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Wallet Semi Final

 Some people just want to use your mistake for their own benefits. Else who will foot the bill for the crime. Yet, if this is the only way, a person who steal will always find ways to steal. Watching The Artful Dodger…

My wallet was almost done now but it can be served as a wallet even before fully down so I was pretty satisfied. There is still room for improvement. Right now it looked better than I intended with my skills. Sewing wise, I may need to change the technique used else, it just looked ugly on closer look. One last part, I can collect tomorrow. As for the improvement, it can only be done on next wallet. 

Mistakes? yup. My magnet button was done on the opposite side… I learnt how to disassemble it. Never rush because it makes a 3 minutes job, 13 minutes. 10 minutes just trying to find the tools and disassemble it without the proper tools. I used screwdriver because we don’t have a pinchers (if that is what it was called). My engraving was done wrong side up…. I didn’t really decide which side is face or back. The cheap engraving tools was useful but I have to engrave it with awl to enhance the engravings else it will disappear the next day. One other thing to learn will be leather material differences. It seems the material I bought was rather soft yet not easy to punch through or cut through. Doesn’t look like the material I saw youtuber has shown. Theirs was more cardboard like. Mine felt rubbery. Hope it’s not a fake. I couldn’t trim the side too because the trimmer will squeeze it but not cut it…

I shall present my first design. It is the one on the right side. The one on the left was my first wallet. I bought it for 50 dollars when I was still in my first real job. It has been 2011 back then. It has been 12 years. Not Tuition money, not from part time with my parents, and not from my parents. The right one cost me more… After buying all the tools and materials, I think it costed about 130-150 dollars. I think it was worth it the moment I have the final product. Accomplishment ticked.





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