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Marking a Stitch Line With Wing Dividers
Wing dividers in the order the work happens: set the gap, prepare the edge, scribe the line, steer the curves, walk the spacing, and decide on a groove.
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Turning a Folded Edge on Thin Leather
A folded edge hides the cut on thin leather, but every step can fail: the skive, the glue, the corner, the stitch line. Here is where it breaks and why.
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Skiving a Scarf Joint
A scarf joint tapers two strap ends so they overlap at full thickness and no more. The marking, skiving, gluing and stitching, in the order the work goes.
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Groovers or Creasers
A groover cuts leather away and a creaser presses it down. What each tool does to a stitch line, where each one fails, and which one belongs on the bench first.
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Choosing a Scratch Awl or a Stitching Awl
A scratch awl marks and a stitching awl cuts the hole. Buy the marker first, then learn where that advice breaks on thick bridle, curves and closed holes.
