Is a Leather Craft Kit Worth Buying?
A leather craft kit can save a beginner money or bury them in stamps and filler. Six questions, answered from the bench, on when a kit earns its place.
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Diamond Chisels and French Chisels
Diamond stitching chisels and French-style irons in the order the work happens, from the groove line and spacing to punching thick bridle and the finished seam.
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Cutting and Stitching a Gusset
A leather gusset goes wrong in a set order: too short, forced round a tight corner, holes that drift, a seam that creeps. Here is each step and its trap.
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Leather Weight Explained: Ounces, Millimeters and Irons
An ounce of leather is a thickness, not a weight. How ounces, millimeters and irons line up, why every hide is sold as a range, and how to check one.
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Burnishing Tools Compared
Leather burnishing tools in the order you pick them up: beveler, sandpaper, wood and plastic slickers, canvas, bone, glass, drill bits and a bench machine.
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Setting Rivets and Chicago Screws Cleanly
A rivet wants a post that stands proud. A Chicago screw wants one cut short. How to measure, punch and set both in thick leather, and what fails at each step.
