sew that assembly to the backpanel, but then I'm not sure what shape the soft panels need to be.

Any advice from someone who's made one of these, or a tutorial/pattern, would be appreciated. Thanks!

This really truly is my first thing made of leather. I am a collector of many hobbies and leather is the latest. I learned many things in this project and I look forward to the next one already.

Enjoy my Pancake.

Lessons learned in no particular order:

-Cut quality matters! I didn't use the right tool for my first cuts and it shows. After getting the wallet assembled, there was a lot of time and effort that then went into trying to get the edges flush and smooth.

-Raw hand alignment is hard. Yeah... I ended up saying screw it after the first side and I 3d printed a corner jig. The second side went WAY better. Faster, easier, cleaner.

-Eyeballing doesn't line things up. "Pancake" was eyeballed more or less, and it shows. "0 of 0" was ligned up on the score mark, and it shows.

-stamps take as many hits as needed and if it's too shallow, the detail disappears when it drys.

-Glue holds the pieces, but stitching keeps them there. The panels for the card slots are already cracking loose. I'll stitch them over the weekend and hopefully that solidifies the edges a little.

- finish the edges of all panels before final assembly. It's going to be way to hard to access the interior edges of the panels now, so this is just going to keep a raw edge.

-use a good template. I don't like the way certain features line up. The tan card slot isn't tall enough so that made fitment less forgiving and less aesthetic. I think it just needs a thicker line to break up the other panels.

I named this one "Pancake" because when making pancakes, the fist one always sucks. Its burnt or underdone. It's got a weird shape. Maybe it stuck to the pan. It always sucks but you have to make it anyways. It let's you get to the next Pancake and the next. They rest of the batch is better but first you have to make one that sucks.

Skills practiced/learned:

Literally everything

Cutting leather

Glue

Sand

Burnish

Stamping

Stitch punching and stitching (soon)

I know there's some good things going on with these practice pieces but all I see are the problems...

Black layers are uneven.

Corner stitching is atrocious.

Stitching is a nightmare to accomplish. I see videos on YouTube where people are effortlessly pulling alpine white thread through their pieces. When I do it, I need pliers to pull through. Sometimes on both sides! The thread becomes dirty and the edges distort and mushroom from all the pulling etc...I'm using a 4mm French style pricking iron to punch through all 5 layers. I have the 8 hole/2 hole/1. John James #2 needles and 1.2 Ritza tiger thread.

Thoughts?

Morning all,

I would love some feedback on my recent build. Designed the pattern myself, hand stitched with Vinymo thread and Badalassi Carlo ‘Waxy’ cowhide. What are your thoughts for areas of improvement?!

Thank you!

What should I use instead to wipe away all of the antique paste that's compatible with resolene?