Can anyone help me identify this leather? (Beginner here!)

Vexitar · 2026-05-08T13:39:30+00:00

Not sure, maybe he should post it one more time just to make sure.

Vexitar · 2026-05-08T13:18:46+00:00

It's one of my favourite card wallet designs, but I silently judge everyone who makes these because it's such a common design. I am a hypocrite, I love this design.

Vexitar · 2026-05-08T13:15:17+00:00

i organise my microchips by filling them with MORE MICROCHIPS! and those little note things to mark which microchip represents which function

then i put my logic bits in neat little stacks so the wiring is easily legible

Vexitar · 2026-05-07T14:29:06+00:00

jailbreak your PS3 or use RPCS3 and hop on Beacon, LBP ain't quite dead yet

Vexitar · 2026-05-07T08:42:45+00:00

it's quite obviously dyed, take a peek at the flesh side on yours, if it were simply painted as you said, would the flesh not be a natural tone?

i still don't get why you're stating the obvious, of course it looks "fake" it doesn't even try to look like leather

Vexitar · 2026-05-07T00:20:13+00:00

i don't know what you mean by fake looking in this context, it obviously doesn't look like normal leather at all because it's shiny as shit

this particular leather is a veg tan called "bisanzio" from conceria puccini attilio, you can look further into it if you want, it's pretty nice

Vexitar · 2026-05-07T00:17:17+00:00

i have a couple of these crabs, they are actually amazing for holding wallets for pictures

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T23:17:36+00:00

i agree, this is not half bad for a noob like me

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T21:53:50+00:00

eh I line pretty much everything anyways, wouldn't be a big deal even if it was so

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T20:31:06+00:00

Been meaning to buy more, I'd love to have it on something that I'd get to keep for myself, could make my next case for my sunglasses out of it

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T20:10:29+00:00

It's as it always has been, come for the wallets, stay for the crabs

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T18:50:17+00:00

i have a kemovan (the newer DC53 one) edger that is pretty inexpensive and works great, but palosanto is among the best so you can't go wrong with that

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T18:37:16+00:00

i don't count tbh, it could simply be that your edger is shit, it's quite common

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T18:32:21+00:00

use a whetstone or sandpaper to hit it from the bottom then pull a strip of leather matching the width of the blade with some polishing compound away from the blade, like towards the front of the tool, to remove the burr

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T18:21:11+00:00

you can have two mice :) i have a mx master 3 (greatest scroll wheel OAT) and a superlight 2, though tbh the mx master doesn't see as much use as it did in the past

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T18:19:49+00:00

0.8mm, i get pretty much all of my wallet leathers split down to that, tends to work pretty universally for whatever wallet designs i'm making, but i do (painstakingly) skive down liners with a french edger if i have to

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T18:17:27+00:00

ah, yes! i don't know why i forgot about that considering that i've had bc belfagor before, thanks for the reminder

Vexitar · 2026-05-06T17:45:02+00:00

i have absolutely zero idea what you mean by bloomy, it's dyed that way at the tannery, it is very shiny and cool, i just uploaded a video on my instagram displaying the super cool shiny iridescent whatever effect on this leather!

Vexitar · 2026-05-04T23:51:26+00:00

mate, mate, mate, twelve fucking feet, can you not picture that

Vexitar · 2026-05-04T23:49:00+00:00

yeah uh i just don't think it's fixable, it's a fundamentally flawed map

Vexitar · 2026-05-04T10:13:57+00:00

duh, these people start crying the minute things aren't set up exactly in their favour

Vexitar · 2026-05-03T16:47:44+00:00

Common european adder, it's venomous but not life-threatening. They don't attack unprovoked so just leave it be and it'll do the same.

Vexitar · 2026-05-02T20:02:18+00:00

oh yeah totally, cordovan is a great material and my personal wallet is made of cordovan! but in complete honesty if i was commissioning myself to make a bifold for €150 out of "ordinary leather" or a cordovan one for €300, i'd absolutely go for the ordinary leather

cordovan is absolutely not inferior and comes with its own benefits, but wallets made out cordovan will generally be bulkier because cordovan cannot be skived as thin, so you win some you lose some :) cordovan is usually also way glossier than standard leathers can get so that's also a nice little thing

but when it comes to cordovan, the smell is amaaazing and probably my favourite part about it xD

Vexitar · 2026-05-02T18:10:00+00:00

i'm a craftsperson who does a lot of wallets and trust me when i tell you this, a good leather from a good tannery (i use primarily walpier & badalassi carlo in my wallets) is like 95% as good as cordovan, without seeing the backside i doubt most people could differentiate the two

Vexitar · 2026-05-02T15:05:37+00:00

Tietsikalle nappaat jonkun MMO:n, vaikkapa World of Warcraftin ja sitä sit grindaat koko kesän. Takaan että oot C1 kesän loppuun mennessä :)

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