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How to Make Leather Wallets

Author: Subramanian Natesan ( India )

Date: May, 2009

 

Wallets are the most popular leather goods. They are very useful to carry currencies, credit cards, ID cards, business cards and more. Following is what is needed to make lather wallets:   1. Raw materials; 2. Preliminary operations; 3. Fabrication; 4. Finishing.

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1. Raw materials

 

• Finished leathers: Cow softy upper, goat softy upper or sheep napa;
• Accessories: Mica sheet, silk/imitation suede lining, thread, matching colour dye and adhesive.

 

2. Preliminary operations

 

• Pattern cutting;
• leather and lining components cutting;
• mica piece cutting;
• splitting;
• skiving and staining.

 

3. Fabrication

 

• Window panel assembly with mica piece, using adhesive;
• Stamp pocket and business card pockets assembly with lining, using adhesive;
• Front panel assembly with lining and centre leather piece, using adhesive and stitching;
• Credit card pockets assembly and attaching the credit card pockets and window panel assembly with the front panel, using adhesive;
• Piping the centre panel top, left side of the pockets and right side of the window panel with mica, using adhesive and stitching;
• Divider assembly with lining and top leather strap, using adhesive and then stitching;
• Back panel assembly with lining;
• Attaching front panel and divider assembly to the back panel assembly, using adhesive;
• Folding the back panel assembly on all sides, leaving a small width in the centre at the bottom for final folding;
• Hammering gently at the folded edges;
• Stitching on all sides except at the bottom where a small width is left to prevent wrinkles while folding the wallet;
• Closing the unstitched width by pushing it over the back panel lining through the gap, using synthetic adhesive.
  

 

4. Finishing

 

• Removing the excess adhesive and fusing the excess thread;
• Finishing the trimmed edges with the matching colour pigment/dye by staining;
• Cleaning the product with the piece of smooth cloth.