Enjoy your OCD party and that terrific wallet.
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Woweee! Love it! I would be very OCD myself about that.
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Gorgeous!
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Nice design. I’m 51% sure I’m not OCD, (but I missed a dang good opportunity) 
. I’m thinking how crisp it would look with a border just inside the stitches… ok, maybe 49% sure…
Anyway… looks really good…and who doesn’t like pretty leather? 
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You’re not a true OCD unless you list it alphabetically (CDO).
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Your A seems to have fallen down. Must… fix…
really though cool design
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Neurosis approved! Nice work!
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Do you happen to write for the J. Peterman catalog? I love your description. Nice work too.
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Your stitching looks awesome. I doubt a machine could have done any better. Beautiful work. 
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Haha! I just had to google on over to J.Peterman to understand the reference. That was an entertaining little jaunt!
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But no story about walking through the side streets of Venice and crossing back and forth over the canals to be inspired for the design to truly replicate J Peterman catalog description… (I have to admit, many years ago I did get some things from them, all which I loved).
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Oh, I too bought some amazing things from J.Peterman. And, just as they intended, I loved reading their catalog. Cannot forget either, the Seinfeld episodes when Elaine worked for JP. Hilarious.
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Oooooo, lovely, sleek design. It works perfectly with the geometric surface treatment. It looks perfect!
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Love the pattern!
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Hi! The wallet looks great! However, most colored leathers contain chromium and other chemicals which are toxic to burn. I use the raw laser safe leather from glowforge which produces great results. Then I hand paint and apply finish on the leather after it is laser cut.
Most, not all…
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Thank you! I will look for it at Tandy!
Yikes! That’s good to know. Hopefully I didn’t spew a bunch of toxic chemicals out into the world while making this wallet. Time to look for some non-deadly alternatives.
Hi Gary,
I am very sensitive to particulate matter. I wear a respiratory mask when I laser with 3M Organic Vapor Cartridge/Filter 60921, P100 Respiratory Protection. I also wear a plastic shower cap and change my clothes after a laser session. I also have 2 hepa filters running in my garage. Please make sure that your ventilation is out of your house . Be safe-
Deep breath here 
We all have different tolerances for chemicals. The ones you spewed into the world aren’t deadly except potentially in concentrations that you’re not going to be able to achieve with your laser. Some of us on the board have been lasering chrome-tanned leather for years without ill-effect to ourselves or our machines. I don’t like it but more for its physical characteristics than the fact there is a trace release of chromium based compounds when lasered.
Most everything you laser will have some potential poisonous chemical or particulate potential. Lots of woods are awful, most are okay but none are truly benign. Yet it’s probably the most widely used material (& really it’s hundreds of materials because each species is different).
Acrylic is right up there and being petroleum based it has all the toxicity and potential nastiness that suggests.
However, as long as you ventilate properly and don’t have specific allergy triggers you’re okay using the materials you’ll see folks using here. Sure, you’re putting some number of chemicals measured in the parts per million into the atmosphere but that quickly becomes unmeasurable just feet from your exhaust. Don’t worry, you’re not killing the planet.
Remember, water is poisonous in the right quantities and it’s not because it started out as urine you flushed down the toilet last week 
Oh, and any diver will tell you that oxygen can be bad for you too 
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