Day Six; Andy's Leather CO.

4 Hours, 32 Hour Total... Today was big for my project as I finally have a finished product. I had a fellow student at school ask me to make him a customized wallet, I was in for the challenge. I sourced some help from Spencer at the school where he let me laser engrave the wallet. As you cann see in the picture below it came out great. There are some minor finishing details I need to achieve but it is looking very good in my opinion. Small buisnesses are not easy to start because you are a one man show. My next steps are making some more card holder and finishing the other projects I have started.

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