The “0.4mm per ounce” is super helpful as leather is sold by the mm thickness here in the UK! Thankyou
@reedyrivergoods6 ай бұрын
Took me forever to figure it out.. basically too lazy to go find the answer and struggled to find the right thickness for a few months!! Helped me a ton
@reedyrivergoods7 ай бұрын
finally leather thickness explained!
@DrewMeyerhoe7 ай бұрын
Most of my billfolds with a cash sleeve are 8 layers thick, so i prefer about .5-.6mm per layer. That's with everything lined. They hold up great. Keep stitching away from edges, double stitch over pocket edges. With fewer layers and fewer pockets, not lined, etc. I will go up to 1.2mm. With soft leather, prepunch before fully assembling.
@reedyrivergoods7 ай бұрын
great point on the softer layers. Certainly some live and learn aspects to my previous failures
@tracytaylor60837 ай бұрын
I've watched a ton of video's on leather crafting, and this is the perfect video explaining wallet leather thickness! Thank you!
@reedyrivergoods7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. This one kept coming up and had to say a few words on the matter. What other areas of interest for topics do you have ?
@CashReed-yh9wl4 ай бұрын
Right there with you!
@polychronisrempoulakis35887 ай бұрын
Very good advice! now I'm going to measure the thickness of my pieces before I start the next project!
@reedyrivergoods7 ай бұрын
I appreciate it! I was bleeding trying to get through some of my first projects because the leather was so thick
@TheTwoAlpacas6 ай бұрын
Great video and explanation about tailoring the ounces to the project. I've been working leather for several years but just started with wallets and bags recently. You learn quickly what works and what doesn't
@reedyrivergoods6 ай бұрын
Thank you much! I want to carve away more time for bags and have some video tutorials for duffle bag and bookbag on the way. I started out and still usually error on the side of too thick for some projects. Still fine tuning and learning from past mistakes!. Costly at times but lessons learned regardless!
@CoreyReed-od6dv6 ай бұрын
Will have to add same topic for bags and shoes to the videos
@TheTwoAlpacas6 ай бұрын
@@reedyrivergoods me too. I mainly do axe work and the sheaths are usually pretty hefty. However, I've been experimenting with thinner covers for the axes these days and I'm kind of digging them. FYI you have a new subscriber. Cheers
@williamcherney77477 ай бұрын
Very informative! Thank you!
@reedyrivergoods7 ай бұрын
Thank you..Appreciate you watching.
@V3leathercraft7 ай бұрын
I use buff 3-4oz outside and 2-2.5 oz goat for pockets and slots inside. I don't skive the edges, b'se it wont be looking good while folded
@reedyrivergoods7 ай бұрын
I bet those goat pockets are silky! Like that for a formula
@tommygamba1707 ай бұрын
Great video. I would add a few things
@reedyrivergoods7 ай бұрын
I appreciate it!
@annereed97517 ай бұрын
Good info!
@reedyrivergoods7 ай бұрын
Thanks, hope it helps
@CoreyReed-od6dv7 ай бұрын
Always a mystery
@VL2865 ай бұрын
😂"absolute Big Mac" 👍
@reedyrivergoods5 ай бұрын
Haha, just felt right!?!
@VL2865 ай бұрын
@@reedyrivergoods it feels good to know theres ppl out there with my kinda humor, i say stuff like that all the time. I subbed to your etsy shop. Look forward to make some purchases, im one of those that appreciates a FAT Mac of leather thickness in belts and wallets.
@CashReed-yh9wl4 ай бұрын
Haha😂😂😂
@Js_Son835 ай бұрын
Hi. My father does upholstery, fixing, recovering sofas and chairs. He got a lot of leather at his shop but the leathers he has are really soft. Can I use soft leathers for making wallets and other leather goods?
@reedyrivergoods5 ай бұрын
Hey thanks for reaching out. Upholstery leather would be very tough to work with for a wallet. You could certainly do it but it wouldn’t be a great material to use because it’s generally soft, flimsy and stretchy to some degree. There is some reinforcement backing you could use or liner to help give it some structure but otherwise it would be very flimsy.
@CashReed-yh9wl4 ай бұрын
I’ve bought cheap upholstery before thinking it would be smooth and great… not great for wallets…