How it is made - Strap wallet
This type of closure is great when you don't want to use any hardware or you simply don't have any in stock. After all it works perfectly and it is practical to use.
This wallet might take more time to make than most other simple wallets I have uploaded the patterns for but isn't much harder to craft. There is a bit more hand stitching involved and you will need a zipper, preferably with 3mm teeth rather than 5mm. I did not have any bottom nor top metal stoppers for the zipper so I had to replace them by leather bits, watch how did that in the below, I believe this can be quite a handy trick.
I have used 1.2mm veg tanned leather which was hand dyed and stitched with a Vergez #8 pricking iron and 432 fil au Chinois.
Watch the video below to see how it is made.You will find a tool list below this video too.
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List of tools :
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- Diamond shape awl: http://amzn.to/2pq6v09
- NT cutter: http://amzn.to/2o3wCJT
- Scratch compass: http://amzn.to/2pq78XB
- Mallet: http://amzn.to/2ooxETF
- Saddler leather hammer: http://amzn.to/2omBta5
- Bees wax: http://amzn.to/2nB3NZp
- Pricking iron: http://amzn.to/2p3O6H0
- Small pliers: http://amzn.to/2pqaSbu
- skiving knife: http://amzn.to/2pL4TT7
- Crepe eraser to clean products: http://amzn.to/2oZk0YC
- Regad electric creasing equipement: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftnTools...
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Music used in this video:
"OctoBlues" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Whiskey on the Mississippi" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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