Small Projects From Leather Offcuts
Leather offcuts sorted by job: scrap boxes against your own bin, thick pieces for washers and handles, long strips for loops, and what is not worth keeping.
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Thimbles and Palm Guards for Hand Stitching
Thimbles, sewing palms, finger cots, tape and pliers for hand stitching leather: which part of the hand each one protects, and what it costs you in feel.
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A Leather Eyeglass Case
A hand-stitched leather eyeglass case from vegetable-tanned leather: what to buy, how to size it to the glasses, when to wet-form it, and how to finish it.
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Sharpening a Skiving Knife
Sharpening a skiving knife in working order: read the bevel, flatten the back, climb the grits to a burr, strop with care, then prove it on scrap leather.
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Woodlore Adjustable Cedar Shoe Trees Review: Do They Earn Their Place Beside a Bridle Leather Briefcase?
A desk-research review of Woodlore adjustable cedar shoe trees: what the maker and shoe-care sources say about moisture, creasing and fit, and who should buy them.
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Fixing a Cracked Flap Fold
The fold where a briefcase flap turns over is where leather cracks first. What goes wrong at each step of the repair, and when the flap needs remaking.
