Men's Wallet with Coin Case

This week Ryu built a new wallet. The pattern is based on the President's Wallet but has a twist. Most men's wallets in Japan have a place for coins as well as bills and credit cards. So, this will be the Japanese version of the President's Wallet! 

At the end of the first day the pattern was finished:

By 8:00 the next morning, the leather had been dyed and all of the pieces cut:

After using a groover (what a name!) to indent a line near the edge of the leather,

Ryu used a short handled hammer and tool like a fork

to punch measured holes into the leather along the indented line.

He threaded a needle on each end of the thread and began sewing -

making figure "8's" through the seam.

About 8 total hours into building the wallet,

Ryu is hand sewing the final seam around the edge of the wallet.

The sewing is done, but the wallet is far from finished. Ryu will spend hours smoothing down and finishing the edges before sending it to the customer in Japan.

The wallet is finished! The last step was to burn in the label:

 R. I. Leather
Made in USA

Perfect!