This is not internet advice but I knew an old leather worker with a small shop. He had a connection at a high end purse company and got their scraps that were very high quality leather for pretty damn cheap or free. He made me a wallet with red leather and black fake ostrich leather... he explained if he made it for 50 bucks I'd never buy a wallet again. 7 years later it's going strong and looking good just need some stitches and new plastic for the ID area.
So I'd suggest looking for something like that if possible
This is not internet advice but I knew an old leather worker with a small shop. He had a connection at a high end purse company and got their scraps that were very high quality leather for pretty damn cheap or free. He made me a wallet with red leather and black fake ostrich leather... he explained if he made it for 50 bucks I'd never buy a wallet again. 7 years later it's going strong and looking good just need some stitches and new plastic for the ID area.
So I'd suggest looking for something like that if possible
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