A Leather Luggage Tag
A hand-stitched leather luggage tag from vegetable-tanned leather: the materials, the window, the edges, the strap, and what to write on the card inside.
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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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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.
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Stitching Tight Curves and Corners in Thick Leather
One rounded corner in thick leather, followed from cut to final stitch, with what goes wrong at each step and how saddlers and makers keep the line true.
