The algorithm just lead me to this channel, 20 hours ago, and i ordered my first cheap starter-tool-kit and 1kg of left-over scraps of leather to give it a go. Man i'm so excited!
I'm Brand New to working with Leather Carving (or anything Leather for that matter) and I've been watching hundreds if not thousands of TH-cam videos. Some are noteworthy while others are just time lapse videos showing someone making Beautiful Works of Art. I'm grateful however, for Instructional Videos such as Yours. I'm 61 years young and wanting to leave something behind for the Nephews and Nieces to hopefully Learn from (rather than watching someone else play Minecraft on TH-cam) This is what TH-cam is all about, Learning Awesome New Things, whether electronics or how to play a guitar or something like this, Beautiful Leathercraft!! Thank You for Your Time as well as for Sharing Your Knowledge with people like Myself, Who's looking for Something New to learn!! I appreciate You and Others like You Who share Your Talents with Everyone Who wants to Learn!! Thank You Always!! 😊
Thank you sooo much for doing this video. I have been struggling with box stitching. Your video clarified a lot of my confusions on leather weight, stitching awl, the pitching angles and number of holes. Now I am ready to try again!!! Love love this!!
I want to thank you for making these videos. I've been collecting leather tools for about a year and half now but haven't made anything yet. This is because I have a fear that I will mess up the project and get discouraged. I've been browing your videos and it has encouraged me to just practice my cuts and stitching first. I have a bag of scraps that I've had lying around that I'm eager to break into and practice. Thank you again!
When you finally do please upload a pic or short video. Doesn’t matter if you love it or loath it helps motivate others in your position. I’m way behind you just a love for learning and leather that lead me here. Hopefully I’ll find myself the tools soon too.
Personally, when starting something new like this I like to think of the first attempts at practice runs where I assume it'll be a mess and just try to learn as much as possible while making said mess. If it’s not a mess then that's just a pleasant surprise.
Pro tip from a painter: Save yourself the money, and get the regular 'ol yellow tape. The blue was invented by 3M for delicate surfaces, which is why it doesn't stick well. The yellow stuff holds MUCH better.
Herzlichen Dank. Ich kann leider kein Englisch, aber ich habe viel gelernt von Ihnen. TH-cam hat es für mich übersetzt. Ich bin glücklich und es mach viel Spaß. DANKE
I have been avoiding this video for abit but I finally sat down to watch it. I've only been in this craft for a just over year so I have taken the time to master the saddle stitch first (That I initially learned from your channel). I am pretty confident now when I say I can pull off these two new stitches. You explain everything so clearly, and with what I have learned from the channel in the past; everything just made sense, I didn't find myself having to rewind the video at all.
It’s not great, he does it wrong. You make the holes only on your me pane and awl through to the other piece. He had too many extra holes on the bottom piece because he didn’t use an awl.
Never done any leather work before but am planning on making a couple o9of small leather sheaths around my macaw's harness. Even though they are supposed to be virtually indestructable he is already on his second one in less than a year as he chews through the stitched parts!! (nightmare and expensive!) Son gonna have a go following your butt stitch technique using thick leather scraps from Etsy. Thank you for making your video so clear - all the others assume prior knowledge, are sped up and have awful music!! Will let you know how I get on!! :) x
It is amazing how so many people with different hobbies end up needing to learn to make leather items to work in their chosen hobby. Such as yours. So cool
Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge with the rest of us. Stay healthy and keep on going, I really like your videos, the are well filmed and great explained. Alle the best from Munich, Germany 🇩🇪
Enjoy your time with every video you present. I admire your clear explanation of the stages of work in leather models, and I gained from you a love for this profession, and I will try to experiment and start working. Thank you very much, appreciation and respect for lighting this way. Greetings to you from Syria🇸🇾🌹🌿
This is so helpful. I was stuck on a project because I didn't know how to properly join a round leather piece to a tubular one ha Once I complete the long wallet (template purchased from your site) I'll revisit and complete my gas bottle reserve holder! Thanks a ton!
I drive an old 1993 Dodge Ram and I can’t find any of the upholstery parts online!! No bench, no arm rests, not even a wheel cover that fits!! So I’m getting into leather working to hopefully make my own custom parts :) These videos are VERY helpful!!
Nice tricks. Lately, I've been using heavy vegtan multi-layered, glued first, one side heavily grooved for recessed stitching, stitch holes drilled through with a Dremel tool, then bottom side grooved along stitch holes. You can make some indestructible stuff.
This is first time I got it. But like he said, practice. Hold the awl straight toward the hole with ur wrist low . 45° angle. I found a little cheater for that using a thin wedge of wood at a 45° angle until muscle memory takes over. A hardware store should have some in a package. Lightly sand it on both sides and apply a spray finish on both sides to keep from marking the leather. Than use the awl braced against the thumb pad the gently push the blade through by moving your entire arm forward. (Lock your wrist) But only until the tip of the blade just passes through the edge of leather. Seems like a lot to remember, but really not, once muscle memory takes over you will be able to do this at a decent steady pace.
Really great video! Very well presented! Being a Brit, though, I have to pick you up on the pronunciation of “strop”; there is no ‘e’!! Likewise “stropping”; still no ‘e’!!😊
Very helpful video. I literally just got a starter leather working kit yesterday, and going to try and use some of these in my first piece - wish me luck!
To finish the back stitching, run the needle out of the center of the seam. After snipping the threads, tuck the ends down into the seam to hide the ends.
Very nice instructions for making this. I made caps for my rifle scope and basically stitched it like a sheath. Not real pretty. Now i need to make them again doing proper like this. Thanks
i found vellum and a good leather backing for it... now i realize i need to make a map tube holder and this is one of the steps i need.... debating boiled / hardend leather but havent found a good video for that yet.
Enjoyed the video. Been attempting to do the angled holes. I'm going to need a LOT more practise to manage to do it going from the results of the last few nights. lol
Enjoyed watching this video, really informative. I thought you might want to consider making up some pvc setups for holding your round work( multiple sizing) while stitching, It would be an inexpensive way to make a round work stitching pony that you could clamp to your bench and free up both hands. Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers...Freddie !
I followed your instruction and did a practice piece first before comitting to sew a binocular case. So pleased with the outcome, very satisfying 😀👍 I wonder though how you match the size of the round piece to the upright part
very nice demonstration of leather stitching! this will be helpful for me, as i am planing to make similar cylinders out of leather to use as sectional walking stick holders when they are disassembled. its one of two ideas for such a holder than i want to try and make. with the other being more like a tool wrap with some sort of clip lath to close, and both with some sort of shoulder strap or belt loop to secure with while in use. in any case though, i am more confident in being able to make them now that i have another nice video tutorial to watch and follow along with when designing my project idea. so thanks =)
Would the tool bag go under the seat? I have a canvas tool bag under seat but never thought about making one out of leather. Do you know of a design template that is available?
This is an awsome guide and im looking foward to starting on this project, but why do you use a larger gap for the holes of the disk? Wouldn't using a smaller gap for the disk make it so that the holes would line up, making it so you don't have to skip stitches as often?
thank you for your videos! I am trying to get into leatherworking and I find there are is a lack of good resources. if you have the time (and inclination) I wanted to ask for a video on making a leather watch roll or more specifically a watch cushion? Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the video. The technique to skip holes is so helpful! QUESTION: for the box stitch, when you decide the distance of your punched holes in relation to the edge of the leather, does it have to do with the thickness of the leather? As in, do you need the back of the straight holes to line up with the back of the angled holes on the inside?
It is quite amazing how much changes in a year. 1. the pounding board is now black and made of a different substance. 2. you are now using your own Buckleguy stitching chisels. 3. Ritza 25 > Maine threads. 4. The studio. What else am I missing?
This video came at a very fortunate time 😎 I was thinking of making a coffee mug out of leather, this way of stitching would be perfect for it. That being said I still have to solve how to coat the inside so it can withstand coffee... The initial approach was shellac, I know it's food safe, I'm just not sure if it'll stand up to (hot) coffee or just simpy dissolve into it 🤔 Ps.: Years ago I made a beer mug, and when I was stitching the bottom to the wall, I matched my stitches by dividing the circumference of the stitching circle with the number of stitches on the wall, then using the result as a spacing, marked the stitches on the bottom with the wing divider. Takes a bit of fiddling but it worked out in the end, even though the mug is leaking to this day 😆
@@donmiller2908 Honestly, challenge.. just to see if I can do it.. I know it's stupid but the idea fascinates me so I try anyways 😄 But what you said already crossed my mind, and if the cup itself would be the end goal it would be a perfect solution.
traditionally they'd use brewer's pitch to line leather drinking vessels, and only use them for cold drinks. A hot drink will shrink the leather no matter what you line it with (unless you were to encapsulate the entire thing in epoxy or something, which would then pretty much just be an epoxy mug haha)
I like your videos is like seminars! Thanks for sharing the knowledge. I'm greek cobler and I can understand the most of what you explaining. Searching for my first tools (can't find here xD) and I'll try soon some projects. This is ideal job for me if I can sell some good stuff switch my job to this one :D
Would it be a good idea to space the holes closer to each other on the circle than on the cylinder ? like a 4mm pricking iron on the outside and a 3.8 mm on the inside.
Would it work if you attached the unpunched base to the punched walls then awled the holes into the base on an angle through the punched holes in the wall? Not sure how hard that would be but it might result in all aligned stitches
Man thank ou, you've become my modern Bob Ross in leather.
Best compliment he could ever get
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The algorithm just lead me to this channel, 20 hours ago, and i ordered my first cheap starter-tool-kit and 1kg of left-over scraps of leather to give it a go. Man i'm so excited!
Me too! How is it going so far?
@@taylorvivona1979 in the mean time i have a son, so the leather-work is a little bit on the background, but i made 2 wallets and a pouch
I'm Brand New to working with Leather Carving (or anything Leather for that matter) and I've been watching hundreds if not thousands of TH-cam videos.
Some are noteworthy while others are just time lapse videos showing someone making Beautiful Works of Art.
I'm grateful however, for Instructional Videos such as Yours.
I'm 61 years young and wanting to leave something behind for the Nephews and Nieces to hopefully Learn from (rather than watching someone else play Minecraft on TH-cam)
This is what TH-cam is all about, Learning Awesome New Things, whether electronics or how to play a guitar or something like this, Beautiful Leathercraft!!
Thank You for Your Time as well as for Sharing Your Knowledge with people like Myself, Who's looking for Something New to learn!!
I appreciate You and Others like You Who share Your Talents with Everyone Who wants to Learn!!
Thank You Always!! 😊
Thank you sooo much for doing this video. I have been struggling with box stitching. Your video clarified a lot of my confusions on leather weight, stitching awl, the pitching angles and number of holes. Now I am ready to try again!!! Love love this!!
This is all I needed to do a camera half-case, thanks!
I want to thank you for making these videos. I've been collecting leather tools for about a year and half now but haven't made anything yet. This is because I have a fear that I will mess up the project and get discouraged.
I've been browing your videos and it has encouraged me to just practice my cuts and stitching first. I have a bag of scraps that I've had lying around that I'm eager to break into and practice.
Thank you again!
When you finally do please upload a pic or short video. Doesn’t matter if you love it or loath it helps motivate others in your position. I’m way behind you just a love for learning and leather that lead me here. Hopefully I’ll find myself the tools soon too.
Personally, when starting something new like this I like to think of the first attempts at practice runs where I assume it'll be a mess and just try to learn as much as possible while making said mess.
If it’s not a mess then that's just a pleasant surprise.
Being new to leather I am loving watching and learning from you.
Your tutorials are amazing !!!
Your explanations are absolutely fantastic , precise and so carefully taught. Thanks man !!
Your channel is the best on the internet. Clear, simple and most of all inspiring!
Happily watching this again and again - thank you for beautifully showing and explaining how to do these stitches.
Pro tip from a painter: Save yourself the money, and get the regular 'ol yellow tape. The blue was invented by 3M for delicate surfaces, which is why it doesn't stick well. The yellow stuff holds MUCH better.
Yellow is also easier to see through. I like the yellow for patterning and cutting out, but I use the blue for tracing tooling patterns onto vegtan
"Doesn't take much time at awl".... Nicely done, great instructional!
Herzlichen Dank. Ich kann leider kein Englisch, aber ich habe viel gelernt von Ihnen. TH-cam hat es für mich übersetzt. Ich bin glücklich und es mach viel Spaß. DANKE
I have been avoiding this video for abit but I finally sat down to watch it. I've only been in this craft for a just over year so I have taken the time to master the saddle stitch first (That I initially learned from your channel). I am pretty confident now when I say I can pull off these two new stitches. You explain everything so clearly, and with what I have learned from the channel in the past; everything just made sense, I didn't find myself having to rewind the video at all.
2 years later and this video is the best box stitch explanation.
It’s not great, he does it wrong. You make the holes only on your me pane and awl through to the other piece. He had too many extra holes on the bottom piece because he didn’t use an awl.
I have always wanted to make a leather hat box and with this tutorial I will now be able to make my wish come true. Thank you 🤗
How’s the hat box going?
Me too, me too! Fixing an antique leather case that lost its end cap. This is perfectly timed. Thank You.
This video is exactly what I needed for the instruction. Thank you for explaining everything so well.
Never done any leather work before but am planning on making a couple o9of small leather sheaths around my macaw's harness. Even though they are supposed to be virtually indestructable he is already on his second one in less than a year as he chews through the stitched parts!! (nightmare and expensive!) Son gonna have a go following your butt stitch technique using thick leather scraps from Etsy. Thank you for making your video so clear - all the others assume prior knowledge, are sped up and have awful music!! Will let you know how I get on!! :) x
It is amazing how so many people with different hobbies end up needing to learn to make leather items to work in their chosen hobby.
Such as yours. So cool
Old Leather Smith here, Excellent Job Eric, your camera person also does an Excellent Job, thanks 2 both of you, GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃
Going to have to try this and make a Yatzee cup. Thank you
Rebrand this away from a "Pen Cup" & make it a Beer Coozie & you'll increase the sales on it drastically.
‘Hold it at the right angle (90) to make the 45 degree holes’ .. love your relaxed presentations
ahahaha, I noticed that while editing - the correct angle, need to update the ol' thesaurus when i'm trying to explain stuff like this!
Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge with the rest of us.
Stay healthy and keep on going, I really like your videos, the are well filmed and great explained.
Alle the best from Munich, Germany 🇩🇪
Enjoy your time with every video you present. I admire your clear explanation of the stages of work in leather models, and I gained from you a love for this profession, and I will try to experiment and start working. Thank you very much, appreciation and respect for lighting this way. Greetings to you from Syria🇸🇾🌹🌿
作品ができあがって行く様子がとても芸術的で見惚れました。
素敵な動画をありがとうございます。
This is so helpful. I was stuck on a project because I didn't know how to properly join a round leather piece to a tubular one ha Once I complete the long wallet (template purchased from your site) I'll revisit and complete my gas bottle reserve holder! Thanks a ton!
This answered so many questions I had about fitting the bottom on a cup. Thank the lord for I have finally found this video!
Very satisfying video. I don't work with materials or do any stitching. My curiosity got me here and I am happy to watch and enjoy your work.
I drive an old 1993 Dodge Ram and I can’t find any of the upholstery parts online!! No bench, no arm rests, not even a wheel cover that fits!!
So I’m getting into leather working to hopefully make my own custom parts :)
These videos are VERY helpful!!
Nice tricks.
Lately, I've been using heavy vegtan multi-layered, glued first, one side heavily grooved for recessed stitching, stitch holes drilled through with a Dremel tool, then bottom side grooved along stitch holes. You can make some indestructible stuff.
Lo que ni entiendo es el ángulo de la lezna para que llega a la misma línea.
This is first time I got it. But like he said, practice. Hold the awl straight toward the hole with ur wrist low . 45° angle. I found a little cheater for that using a thin wedge of wood at a 45° angle until muscle memory takes over. A hardware store should have some in a package. Lightly sand it on both sides and apply a spray finish on both sides to keep from marking the leather.
Than use the awl braced against the thumb pad the gently push the blade through by moving your entire arm forward. (Lock your wrist) But only until the tip of the blade just passes through the edge of leather.
Seems like a lot to remember, but really not, once muscle memory takes over you will be able to do this at a decent steady pace.
so effortless in the creation of something so unforgiving, you sir are a master, thank you
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Love your work! Thanks for sharing
Really great video! Very well presented! Being a Brit, though, I have to pick you up on the pronunciation of “strop”; there is no ‘e’!! Likewise “stropping”; still no ‘e’!!😊
It is a pleasure to see you working. Thank You for the video.
Somehow, video tutorial release seems to at the time i need it. Thanks
I always learn new tips and techniques when I watch. Thank you Sir
Very helpful video. I literally just got a starter leather working kit yesterday, and going to try and use some of these in my first piece - wish me luck!
To finish the back stitching, run the needle out of the center of the seam. After snipping the threads, tuck the ends down into the seam to hide the ends.
ALWAYS INCREDIBLE WORK, THANKS FOR SHARING KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT JOB
Very nice instructions for making this. I made caps for my rifle scope and basically stitched it like a sheath. Not real pretty. Now i need to make them again doing proper like this. Thanks
This is going to be a much better way of stitching the backs on my leather covered flasks!! Great video!
Super usefull video! Thank you!
Thank you for the video. Exactly what I was looking for at the right time.
My DM would love this as a dice cup, time to learn some leather work
i found vellum and a good leather backing for it... now i realize i need to make a map tube holder and this is one of the steps i need....
debating boiled / hardend leather but havent found a good video for that yet.
Enjoyed the video. Been attempting to do the angled holes. I'm going to need a LOT more practise to manage to do it going from the results of the last few nights. lol
Thank you. I built up a Sniper version of the 1903 Rifle, and this technique will help me build some nice leather scope caps.
Look like a cool beer cozie!!
Muy bueno! No entiendo el inglés pero se ve muy bien lo que enseñas, gracias por compartir. Desde Mendoza, Argentina
Qué clase de hilo utiliza?, gracias. Soy de Perú.
Wow you're a mind reader, was just thinking about how to do box stitching properly
Pen cup or dice cup this is awesome to see the process and thank you!
Nice! It can also be a beverage can insulator
Wonderful job...!!! Congratulations !!!👏👏👏
Beautiful! It was a pleasure to watch your video.
Enjoyed watching this video, really informative. I thought you might want to consider making up some pvc setups for holding your round work( multiple sizing) while stitching, It would be an inexpensive way to make a round work stitching pony that you could clamp to your bench and free up both hands. Thanks for the inspiration! Cheers...Freddie
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Tanks. You're tutorial is very beautiful.
Thanks 👍. Всё супер спасибо , удачи в работе.
Super informative. Well worth the watching! Thanks!
Very Nice work 👍😁 thanks ❤️👏
I followed your instruction and did a practice piece first before comitting to sew a binocular case. So pleased with the outcome, very satisfying 😀👍 I wonder though how you match the size of the round piece to the upright part
cheers mate, best video I've seen on how to do these 2 methods. subbed
very nice demonstration of leather stitching! this will be helpful for me, as i am planing to make similar cylinders out of leather to use as sectional walking stick holders when they are disassembled. its one of two ideas for such a holder than i want to try and make. with the other being more like a tool wrap with some sort of clip lath to close, and both with some sort of shoulder strap or belt loop to secure with while in use. in any case though, i am more confident in being able to make them now that i have another nice video tutorial to watch and follow along with when designing my project idea. so thanks =)
Thanks that was a great video. I really need to try this. Unfortunatly all my leather is chrome tanned, but i am sure i can still do it.
Thanks so much, now i've changed my mind about buying inverse punches😄
Beautifully done!
Excellent presentation. I guess you could say you gave it your awl.
Videos are always interesting!!! ✌
My Saturday challenge! Two more stitches to go. (Putting the bottom on was trickier than I thought.) But your instructions were great. Thank you!
This is amazing, and exactly what I'm needing. I'm wanting to make holders for flasks that I can put a belt loop on.
Amazing works! Thank you for sharing this very detailed and thorough explanation on technique for a complex and beautiful final product!
thanks for this great video. very handy. I was long time ago looking to learn about this kind of stitching.
Your step by step method is great. I learn a bunch from your videos. Thanks! KANSAS
That stitch would be nice to make a wrist cuff. I’m a newbie. Thanks for the tutorial.
If you put a lid on that with maybe a toggle closure, it makes a great jewelry case for travel or camping🐝❤️🤗
Thank you for sharing. Great tutorial
Thank you so much. That’s exactly what I missed when I make a bicycle tool bag.
Would the tool bag go under the seat? I have a canvas tool bag under seat but never thought about making one out of leather. Do you know of a design template that is available?
This is an awsome guide and im looking foward to starting on this project, but why do you use a larger gap for the holes of the disk? Wouldn't using a smaller gap for the disk make it so that the holes would line up, making it so you don't have to skip stitches as often?
thank you for your videos! I am trying to get into leatherworking and I find there are is a lack of good resources. if you have the time (and inclination) I wanted to ask for a video on making a leather watch roll or more specifically a watch cushion?
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the video. The technique to skip holes is so helpful!
QUESTION: for the box stitch, when you decide the distance of your punched holes in relation to the edge of the leather, does it have to do with the thickness of the leather? As in, do you need the back of the straight holes to line up with the back of the angled holes on the inside?
It is quite amazing how much changes in a year. 1. the pounding board is now black and made of a different substance. 2. you are now using your own Buckleguy stitching chisels. 3. Ritza 25 > Maine threads. 4. The studio. What else am I missing?
Very useful!! Thank you!! I was finding the answer for a long time~ You know, it looks like magic if you don't know how to make it.
I used your technique to make a custom Yahtzee cup. Thank you.
I love the pencil box. Do you have any videos of how to stitch by hand. To skive or not to skive.
excellent work! just watching this one has exceedingly increased my leatherwork knowledge.
Amazing work . Can you tell me witch needle and sewing thread are you using ? If it burn it’s natural and if it retract it’s synthetic ? Right ?
This video came at a very fortunate time 😎 I was thinking of making a coffee mug out of leather, this way of stitching would be perfect for it. That being said I still have to solve how to coat the inside so it can withstand coffee... The initial approach was shellac, I know it's food safe, I'm just not sure if it'll stand up to (hot) coffee or just simpy dissolve into it 🤔
Ps.: Years ago I made a beer mug, and when I was stitching the bottom to the wall, I matched my stitches by dividing the circumference of the stitching circle with the number of stitches on the wall, then using the result as a spacing, marked the stitches on the bottom with the wing divider. Takes a bit of fiddling but it worked out in the end, even though the mug is leaking to this day 😆
Why not get a simple camping type metal cup and cover it with leather?
@@donmiller2908 Honestly, challenge.. just to see if I can do it.. I know it's stupid but the idea fascinates me so I try anyways 😄 But what you said already crossed my mind, and if the cup itself would be the end goal it would be a perfect solution.
@@Lionall Epoxy would probably be the most waterproof in the end.
@@johnh5008 Thanks, that's a good idea! I'll look into food safe epoxy and see what I can find.
traditionally they'd use brewer's pitch to line leather drinking vessels, and only use them for cold drinks. A hot drink will shrink the leather no matter what you line it with (unless you were to encapsulate the entire thing in epoxy or something, which would then pretty much just be an epoxy mug haha)
Thanks for this,well done
I suppose you could use 5mm irons on the outer circle, and then 4mm or so on the inner circle. That way you'd have less holes to not line up?
I like your videos is like seminars! Thanks for sharing the knowledge. I'm greek cobler and I can understand the most of what you explaining. Searching for my first tools (can't find here xD) and I'll try soon some projects. This is ideal job for me if I can sell some good stuff switch my job to this one :D
Skill unlocked!
Beautiful!
Thanks for sharing... Truly motivating...
Thank You for Sharing
Would it be a good idea to space the holes closer to each other on the circle than on the cylinder ? like a 4mm pricking iron on the outside and a 3.8 mm on the inside.
I try create small tophat.. This video very useful...! Thnx
Whatever you just made, would that work as a stubby cooler? Or would it mould from moisture?
Would it work if you attached the unpunched base to the punched walls then awled the holes into the base on an angle through the punched holes in the wall? Not sure how hard that would be but it might result in all aligned stitches
Thank you and this looks perfect for a project I have in mind
Looks great.
I do wonder why not punch the same amount of holes on both pieces for the bottom joint? Thanks.