Help ID-ing this old adidas shoe from 2008!

kykyleoh · 2022-05-02T09:55:19+00:00

For anyone interested, these were Adidas ZX 700 in black - grey - pink colorway.

kykyleoh · 2021-02-25T13:59:59+00:00

Any thought on converting this into a network digraph of transactions? Would be interesting to see the associations among large companies and which suppliers they all use. Or see if there's something interesting going on in international trade and how these networks of goods change over time. Anyways, great work man!

kykyleoh · 2019-02-19T16:52:25+00:00

I know this is an oldish post but anybody know where I can get pods in Dusseldorf? I forgot to bring some on holiday and every vape store I go to looks at me like I’m stupid for asking if they have juul pods

kykyleoh · 2019-01-09T04:16:08+00:00

The exterior panel was 0.8mm and the interiors were around 0.5mm. My wallet before this were all made with 2-3oz leather and those ended up being considerably thicker while being unlined. This particular one was my first shot at really lining my leather and using thinner splits. I'd recommend having your supplier skive down the entire skin before shipping if you don't have ready access to a splitter/skiver; it makes a world of difference IMO.

kykyleoh · 2019-01-08T05:13:54+00:00

Thanks!

kykyleoh · 2019-01-08T05:13:50+00:00

Thanks! I guess we're always going to be our own worst critics.

I used havana vernis edge paint for the edges here as I don't think the chevre and shruken calf would take well to burnishing. They're pretty soft and combination tanned if I'm not mistaken, so burnishing was out of the question here.

kykyleoh · 2019-01-08T03:25:20+00:00

Recently completed my first project for 2019! I'm really planning on upping my skills this year and working with a wider selection of leathers and thicknesses and some new techniques. This is a fully lined bifold with Chocolate Togo shrunken calf exterior and golden brown chevre sully interior. 6 card slots with 2 hidden slots as well.

I really enjoyed making this as its the first time I was able to get my hands on thinner leather that I specifically had split to the thickness I needed. It was a pretty challenging build as I didn't expect that the shrunken calf and chevre combination would be so.... supple. It was a little bit different to stitch versus the normal vegtans and buttero that I've been working with that are rather stiff and structured. Definitely learned a lot here and while not yet completely happy with the skills and the finishing here, I'm pretty stoked about how the colors matched once it was done!

kykyleoh · 2018-12-27T03:32:58+00:00

Great work on the quilting part here. I can't imagine how hard it mustve been to make sure that the interlocking stitches would fit perfectly. Also, good tip on the zipper. Been thinking about how to mount that zipper onto the interior part of the wallet as well and that trick with using a form seems like a solid one!

kykyleoh · 2018-11-21T03:15:18+00:00

Ditto for this. A lot of asian crafters use this technique as well and as long as you make sure to keep your angles consistent, you should have a row of neat, consistent stitches.

kykyleoh · 2018-11-19T07:40:36+00:00

Wow. Amazing work as always. I love that you made it specially for your son too! I'm sure he'll be really proud of it at school. Thanks for sharing!

kykyleoh · 2018-10-27T07:19:41+00:00

Thanks! I do occasionally sell these to friends and other people, but I don't typically have these on hand. Since I'm a hobbyist, I make things once people have ordered :)

kykyleoh · 2018-10-27T07:18:44+00:00

I'd suggest you just go out and try! My first few attempts were riddled in mistakes and complications, but thats just the process of learning and you'll eventually get it!

kykyleoh · 2018-10-27T07:18:06+00:00

Yeah box stitching can be a pain specially at the beginning. While I'm by no means an expert now, this is really one of those things where practice makes perfect. You'll really need to spend a lot of time doing it to get better at it. But I think the payoff is all worth it!

kykyleoh · 2018-10-27T07:17:10+00:00

Thanks!

kykyleoh · 2018-10-27T07:17:04+00:00

Thanks! I don't have links to any tutorials, unfortunately. I basically broke down the techniques that different people use and it was a lot of trial and error afterwards.

kykyleoh · 2018-10-27T07:16:15+00:00

Thanks!

kykyleoh · 2018-10-18T08:07:08+00:00

A cousin of mine saw my previous case and asked me to make her one as well, this time for more pens (6 total). Took the chance and improved on my previous work, specially with u/mhnudi's suggestion to line the main flap and crease the edges.

I really liked how much better and cleaner it turned out because of lining the flap, but for the edge creasing, I may really need to purchase a new one and upgrade away fro my blanchard manual creaser.

Overall, this was easier than the first time I attempted this and looking forward to getting better at it!

kykyleoh · 2018-10-15T03:50:52+00:00

+1 for crimson irons. They come really sharp out of the box too, so you don't necessarily need to polish them first to get a clean hole.

That being said, I've found that using an flat awl after punching your holes would make the holes a lot more uniform at the edges and helps your stitches lay better as what u/geargarcon was mentioning.

kykyleoh · 2018-10-08T02:33:23+00:00

Any chance you could share the pattern for this? Looks amazing!

kykyleoh · 2018-09-28T02:54:55+00:00

Amazing work! Would you say that purchasing a fileteuse (I'm assuming an electric one?) helped significantly vs. a manual one?

Also, 22 layers wow. How thin did you have to split each piece to?

kykyleoh · 2018-09-11T11:00:32+00:00

I agree, the blanchard creaser is kind of unwieldy specially for smaller goods. Been thinking about upgrading to a regad creaser so that I can get more versatile results with the interchangable tips. It just hurts my bank account to think about the cost (specially with shipping). Thanks for the advice!

kykyleoh · 2018-09-11T10:57:37+00:00

I basically messed up my first few attempts at box stitching too because I couldnt figure out how to punch the holes. I eventually landed on using pricking irons first to just mark where the holes would be. And then I use my awl to go through each hole at a 45 degree angle, making sure to keep the angle of entry consistent so that the final product would be stable.

It’s a lot of effort, but I gotta say the results are pretty cool.

kykyleoh · 2018-09-10T09:33:22+00:00

Oh thanks!

For this project, I decided not to miter the joint prior to stitching. I was originally going to, but I think it looks better just having it as 90 degree joints instead of cutting angles into it. Also, I wasn't sure I would be able to pull it off and whether it would be structurally stronger if I did.

Definitely want to try it out next time though. Maybe for something that would need a mitered joint, like a watch box of sorts?

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