steveb leatherworks: the blather

Some years back i was given a scrap of alligator to play with. I don’t work with hides or skins much, so put it aside, knowing that one day when i had some idle time, I’d get to some experimenting and see what I could do with it. Time passed, and lo and behold, I recently found my gator…forgotten and looking for action.

I needed a new pocketwallet to replace the temporary one i put in my pocket 2 years ago. So i used a piece of mr gator for this new one, got fancy and lined it with a nice piece of firm tempered, carmel glazed, pigskin. Came out pretty good and for me, working with animal skins is a whole new , unexplored world. Gator looks like it will wear like iron and after pricing out a hide,  i see now why accessories made with it cost a helluva lot more. If you are interested in Gator accessories, let me know – I liked working with it and am looking to do more.

**Attention** it has come to my attention that some of the money clip hardware I use in my pocketwallets  have come apart, because well – they are pieces of shit made in China. I know that they are pieces of shit, the problem here is no one makes decent versions of this type of hardware. I know, I’ve looked far and wide. I’d love to have some good ones made in a local fab shop, but the cost would be prohibitive. So in answer to this I am going to do 2 things: 1) try some new, simpler, “no moving parts” spring-y type clips and 2) ask that if you have a problem with yours, you let me know. If it works out that I am happy with this new solution, I will gladly retrofit all the units out there – at no cost**