Attaching a Handle So It Does Not Pull Out
A handle rarely fails in the middle. It tears out at the anchor. Placing it, backing it, stitching it and screwing it down so a full case never pulls it free.
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Marking Leather: Scratch Awl, Pen or Chalk
Every mark on leather is a bet on whether it will come off or be covered. Scratch awl, stylus, silver pen, chalk and soapstone, and which side each belongs on.
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Setting Up a Small Leather Workshop
How much room a leather shop needs, where the hides should live, what light to work under, where the glue goes, and what to buy first and what to leave alone.
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Harness Needles and Sharp Needles
Blunt harness needles or sharp glover’s needles? The choice, in the order the stitching happens: thread size, punched holes, locking on, and pulling through.
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Filling Deep Scratches in Smooth Leather
Leather filler is made for coated sofa and car leather. On bridle and vegetable-tanned leather a deep scratch is better worked, tacked or left alone.
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A Leather Watch Strap
A leather watch strap made by hand: measure the lugs, split the leather thin, skive the fold, stitch small, finish the edge, then fit the spring bars.
