Toolin Tuesday: Oak Leaf

In this Tooling Tuesday I trace out a design from the leather craft book Belts Galore by Al Stohlman. I don't do a ton of oak leaf tooling so I thought I'd practice and hone my skills. I hope through this demonstration, it helps you develop your tooling skills as well.
Tools used:
Barry King 16oz Maul
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Barry King .5" swivel knife with .25" straight blade
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Barry King Bevelers
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Barry King lifters
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Craftool Pro Beveler
Craftool Pro Thumbprint
Wickett and Craig veg tan leather
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Mist Bottle
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Belts Galore book
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[@artacticalholsters5677]

Hell of a job brother, well done. Haven't seen ya in a while. Glad to see ya back and doing what you love. Until next time, keep up the great work...👍

[@AttackLineLeather]

Yes went through a lul. Life stuff. Thank you for the support.

[@4whunt]

Amazing work. Thank you for sharing your talent!

[@AttackLineLeather]

My pleasure. Thanks for the support

[@mcisco57]

Love doing oak leaves. Learned years ago at Tandy.

[@AttackLineLeather]

The more i do em, the more i like em.

[@arveruud6803]

What a skill, you have.

[@AttackLineLeather]

Thank you

[@Lillian.M.]

Nice design, always like the oak leaf with oat nuts and excellent tooling. Would be nice if you did a beginners series on toolings with this exact pattern. In reading the comments, it looks like a lot would love to learn from you and follow along with you on a video. Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge.

[@AttackLineLeather]

Thanks for the comment. Id be happy to do a tooling series

[@MBishopsBlades]

I definitely need to get more tools. Great work there!

[@AttackLineLeather]

Always 😂😂😂

[@larryjernigan5983]

You are a very good artist.

[@AttackLineLeather]

Thank you

[@patrickbresnahan2884]

Great to see you back making videos! I always enjoy seeing your work.

[@AttackLineLeather]

Thank you for the support

[@Stoney327]

Hi:
I've been trying for 50 years to learn to tool, and all I get is PO'd and frustrated. I've finally given up, but nice job.
Dave

[@stygiis]

Great job, thank you for sharing. I have enjoyed the various content you put out .

[@AttackLineLeather]

Thank you. Im always open to future video or tooling suggestions

[@robertstuart6684]

very nice, not too cluttered

[@AttackLineLeather]

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[@francesrosado9288]

Amazing art work! ❤❤

[@alaskagary240]

nice work. i like the keychain idea. i have been looking for a keychain idea and i have the same pattern. thanks for sharing

[@ChrisieR67]

Great job!

[@SCFireDrone23]

Just found your channel, loving the content do far. I'm looking into getting started with leather very soon. Nice work.

[@AttackLineLeather]

Welcome and thank you

[@705jay]

You are very good with that blade

[@AttackLineLeather]

Thank you

[@brinkly97]

Yes sirree Bob! I'll be this good one day. Alls I gotta do is watch 1 million more of ur videos. 😅😂

[@AttackLineLeather]

😆😆😆 i have the best subscribers. Thanks for the support

[@tobedetermined4180]

Amazing!

[@ianthomas3653]

came out great! I'd love to see some more non traditional (i.e. floral western) tooling. I have been trying to get into tattoo style tooling and find traditional tattoos lend themselves nicely to being tooled, but would love to see your take on it.

[@AttackLineLeather]

Great suggestion

[@maddawgnoll]

There's not a lot of videos on inverted tooling. Would like to see your take on it.

[@Jana0821]

Hi, I loved watching your video. May I ask the type of leather you used and how thick is it?

[@AttackLineLeather]

Thank you. I mostly use Hermann oak veg tan leather, and on ocassions use Wicket and Craig veg tan. For this video i was using around a 10oz piece.

[@jayplays568]

Great video, thanks for sharing it! Do you always have to flip the vellum paper over after you trace the pattern on it?

[@AttackLineLeather]

@@jayplays568 thank you. I only flip the vellum paper over if i have traced something, which was traced in the inverse

[@jayplays568]

@@AttackLineLeather thanks. Are all pdf patterns for belts drawn in the inverse? Or are most drawn normally and then you can just trace normally without any flipping of the paper?

[@AttackLineLeather]

@@jayplays568 soo i draw my belt patterns right onto the leather, but when i used to trace my patterns i left them normal.
One of the reasons i flip the vellum is also because of the lead transfer from paper to leather. Im able to do this without wetting/casing the leather. If i mess uo or need to make adjustments, i just erase the lead and start over. Hope this is making sense

[@CaptainTwitchy]

You make it look so effortless and I know it isn’t (I’ve tried 😅)