How to Make a Bi-Fold Leather Wallet

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How to Make a Bi-Fold Leather Wallet

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[가죽공예] Making a Bi-fold leather wallet

This is a bi-fold card wallet. I used an Italian vegetable leather and worked for an hour

If you're tired of heavy wallets, give it a try : )

Leather Thickness: 1.0t

Sketching and Making a Pattern

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Design the wallet : Imagine final shape of wallet and sketch it.

Cutting the Leather

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Cutting the leather following pattern

Punching

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Make a hole for the stitching

Folding and Making Shape

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Folding the leather

Burnishing the Edge

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Apply gum (Tokonole) and burnish with slicker

Stitching Pocket

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Use cross-stitching on the two pocket parts

Assembling

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Apply glue and assemble every part

Chiseling and Stitching

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Use saddle stitch on the edge of the wallet

Burnishing Edges

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Again, apply gum and burnishing it

Done!

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Thanks for watching =)