How to make your own luxury card holder

Author: Araki, Weibo: Araki 1988 The reason why luxury goods are "luxury" is that they are "unnecessary" and do not meet the physiological needs of having enough food and drink. It emphasizes the spiritual satisfaction. I personally think that a good luxury product usually needs to be "luxury" in two aspects, firstly, the raw materials are of high quality and precious, and secondly, the production process is exquisite and meticulous. I have been making leather goods for more than 5 years and have made many bags. I have also published many tutorials. Of course I can’t say that my craftsmanship is “top-notch”, after all, there are others out there, but I can still say that it is exquisite and meticulous. This tutorial will share with you the process of making a small card holder. The materials and workmanship will be introduced one by one along with the tutorial. Without further ado, here are the pictures of the finished work.

Size 10.3* 7.1cm, easy to put in your pocket, even a small pocket ~ The main material is the French Nile crocodile bamboo pattern abdominal tail (although it is a farmed crocodile, the crocodile breeding cycle is very long, so the price will be very high. This method The price of Nile crocodile belly skin is probably more than a hundred times the price of ordinary cowhide). The auxiliary material is Japanese Xinxi cordovan leather (I have introduced cordovan leather in the previous blog, so I won’t introduce it in detail here). The lining is French ALRAN lambskin (Hermès’ official brand)

Exterior leather

Cutting, the pattern is not complicated, but the calculation must be accurate and the cutting must be accurate.

Crocodile One size larger than leatherSheepskin is used to attach the crocodile skin to the reverse side which is not smooth and flat.

Glue, Be careful to make it as thin and even as possible.

Back to back , don’t paste it wrongly.

Crop out The extra part

Cut When cutting, try to stick to the edge of the crocodile skin and cut out a "flat surface"

To deal with the two edges that need to be opened, sand them with sandpaper first

As long as the edge looks like a clean plane

Trim the edges into a small arc.

Put sandpaper on a tool such as an awl Create an arc that is the same size as the arc on the edge

Use 800, 1200, 2000, and 5000 grit sandpaper in sequence

Card Pack