Practicing on Scrap Before the Good Hide
Practicing on scrap leather saves the good hide. One strap end, step by step: where the bevel, the holes, the seam and the dye go wrong when nothing is tested.
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Casing Vegetable-Tanned Leather
Casing vegetable-tanned leather in the order the work happens: wet it lightly, wait for the color, work the window, hold it overnight, then feed it after.
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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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Slicking the Flesh Side Smooth
Six questions on slicking the fuzzy flesh side of vegetable-tanned leather: what it does, which gum and tool, the strokes, the cracking, and lining it instead.
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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.
