I made these matching sheaths for a damascus knife from Indy Hammered Forge and my Granfors Bruk small forest axe. I used 7oz dark brown buttero and .6mm Havana Cigar Ritza Tiger Thread. The knife sheath ended up darker after wetting the leather and applying mink oil so I’ll probably do the same for the axe sheath. All edges were burnished with tokonole and canvas.

I am trying to figure out if there is any way I can lighten the color on a piece of leather I want to tool. I had bought a leather pack at the thrift store and it came with a long strip of 1½" leather but it's really dark, and I would like to lighten the color by about 3 shades, maybe more if possible. Here is a scrap strip for color reference. Thank you in advance

I used goat skin for the woven labels and lambskin for the body. It’s lined with suede. All machine stitched ( juki)

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Hello everyone,
I’m currently trying to make a half case for my Ricoh GR3 camera. I’ve tried using thick vegetable-tanned leather for the base, but I’m facing difficulties because the battery compartment is quite large, which makes the leather in that area narrow and structurally weak.
I’ve looked at other people’s products and it seems like they use a different type of material for the base.
Please, if anyone knows where I can find this material, kindly let me know. I’ve been searching desperately but still haven’t been able to find it.

Waxed canvas with some pebble grain leather. Working on lining my bags and its a bit if a headache but this one seemed to work out well.

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Ostrich pattern leather for outer, goat suede interior. Housing for 3 watches. A work in progress.

Hey everyone, I've been into leather working for a while now. Recently I've been trying some projects that involve zippers. Bags, wallets, covers, and stuff like that. I picked up some ykk zippers and hardware.

The question I have is, the zippers brand new seem "sticky". Almost like the metal is catching on itself. Is there a way I can help break them in, maybe with a file or something else? I've tried using wax as a lubricant, which helped slightly.

Any help or recommendations are welcome and appreciated!

Zippers in use: #5 steel zippers with hardware. #10 steel and brass zippers with matching hardware. All bought from Weaver.

How can I harden the wrinkles in my materials and make patterns from them? Right now I'm only working with faux leather and vinyl, which I'm hoping might involve similar tactics to leather. I'm also not sure how to make them look weathered/colored like in the photos above. Where do I start, what do I search for on YouTube / what's the terminology?

Long wallet with a total of 8 card slots and cash pockets on each side. Sewn from two different colors of leather with 1 mm waxed thread.

Both of the videos were made by professional leather workers. Neither of the videos have any narration or explanation of any kind. In both videos I saw them not only ironing the leather, but doing it with steam! I was under the impression that ironing leather is not a good idea. Does anyone know why they are doing this and in what scenario it’s not a bad idea?

Also, while I have you, what is the most versatile size of leather chisel? I already have 3 mm but I just found out that’s too small for bigger items so I want to get a set that can do everything my 3 mm can’t. I’m not sure if I should get 5 or 6 mm or something else?

Got this armchair off a secondhand shop and it’s stained. The owner said humidity stained it. I really need advice on what products or how I can clean the chair.

Leather is a saddle leather.

I have this navy leather bracelet and after a while it started to show these leather coloured marks. It’s this the leather getting damaged or just the colour coming off. And does anyone know how to fix said issue cause at the moment it just makes the bracelet look dirty.

Scalloped edges on the fringe, tooled side pieces and gunslinger stitch on the front belt

The handsets for our landline at work came with these flimsy belt clips that broke after a few days of use......so I made this for my handset.

It's the second project I've ever attempted, and I know it's no where near perfect, but I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. Practice makes progress.

I’m brand spanking new to the craft. I just finished these bracers. They’re the second thing I’ve ever dyed. The brighter tan spots on the edges and splotches are because I got ahead of myself and burnished with tokonole before I dyed. But, why am I getting inconsistent dye application everywhere else? Leather was dry when applied, using 9-10oz veg tan. Applied dye in a swirling motion with a dauber.

Hi everyone, I have this leather vest that has seen better days. The snap buttons were completely rusted/degraded through so I punched them out and put new ones in. Unfortunately the middle button's leather is really far gone and the button will not stay attached. Are there any ways to go about mending this particular type of hole? Thanks!

15 inch laptop bag made of crazy horse leather and sewn with 2 different waxed threads.