So, the red dye finally came in the mail today. Which is what I’ve been waiting for to progress on the dice cup and leather bracers. With the leather bracers I needed the red dye to paint the strips as you can see below. After that I added rivets. The bracers are nearly done now, …
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The weekend
This weekend, I started by going to two classes at Tandy Leather on Saturday. They were both definitely helpful! Especially the first of the two classes. The first one was about Basic Carving and Tooling. This class taught me the Sheridan style. Essentially a way to combine carving with the swivel knife and using stamps to make it pop and …
Projects are ramping up!
So, i’m starting to have more and more projects under my belt. Since I’ve started leather crafting I’ve completed a bracelet, cuffs, a small key chain, and a belt. However with that, I also have bracers, and a (hatchet) holster nearly complete as well. I’m pretty darn happy with the progress I’ve made in such …
Bracers (cont)
A continuation on the bracers I’ve been working on. I decided on a simple pattern of the intersection strips. However, instead of cutting out pieces and gluing them on, I thought I could just use an impression stamp and stamp around the strips. After it is said and none, I don’t think that is the …
Bracers!
I thought about my next project I want to work on for leatherworking. And in the past, whenever I’ve got to a renaissance/medieval faire, I’ve always wanted to buy some leather bracers made by one of the shops. So, I want to make some bracers! That way I can wear them next time I go, …
Leather belt finished!
Finally, I finished my first project, a leather belt! I’ve been working on it since day 1. If you remember, I ordered two 1.25″ leather strips on Ebay to make some belts. I’ve only worked with 1 because I want to make the other later on to see the difference in my progress as a …
Leather Cuffs
So I was sitting around wondering what kind of project I should work on now. I can’t finish up my leather belt yet, I am still waiting to get some leather finish to coat the dye, once I get that I can finish it. So I was looking through some of the scrap leather bags …
A bracelet finished! And more work on the belt
I bought a few extra items from Michael’s yesterday. I bought a new cutting knife, a mallet, and two bags of scrap leather. I was able to make a quick, rough first bracelet using the scrap leather I got. It was quite thin so I think it must be 3oz at most. I initially cut …
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My first project
I finally got my pieces of leather in. The 2 strips I got are 7-8oz Veg Tan cowhide leather belt blanks, 1 1/4 in wide. I bought 2 since I am very new to leather crafting I anticipate to make some mistakes as I start, which I am ok with. I’m hoping at least 1 …
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