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Article: Opening your beer in style. The making of a bottle opener.

The making of a bottle opener.
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Opening your beer in style. The making of a bottle opener.

A bottle opener can be found in many shapes and in many tools. My goal was to design a bottle opener with a heritage look and feel, combining leather, metal and a nice industrial clasp. Although the product is simple, I would like to share the production process I used to make it and show you there are more steps to accomplish then you might expect. Sheers!

We start with a steel cut opener 
Grinding the right shape to lift the bottle cap
which need to be grinded for the right shape to lift the bottle cap.
Using the wire brush for a smooth effect
The wire brush will smoothen the edges.
Hammering the steel for a heritage and used look
Happy with the result the hammered look I want
Hammering the steel for a nice heritage and used look.
Finishing and preserving the steel with Owatrol
Finishing and preserving the steel with Owatrol. Overnight dry.
The steel part is done.
New old stock vegetable tanned leather to be dyed in several steps.
The whole leather part dyed in several steps.
New old stock vegetable tanned leather to be dyed in several steps.
Soaking in Duke & Sons Leather Oil.
Absorbing the oil
This type of leather needs some extra Duke & Sons Leather oil and have to dry overnight.
cutting the straps
Cutting the straps.
Finishing the ends in a nice round shape
holes in the right position
Finishing the ends and punching the holes.
Dying the edges
Burnishing the edges for a smooth finish
Dying and burnishing the edges for a nice and smooth result.
Burning the Duke & Sons Leather logo into the leather.
Burning the Duke & Sons Leather logo into the leather.
Finishing the leather with the new Duke & Sons Leather Water repellant leather wax.
FInishing the strap with the new Duke & Sons Leather water repellent wax.
buffing for a bit of shiny effect
When the wax is worked into the leather, a little buffing for a little bit shiny.
Now the leather part is also finished we can assemble the opener.
setting the rivets
Setting the rivets.
And here is the final result: The Duke & Sons Leather bottle opener!
the final result:
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