Evolution of Leather - Belts Wallets Patches

[richiealexander]

1 year journey

VESSEL x

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LANYARD

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[HeavyGenes]

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[joesaintjohn]

Really love my IH-party bracelet. This thing has some awesome patina.

I love how you can see on the edges where I got tons of motor oil on it working in "the pit."

[mahlon321]

That bracelet looks great joesaintjohn!!  Nice work!

(completely off topic: I spent 5 years as a Toyota tech, I am very familiar with the view in the last pic!!  )

[Snowy]

Bit of an update on my daily beater; a Kawatako;

new

2 months

black is stains from IH-9461Z..

[tatmantall]

Evo on my redmoon short wallet.
purchased mid-december 2012 and used daily since.

[mclaincausey]

Is this my favorite possession?

Let me think about it.

It's at least top 1 til them boots come in.

[Snowy]

@Snowy:

Bit of an update on my daily beater; a Kawatako;

new

2 months

black is stains from IH-9461Z..

Actually no idea what the black is, stress/wear I assume. Denim being worn daily yet it grows. Interesting 'evo'.

4 months now;

[tatmantall]

How do you guys keep your wallets so clean?!! Mine was natural veg tan when I got it in December and it has pretty much turned completely indigo now. Don't get me wrong I love the dark patina mine has taken on but its interesting how clean these have stayed despite being harbored in your denim (I assume) I live the look of natural veg tan clean as well.

[mclaincausey]

Could be lined pockets?  That could make a difference on half of the wallet

[Snowy]

Yeah I wear my wallet in my front left pocket, so very little denim action.

[bagley920]

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[thaihien]

my 6-months wallet i got on taobao - about $50  1 oil application 

[dlaz]

My Leatherkraft long wallet for 11 months now.
Been lazy to clean them,the indigo from IH and Momo now seems hard to remove.

[SeruRitchi]

Here are some pictures of a belt I've had for perhaps 25 years. If memory serves me correctly (and it probably doesn't) I bought it around 1988 and it has never been treated with any leather preservatives.

iphone and unsteady hands, no flash, under a daylight bulb:

http://www.mejuba.com/albums/SeruRitchi/195320/8482825/show/original

http://www.mejuba.com/albums/SeruRitchi/195320/8482872/show/original

http://www.mejuba.com/albums/SeruRitchi/195320/8482919/show/original

http://www.mejuba.com/albums/SeruRitchi/195320/8482978/show/original

http://www.mejuba.com/albums/SeruRitchi/195320/8483029/show/original

[grandmasterben]

Nice man, impressive that its lasted this long! The funny thing to me is that on this forum we convince ourselves that shit isn't going to last unless we spend a lot of money and yet here is a perfectly good example of something I'm guessing you didn't spend too much on going for over 2 decades. Well done!

[mclaincausey]

Oh yeah, I've a steer belt from my teens that is completely supple and awesome to this day, great brass roller buckle. Has been through hell and back repeatedly and still looks and feels great.

[SeruRitchi]

grandmasterben, I think you and other forum members are right to think that things (often) won't last unless you spend enough.

Almost nothing else in my wardrobe has survived from the late 1980s, and that is probably for the best.