How to make an exquisite handmade leather wallet for him or her?

Author: lamlam WeChat: leewinglam0511 Sometimes handmade does not mean that it must be better than factory The assembly line production is rough. Its just that the manual output is low and it is not well known by the public. With a pair of hands, you can still make an exquisite short folded clip. This article uses a personal sample of primary color vegetable tanned leather short clip experience as an example to share with you the process of making an exquisite handmade genuine leather wallet for him or her. What is exquisite, the standard varies from person to person. Here I only use my own aesthetics as an example. Everyone is welcome to communicate with each other. If you don’t understand anything, you are welcome to ask questions. :) Main tools: leather knife, wide shovel, edger, wooden stick, sandpaper, leather hexagonal chopper, string hammer, Italian water-based environmentally friendly glue, film, needle, thread, cotton swab, edge sealing liquid, etc. 1. Cut out the material, compare it with the paper pattern, and use a leather knife to roughly cut out the required leather.

2. Thickness Control is a necessary but not sufficient condition for sophistication. Use a thinning tool to thin the bottom of the clip and stop bar.

3. Decoration Line is also a science. Use an edger to press out decorative lines.

4. Use A suitable edger can be used to trim the edge of the clamping position to make the edge appear more rounded.

5. Card The first step of edge sealing is to moisten the edge of the card with a cotton swab dipped in water.

6. In the second step of edge sealing, use a wooden stick to polish the wet edges back and forth. .

7. Card In the third step of edge sealing, after polishing the wooden stick to a suitable luster, apply the leather edge sealing fluid once.

8. Card The fourth step of edge sealing: after the leather edge sealing liquid dries, lightly sand the edge of the edge with appropriate grit sandpaper. Then apply leather edge sealant again. At this point, the edge sealing of one card slot has been completed. Then, repeat the above steps for other card positions until all card positions are edge-sealed. Our requirements for the edge sealing are smooth and moist. Without special aesthetic preferences, who would wear a "handmade" with burrs on the edgesLeather goods”Where are you?

9. In The adhesive area on the bottom layer of the card position should be roughened so that the glue can stick more firmly.

10. Use Use a utility knife to hang the silver surface where it needs to be glued.

11. Glue. We use environmentally friendly water-based white glue imported from Italy. We are craftsmen, and we have long faced the problem of handmade leather goods. During the production process, of course, we hope to protect ourselves to the greatest extent and try to use non-toxic and harmless environmentally friendly water-based white glue.

12. Use the film to smooth the glue.

13. Glue needs to be applied to the bonding points on both sides. Wait until the glue is semi-dry or completely dry before proceeding. Post.

14 .After the first card position is attached, use hexagonal leather to cut and punch holes.

15. After punching the hole, sew the bottom of the card position, and use a thread hammer to knock the suture flat.

16. After sewing the four card positions above, The last two card positions are aligned and pasted. The paper pattern must be aligned when pasting, and each card position is closely dependent on each other.

17. Punch holes on the inside of the card position. When drilling, be careful to avoid the gap in the card position. Make sure to cross the gap between the card position.

18. The seam on the inside of the card position The line is completed.

19. Fit the top of the card slot to the inside of the banknote slot and punch holes.

20. Using a wire hammer to perform hammering after suturing is also one of the necessary but not sufficient conditions for exquisiteness.

21. The top of the inside of the banknote is trimmed.

22. The silver surface at the top of the banknote is trimmed.< p style="text-align: center;">

23. Cash position The first step of edge sealing on the inside top is to wet the edge and polish it with a wooden stick.

24. The second step of edge sealing on the inside of the banknote is to apply leather edge sealing fluid and wait for it to dry.

25. The third step of edge sealing on the inside of the banknote is to use 800 grit sandpaper After sanding, apply edge sealing liquid again.

26. The middle part of the inner bottom of the banknote position also needs to be edge-sealed. At this time, the entire inside of the short clip has been processed.

27. When drilling holes inside the short clip, you also need to pay attention to avoid all joints and Edge.

28 .The inner grid of the short clip is drilled.

29. Next, edge thinning is performed on the cover of the short clip. Edge thinning is one of the important means of thickness control, and it is also a necessary but not sufficient condition for fineness.

30. Short clip sealMake holes on the surface, and the holes must be arranged according to the paper pattern, and must correspond one-to-one with the inner grid of the short clip and be able to align.

31. Paste As for the retaining bar, because the wallet needs to be bent and opened frequently, and the vegetable-tanned leather we use is leather without texture, the center of the retaining bar needs to be bent and fitted to avoid bending and wrinkles when the short clip is formed.

32. Fine Cutting strips.

33. Fine Cutting completed.

34. Block Punch holes into the strips and press out decorative lines, then trim the edges.

35. to Here, the inner grid and edge sealing of the short clip can be fit together.

36. Yes The short clip is stitched throughout.

37. It is about 1 hour apart from the previous step. The suture is completed, and then the whole is edge-sealed.

38. The process of edge sealing will not be described again.

39. At this point, a primary short clip has been completed .

Do you want a short clip or a delicate one? What about the short clip? And you can stamp your favorite words or icons on any part of the wallet during the production process to make it feel exclusive. Is it a day or ten hours to make an exquisite wallet by yourself? Too long?

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