Hi. I’m Brandon from the uk been into leather craft over 1 year now. When creating wallets and card holders, best method to help them stay shut? will they give over time? I am gluing on a curve too with 1.4mm chrome tan and line 0.9mm. Thanks
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The outer needs to be longer than the inner. The exact difference depends on your design, the thickness and stretch of the leathers, but basically, the difference is the difference between 2 semicircles.
@brandon Hey Brandon,
One easy way is simply to set the leather with time and tension.
Once complete, close the wallet so that all the corners are aligned, then place a book or other such weight onto it and leave for 48 hours.
This will set it in the closed position.
It will naturally do this when kept in a pocket after use of course, but it may not set exactly aligned.