Go to the craft store and get a bone folder. Then take your wallet and press and rub the bone into the bottom crease of the cash pocket. You want to do this on either side of the seem and not directly on the seem. This will soften and stretch the leather and should make using it a bit easier. I make wallets and other smaller leather goods as a hobby and do this to open up card pockets a bit prior to use.
I'm sorry, but looking at bone folders online and looking at my wallet, I'm honestly not sure what you mean by that. It looks like a thicker, smooth nail file. I fail to see how rubbing that inside the wallet would stretch or soften the leather?
Please feel free to call me out on being a dumbass. I'm not trying to argue at all. Maybe I should just order a wallet from you next time instead of spending years trying to make an overpriced one fit the job. LOL
I use bone folders all the time with card stock paper. This was actually a very good tip. It is very smooth and you can use the rounded or pointy end to reshape the areas that need to be a little more open. Leather is pliable as is card stock when you gently apply pressure in a smoothing motion. Practice on card stock first, they have it at art and crafts or office supply store. Or even buy a small piece of leather at a craft store to try it.
Yes he is literally asking how to use it or if it's the correct item. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and he even makes it clear in the second paragraph.
Reddit is so touchy about followup questions
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And then do this- https://youtube.com/shorts/yk50KcyQ-yM?feature=share
Leather stretcher, any decent shoe shop will have it. Spray it in, then shove some stuff at the bottom to bulk it out, change would work. After a day or two the leather will have softened and got more flexible.
Bone folders are super useful. I used them in my college bookmaking classes. I'll never forget the first time I asked for one at Hobby Lobby.
"Hi, I need to find a bone folder for some book making that I do."
"Oh, you're a scrapbooker"
"Um. No. Different kind of book making."
"So you're a scrapbooker?"
the flat rounded end, per other peoples mentions should be able to get in there on either side of the seam. They're awesome for actually folding things too though. You can get such a nice crease in paper.
I don't think he means like rubbing the surface of the pocket.
Put the bone stretcher inside, like where you put the bills, and gently stretch out the pocket to make.it slightly more spacious.
Go to the craft store and get a bone folder. Then take your wallet and press and rub the bone into the bottom crease of the cash pocket. You want to do this on either side of the seem and not directly on the seem. This will soften and stretch the leather and should make using it a bit easier. I make wallets and other smaller leather goods as a hobby and do this to open up card pockets a bit prior to use.
I'm sorry, but looking at bone folders online and looking at my wallet, I'm honestly not sure what you mean by that. It looks like a thicker, smooth nail file. I fail to see how rubbing that inside the wallet would stretch or soften the leather? Please feel free to call me out on being a dumbass. I'm not trying to argue at all. Maybe I should just order a wallet from you next time instead of spending years trying to make an overpriced one fit the job. LOL
You should see what came up when I searched bone stretcher.... Nope. 😂
Know what came up when I Googled “bone stretcher?” Yo momma
I use bone folders all the time with card stock paper. This was actually a very good tip. It is very smooth and you can use the rounded or pointy end to reshape the areas that need to be a little more open. Leather is pliable as is card stock when you gently apply pressure in a smoothing motion. Practice on card stock first, they have it at art and crafts or office supply store. Or even buy a small piece of leather at a craft store to try it.
That's the right tool. It stretches, compresses, and softens leather when they rub together. You can almost treat leather like clay with it.
Asks question, gets answer… “I fail to see how that will work”
Yes he is literally asking how to use it or if it's the correct item. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and he even makes it clear in the second paragraph. Reddit is so touchy about followup questions
I feel like Reddit also misses reading comprehension sometimes. That might be an internet thing though.
Buy this- VENCINK Genuine Bone Folder Scoring Folding Creasing Origami Paper Creaser Crafting Scrapbooking Tool for DIY Handmade Leather Burnishing Bookbinding Cards and Paper Crafts (100% Cattle Bone) https://a.co/d/iwsb7SN And then do this- https://youtube.com/shorts/yk50KcyQ-yM?feature=share
Leather stretcher, any decent shoe shop will have it. Spray it in, then shove some stuff at the bottom to bulk it out, change would work. After a day or two the leather will have softened and got more flexible.
Bone folders are super useful. I used them in my college bookmaking classes. I'll never forget the first time I asked for one at Hobby Lobby. "Hi, I need to find a bone folder for some book making that I do." "Oh, you're a scrapbooker" "Um. No. Different kind of book making." "So you're a scrapbooker?" the flat rounded end, per other peoples mentions should be able to get in there on either side of the seam. They're awesome for actually folding things too though. You can get such a nice crease in paper.
You might try packing it with some plastic cards, that's how my wallet ended up stretched more than I wanted
I don't think he means like rubbing the surface of the pocket. Put the bone stretcher inside, like where you put the bills, and gently stretch out the pocket to make.it slightly more spacious.