Having served me well over 2 years, the VSK Clay Wallet was finally nearing the end of its life cycle. Therefore, I once again set out on a quest to find the successor of my personal VSK wallet line; what material would be worthy?

Ah yes, Carbon Fiber.

Inspired by the designs on my car, I ordered some Carbon Fiber textured adhesive vinyl. This material, being very thin, needed some sort of stronger skeleton underneath. Naturally, I chose playing cards ( being a magician and all.)   The card stock base combined with a carbon fiber overlay resulted in a wallet that was extremely thin, light, and sturdy.   With the experience of many wallets behind me, I was able to plan the construction such that the wallet would be virtually seamless. I have to say this is probably my most favorite and “cleanest looking” wallet to date. Without further ado, here it is:

Do you own a VSK Shirt? Want to model it for us? Send us your best shot!

In preparation for the upcoming release of the new VSK Store, we are collecting and taking images of people wearing our shirts. These will posted on the store webpage along with the product description. Details below.

Nidhaan Singh wearing “Babbar Sher” Shirt

Send in a picture of yourself wearing a VSK shirt:
If you already own one of our shirts ( iKirtan, Satnam, CK, got lassi?, etc) you can have someone take a picture of you or your friends and submit it. The picture should preferably be taken outdoors in good lighting and with a high quality camera (DSLR recommended). No mirror shots please. All submissions should be sent to store@vikramkhalsa.com in highest resolution possible, along with your name and location. By submitting an image you give us the right to use that image on our website, if it is selected. Your name will only be used on the picture if you choose to have it displayed.

Since we want to have all the pictures collected soon, we don’t have time to ship a t-shirt to anyone. So this is for people who already have a shirt or those who can come in person for a shoot. If you own a good camera and would like to volunteer to take pictures of people, please let us know (it doesn’t matter where you are). In either case, send an email to store@vikramkhalsa.com to be a part of this.

So I went through my box of junk and supplies and brainstormed a few design and material ideas, and I finally came up with this. The structure is made up of spare electronics parts and does a great job of holding my phone up at a good angle. There is enough space so that the micro-usb cable can still be connected so it can charge at the same time.  I added some small foam pieces at the bottom so that it doesn’t slip when I use the phone while its in the dock.

The VSK logo in the middle is actually an NFC chip which the phone detects when it comes really close to it. I can set it up to do certain tasks when I put the phone in the dock, like change my ringer to silent, turn wifi on, etc. In this video I had it set to change all my settings for work and say “Welcome to work, VSK”.