Small pen case

A member of the Fountain pen network asked me if I could make a single slip pen case that could travel in a front trouser pocket that would stop a pen from snapping.

I have made a similar case before where I wet moulded two pieces of leather after dying I slowly dried out the leather. This caused the leather to form a hard case.

As this was a case for a much smaller pen I decided on a more traditional style.

I started with a 15mm plastic pipe which I formed a piece of wet leather around. I punched a hole 40 mm from the top and cut a “V” shape for the clip to sit in. When I was happy with the shape I marked out the stitching holes around the “V” and then all around the outside of the shape.

When I had finished the case I soaked it again and then allowed it to dry slowly and thoroughly. As I expected the case went hard however there was still a small amount of flex in the  case so I started again.

This time I took a different approach the addition of some Kydex using my smallest mould.

I heat formed the kydex over the mould

After forming the kydex I wet formed another piece of leather over the top of the kydex. I then added a piece of thinner leather under the “V” and lined the inside with cognac suede and dyed the outside shoe brown.

Then it was just a case of sewing everything together

Thanks for looking

Michael

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