steveb leatherworks: the blather

Every week – I am going to offer up a single item from my store, picked randomly – for a 1/3rd off.

This week, up for dibs is the Walnutty Fob, available on ETSY

This is a travel wallet to hold travel/on the road documents and receipts. It has an unusual and unique stamped design.

It is thick and substantial, it is one of a kind and measures 8.5″x 4 5/8′. It’s designed to be able to slip a passport, plane tickets, license, receipts, maps and all the paper one accumulates – in one durable, hi-tone place.

Every single part of this durable piece is lined with pigskin, stitched, copper riveted and glued together, the snap hardware is brass.
This is an heirloom, you will pass down if it doesn’t get lost.

The wallet fits perfectly in a jeans back pocket, but it is big, OR a inner vest pocket or a suit. It fills the pocket entirely.
I slip mine into any case I am using: backpack, briefcase, saddlebag – rather than carry it on my person – but to each his own.

All my customers, suit and tie guys as do pilots, some in the military, use these!

BUY IT HERE   <<<<<<<<

Check my store on ETSY to see whats new and available – If you need/want custom – let me know.

My customers are rulers! Andy & Liz in AK have been steadfast customers of steveb leatherworks for some years now.  I always look forward to their “ask’s” and Andy’s latest request was not different –

One of your regular customers from AK wondering if you are/considering making any more of the travel wallets pictured in your recent posts? Getting ready to head out for a few months and it would be ideal for the travel. Once again, thank you for an awesome product!  Andy

Now how can you NOT love a customer like this?   Digging in further  Andy wrote this…..

What I’m looking for is that travel wallet with the ability to hold cards, cash, foreign cash, receipts, possibly a passport, the kitchen sink, etc., and ability to slide into a flight suit pocket. Now that I have been as vague as possible, do you remember the dimensions/internal pocket setup to the one you passed on to Lisa Taylor or what the cost would be to remake said item? Andy

Ha! well I sure did  – i make templates of everything i make and so came up with what you see below… a little bigger than Lisa’s unit and the insides have been changed up a bit to be able to handle all kinds of crap… i really like this piece and will make a few to stock in my store.

For all you folks that have GOT to have everything black – just look at how amazing leather looks when you DON’T drown it in black. In 3 years – this case will be amazing… if it were black, meh.

For those times when you are planning on being on the bike for the day – the belt bag rules. . As always – check my store on ETSY to see whats new and available – If you need/want custom – let me know.

I get this today:

Hi Steve,
I’m a member at leatherworker.net and I remember your logo being pretty distinctive and I’m not sure if you are aware of it yet but it seems there is a guy on kickstarter who has taken a shine to part of it <snip>

Being a graphic designer by trade these people really give me the shits it doesn’t look like he is using your designs on leather but is having a go at Christians from Xianleather which aren’t particular good just thought you should be made aware of it due to him chasing funds at kickstarter.

Hope things are going well and I’m sorry about this as I know you have had problems with these types of people in the past.
Kind regards,
<snip>

Great – lovely way to start the day: This is not the first time chicken-heads like our friend IronHorse have tried to steal. They do it all the time. Its one of the reasons our economy is in the crapper – because we like to take the simple way out, let someone else do the work and put in the time…

IronHorse Leather
West Allis, Wisconsin
414-217-28xx
sales@ihorseleather.com

My logo/ his logo:

His work: kinda looks like mine, no?

For those times when you are planning on being on the bike for the day – the belt bag rules. It can be unclipped from your belt easily if you want to lighten up or dig around in it – and then tied up tight with a leather thong accessorized with a handmade bead and a spring loaded closure insuring your stuff wont get scattered to the wind. As always – check my store on ETSY to see whats new and available – If you need/want custom – let me know.

So I was thinking that I needed to bring something fresh to the forefront. I wasn’t sure what that something was, but I knew it needed to be done and it needed to be big. So one day, after I solved our Country’s fiscal crisis, cured cancer and put the environmental issues plaguing the planet to bed – I came up with this – I hope ya like it.

If you don’t like carrying stuff in your pants pocket while you are on your bike – this is for you. I put my sunglasses (w/o a case) pocket wallet, cell phone, chap stick and whatever other little odds and ends in mine and then hang it from my belt fob while I am on the bike. It’s a pretty handy unit and it keeps stuff out of my pocket.

You can hang the bag from a belt loop, but really it is designed to be worn with one of my belt fobs – they work and look good together.  The bag is durable, substantial in materials, manufacture and design – you’ll have it forever.

The clasp that connects the Belt Bag to a fob (not included) or your belt loop is solid brass and spring loaded, the leather the Belt Bag is made of is veg tan, the bag is fully lined with pigskin and the gussets (stitched and glued) are a nice mocha suede.

For those times when you are planning on being on the bike for the day – the belt bag rules. It can be unclipped from your belt easily if you want to lighten up or dig around in it – and then tied up tight with a leather thong accessorized with a handmade bead and a spring loaded closure insuring your stuff wont get scattered to the wind.

A always – check my store on ETSY to see whats new and available – If you need/want custom – let me know.

This is a travel wallet to hold travel/on the road documents and receipts. It pays homage to one of our country’s iconic brands.

yea yea whatever, its blase, it’s a fob, buy the damn thing

Got sent this buckle, made a nice 1.75″ belt with a basketweave design stamped into it…. the belt will far outlive the buckle

as it should be

Check out the Bootama Fob  – just came off the bench and like magic it’s available on ETSY as is a whole perturbload of my other goods.

What used to be kind of an odd occurrence is happening more frequently: more of my customers are ordering sets of wallets, belts and pocket wallets.
This is cool for a few reasons the first being that it’s nice to apply a concept to more than one item, adapting the idea from wallet to belt or vice versa. I also like being able to dedicate a bunch of energy to one persons work…  Please note that in this instance, Kevin supplied his own buckle and wallet chain.

interested? email me:      steveb@steveb.biz

Texture aplenty right here!

Go look it up!

this far out pattern is fresh as fish and that don’t stink!

this don't stink

Well, it’s a New Year in any event…. this is from the archives, about 2006

a fine flaming wallet for another customer

Love these patterns… tougher than they look to accomplish cleanly

Lisa Taylor, friend and SteveB Leatherworks customer was kind enough to send me pictures of a wallet that I gave to her about 2+ years ago. I’d been using it for 3-4 years as a travel wallet to hold travel/on the road documents and receipts. Lisa saw it when i was visiting and liked it and I wound up giving it to her and she’s been using it since then as a daily carry wallet – and it has taken a beating.

Looking at the images, it is clear that good quality leather that is tanned correctly, tooled correctly, dyed and constructed correctly can take a ton of abuse and still look great – maybe even better than when it was new. So much for folks wondering why things that are handmade with pride, cost more…but offer alot more value in the end – not to mention – show class.

Looks great with wear

Makers Mark

This is a personal favorite,and it is for sale on ETSY
(click on the picture to see it)

This 1.75″ tapered to 1.5″ belt came out pretty nice.
It will, without a doubt, last a lifetime…..

May I make you one?  email me:  steveb-at-steveb.biz

This is what my customers have to say: <click here

a totally custom belt that will last a lifetime....

Got this nice wallet and belt set heading out today.

The belt is 1.75″ wide, a real substantial piece,  with red flames.

The Fin Wallet is real nice with a Maltese Cross and flame effect!

As always you can buy goods already made in my ETSY store

Wallet & Belt set for a customer in Canada!

Hey now fans, customers and folks that plain ol’ got here by accident. Thanks for checking in

Got some new stuff in my ETSY store -the easiest way to get some of my work, especially for the holidays…hint hint!

Got a good variety of goods, some inexpensive, some not so inexpensive.

I am also taking custom orders at the moment, so if i asked you to come back “later”, now is later.

Friend me on FB if you would -best way to keep up – at steveb leatherworks

thanks, hope to hear from you soon…steveb