This is a fairly detailed video by thewatches.tv shows the Hermes watch strap making process. It takes you on a journey from clicking out the leather all the way to sewing, edging and final fitting. Part One Part Two
Improving How Your Design Wears
Last week I wrote about experimenting with design. I focused mainly on how a design ‘looks,’ but that a design also encompasses how your creation functions. In the case of leather goods, this includes how the piece stands up to regular use and how it wears over time. A good design effectively accomplishes its purposes. […]
Experimenting with Leather Sandal Builds
10pm Saturday night. I try to publish a post every Friday morning for the Fine Leatherworking blog. On most Thursday nights I am doing final edits and then queuing the post for our newsletter and our blog. Two days later, I have long since blown that deadline. I will eventually end up posting a week […]
Practice Finer Details with Key Accessories (Updated)
I love discovering short projects that can be completed within a day. As a new parent it’s hard to devote time to leatherworking, so I try to maintain my skills in any way possible and in any amount that I can. When I found this article by Caitlin and Manda from The Merrythought, it inspired […]
Right Place, Right Tool, Righteously Good Leather Work
It used to be that whenever I was in the middle of a project, I would lose track of a tool. It could be a knife, a pricking iron, or sometimes even my awl. I would look up from my workbench to see chaos. Pieces of leather would be everywhere; my tools would be sitting […]
What To Look For When Sharpening A Knife
(this is the second article in a mini-series on sharpening, view part one here) In the last post, I wrote about how to add sharpening to your leatherworking practice and how to transition from using disposable blades to sharpenable knives. If you’ve decided to take the plunge and practice this skill, congratulations! You will be learning a […]
How A $2 Knife Helped Me Sharpen A $50 Knife
This is part one of a short series on sharpening. I sometimes check different leatherworking forums to see what people are doing and saw a post about someone having trouble sharpening a L’Indispensable knife. They went into detail about the different ways they had tried sharpening, they had looked at guides and videos online and tried […]
5 Principles These Leather Goods Craftspeople Followed To Create Hugely Successful Companies
At Fine Leatherworking we get a wide range of customers in search of luxury quality leather working tools. We get beginners who want to do great work but don’t know where to start, and we get experienced craftsmen who are looking to improve the quality of their work. Every once in a while however, we […]
Updated Saddle Stitch Video
I received an update from Nigel who made another saddle stitch with more details. Thank you very much. That’s very kind of you. If it helps, the Saddle Stitch in More Detail covered both left and right hand stitching, also corners, back stitch and a few other bits. This video is just left handed. Have […]
Detailed Saddle Stitch For Hand Sewing Leather Video
I was getting ready to record a more detailed saddle stitch video for the blog but happily discovered that Nigel from Armitage Leather put together a nice detailed video on how to hand sew leather. I think Nigel is left-handed so you’d reverse the technique for right handers but it is the same idea. Super key […]