It is fascinating what can be accomplished with some leather, some thread, some props and some time. For this section the goal has been to design a "tool-bracelet" with varied usage goals, whilst preserving a nice balance between utility and overall aspect.

Even though the feature-set might change, the following list is an enumeration of features that have been implemented so far.

• bracelet cut out of natural leather,
• small pocket for holding some small object,
• bracelet closed using some elastic thread and a stopper,
• metal beads to play with hanging from the bracelet

This is a low to medium twisted reality item with a small natural deviation due to:

• small synthetic components.

The components are:

• leather,
• brass,
• steel,
• polyester (or nylon),
• wax,
• plastic,
• rubber (or other elastomeres),

The brass and steel could be both switched to just brass thereby lowering the curse level. Similarly, the polyester or nylon could be replaced by thread, even natural thread if available. The plastic carries low penalty and consists mainly in the stopper with an internal coil meant to block the elastic used to close the bracelet. The elastomere is the elastic that closes the bracelet and it could be swapped out for natural thread but it just feels very convenient to have the bracelet lock this way.

If it is really necessary, the machined steel balls could be replaced with some in-house manual counterpart but as the cursed realities go, they are too much fun to tease the cat with!

All-in-all the high technology components are just marginal props whilst the bulk of the build is still the overwhelming amount of leather and metal that are overall natural components that match each other's development level.

For the realization of the project, first a leather strap is cut to size, by measuring the circumference of the wrist of the person meant to wear the bracelet. The measurement is only meant to be approximate and a more canonical way of picking the right size would be to tailor the strap to the average wrist-circumference.

With some of the excess material, a smaller flap is used to create the pocket, by first overlaying the small part over the large one and then by using some thread to stitch and fix the two parts together.

Creating the side-pocket is fairly challenging given that the pocket must be closed off on one end requiring a stitching to be made in 3D. For this stitching, some appropriately sized object was inserted into the pocket and only then the bottom leather flap was stitched to the strap.

The other side has to be left open and will be closed eventually using grommets, just like a little purse.

One way to close to bracelet around the wrist is to use a buckle, perhaps even a fast removal and attaching buckle such as the ones found on bags.

The buckle consists in two parts, each part being attached on both ends of the leather strap, and tied down with another piece of leather. Whilst this is a good solution, one of the issues is that the buckle is made out of solid plastic that will not mold around the wrist. Similarly, due to the buckle being fairly large and meant for closing bags, the leather strap would have to end up cut up more than it would be desirable. Furthermore, the plastic part inserted into such a system would just degrade the curse level of the object being realized and seems a bad blend between natural parts and highly synthesized parts. That being said, it was decided to keep the curse level low and to simply perforate two holes into both extremes of the strap and then use some elastic string, or even just bare string, if so desired, with a blocker, in order to finalize the closing mechanism of the bracelet.

The result seems fairly interesting so far, with an usable pocket and a comfortable fit around the wrist, as well as the additional benefit of being able to play with the beads.

Other ideas come to mind, on how the bracelet could be expanded in order to continue the tool-set. However, one task that still must be accomplished is to use some thread and strengthen the margins of the strap all the way around the margins. Doing so, just reinforces the borders and extends the lifespan of the bracelet. Right now the stitching could use a rework but the general idea is there.

Reworking the stitching is just tedious but it pays off and gives the bracelet a nice symmetric and consistent aspect. The stitching on the side keeps the integrity of the leather that is made of fibers such that there is a risk of the leather starting to disintegrate over time.

Again, on its side and the bracelet seems good to go. One problem is that the elastic holding the beads that is used to close the bracelet tends to droop down, which was the original intent, however that can indeed become annoying, such that it is decided to add a small metal hook to be able to anchor the elastic with the beads, as well as adding the hook itself to the bracelet.