The best leather edges I've ever seen
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ม.ค. 2022
- In this video we take a look at 2 leatherworkers doing unbelievable edge burnishing work and see if there is any tips we can take away from their amazing work!
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Thank you so much for featuring me. I love your videos and love your work. I used your patterns years and your designs are amazing!
Hey no problem at all much deserved! Everyone is loving those edge haha
Roman please show us how you do your magic!
I was just talking about how amazing their edges are the other day. Such great work!
Yes indeed they have cracked the code
Did a first few projects, and didn’t even know the term burnish. I did do edging, but not at all the schooled way. Many people like the finished projects. I do to. They are rustic. I guess it’s a matter of taste of the crafter and the viewer.
Great quick technique / highlight video. Thanks for sharing this. Guess I'm buying more sandpaper this weekend.
haha thats what i was thinking. i have a lot missing between 200 and 1000...
Should take a look at the work that Left Foot Leather does. He has some incredible edge and general high level finishing techniques.
Thank you so much, never would have known that sanding was more important than burnishing, please do more of these videos #learningfromothers
I've been watching you for years and I've been a Barber for 47 years, I can honestly say that you do indeed look great with your hair longer! Love you videos have bought many of your templates. Thanks for the info as usual.
I think this new format is a very nice occasional insert at most viewers i imagine are involved in the craft and are more than happy to receive new nuggets of wisdom, and already in this video we see a alternative way to deal with edge with dramatic results and also learning about the marker bottles. please do continue to run this format!
Thanks for the feedback Glenn!
Good burnishing liquid is 5 parts water to 1 part hide glue…lots of rubbing by hand…sanding 240 grit to 600….looks like glass…for edge coloring I use Prism Art Markers every color available ….. I’m Al Stohlman ‘Trained’…..
Like this style of video mate, nice one. Also appreciate the shout out to some of those really talented makers out there. I am now following some new people I didn’t know about before!
Awesome thanks for the feedback!
This was SO helpful! Thank you so much!!
Especially love how you pulled out and emphasized the sanding tip from their comments.
I knew it had to be uncle jack
Haha hes so good!
He is such a nice guy too. I started in November and messaged him last week. He gave me lots of tips and encouragement. Honestly the whole leather community has been welcoming and encouraging. Nice change from the edc community
Great video Justin! Thanks for the research you put into making this video for all of us. I love this style of video! Your support for fellow makers is truly awesome! Thank you so very much for all you do to share with the leather craft community.
I just loose time on social media but you have turned it into a research method! Great video and so helpful!
I'm really glad you posted this video. My sanding arm...not so much.
hahaha R.I.P. arms in 2022
Thank you! I've had problems with my edges and this gives me some insight.
Loved the video.It helps answer alot of questions on edges
Outstanding video! I really appreciate your researching then sharing what you've found. Keep up the good work, Justin!
Great video! Great to highlight other makers and their work!
Great video! Exactly what I was looking for. Please make more of these videos.
Thanks Wilson I will do just that!
This helps me so much, thanks for the insight !
I don’t sand enough mine, I use exclusively 300grit and they actually come up pretty good, Now I know how to do it better, thanks for making this video man
Thank you very much -- this was indeed helpful!
Really enjoy this, edges are my most difficult thing at this time.
Thank you!
Love this vid man you are super humble I love it how you are always looking to improve and learn from others
I like this new idea!
Thanks for these all information from both accounts , very helpful
God Bless You .
thanks for the video and your expertise
Great video! Love the concept! Keep it up!
Thanks Tim!
Great video man!!
Thanks for the info! Going to get some more sandpaper!
Super helpful to hear all this as a beginner! I’ve been doing 120 to 400 grit and gum trag on old dry veg tan that I came into and haven’t achieved anything close to these results.
Awesome video thanks. I finally got my download thanks again!!
Thank you!
Nice topic, i would try this for sure.
😎 cool video this help’s me think a lot , I’ve been doing leather craft on and off sense 9th grade I’m 61 now in the last 4 years I’ve got very interested in it building my shop tools up for leather craft these tips in the video and leads are awesome thanks
Thank you very much for making this video. While you are trying to up your game on the edge furnishing, you spend your time to get details on the posts and summarize in this video. Appreciate all your work. By the way, I made a card holder from your free pattern. Absolutely love it, the best wallet I ever had!
Great video concept and well executed
Thanks Daniel!
Very helpful video
Great video content, as usual. Good to see you again. I just got the acrylic pattern for the laced satchel and will be making it soon. Thanks again...
Awesome Dan let me know how that goes! Releasing the large patterns always scares me I hope they work out for everyone.
@@MAKESUPPLYLEATHER You say that everytime you do one and they're always spot on. I'm pretty sure this one will be the same. I will be doing two straps, not three. Thanks again pal.
Yes please some more how to videos.
Gorgeous work by those two & so happy to see colors! But sanding is not a new idea--last year when I finally started to experiment with veg tans & even shell cordovan, a tutorial by Shell Cordovan Co showed how to use 150 up to 1600 grit (about 6 or 7 steps & may vary by the leathers themselves--they'll let you know) & such to get to a mirror finish. Love the tip about the tokonole & H2O mix in the pen--that is brilliant! But before sanding, good glue & it's application & clamp/hammer of the layers is key to avoid gaps, final trim helps minimize lower grit sanding time & going in a single direction helps avoid tearing fibers in the leather & thus tearing out your hair trying to get the finish!
And thanks for sharing your patterns & info, too! (And another of the 15%!)
Hi friends, I'm always waiting for your videos
Thank you!!
"Sanding is the way young padawan" haha, such a fun comment of tokonole. By the way, Al Stohlman already used a very similar method. He publicated that sanding in change with gum tragacanth and then polishing with cloth is his favourite way of edge finish. Takes patience, but delivers great results.
Excelente video!
Thanks Horacio!
Good idea for new videos
Well I liked your hair long. But that was a while ago. Yes I love your work I wanted to learn after watching your videos. Of course love the shiny burnishing.
I have been using tokonole and my finger. Thanks for tip on using the Montana empty acrylic marker. This will speed up my belts a lot.
Excellent for long pieces like belts. Im a big fan of the finger method too.
yes!
I concur, sanding the edges to a high grit is essential. After much effort I can finally get my edges to a high shine. The problem I now find is getting the glue between the edges to not show up, rubber cement is not good for this, white glue is better but I’d like to try something like aquilim 315
Before sanding the most important thing is a high quality dense leather. No matter how much sanding and how manny grits of sandpaper use, if the leather is not properly choose, will not became that glossy shiny surface.
Also, the amount of glue is important, is better if the glue is more liquid, and put the minimum necessary to make a good bond. If the glue is a tick layer and is not absorbed between leather fibers, will 🚫 aloud a nice edge finish.
So this are the conditions:
1 -good quality dense leather;
2 - well prepared glued surfaces, thin glue between leather layers;
3 -well prepared\sanded edge surfaces;
4 -sometimes need to alternate sanding, burnishing fase's if is necessary;
5 -on knife sheaths personally use just the alcohol based dye i use on the rest, and burnish; on wallets use tokonole, or toko pro, witch i personally prefer.
Thanks for this presentation, lot of good materials to learn.
Chears from Transylvania!
Hey time to make one of those videos !
Wow! I've never seen such beautiful edge work. Like you, I ran out of patience to get to the quality these guys achieve. I also used tokinol, thinking that was the end game. Who knew, tons of sanding, grits to 1000? Gonna have to go to the lumber yard. And, the dilution was a good idea! Thanks for doing this, I really appreciate your time and effort! (Wouldn't you hate to have a key fob or wallet get rough treatment they endure? Too beautiful to use?)
Oh man I would tell the person carrying my item that they can only display it on the shelf they cant actually use it and scuff those edges 😅
I will be following both of these Instagram pages
How do you know your edge is ready for the next grit? Thanks from a newbie leather crafter. (I have been sewing bags and wallets for years, and have recently become very interested in hand stitching leather goods…)
The process is a lot like polishing metal, plastics etc. You are always chasing scratches essentially, leather is less visible as far as scratches go but the process is the same. I polish fountain pens in this fashion except the sanding is done wet and the final polish is a combination of cotton buffing wheels with fine polishing compounds.
Thank you for the informative video. I also use the toko-water mix in a marker but haven't yet achieved those glassy looks. Need to alter my toko-water ratio, it seems, (I've been using 50/50) and definitely refine my sanding process. But you should also have a slap on the wrist for your dismissal of women's interest in burnishing well. How very dare you. Said good-naturedly, but really..... that's kinda insulting. Yes, I am female..as are many many leatherworkers. Tut!
I know, I know. Any joke I make is always at my own expense my viewer ratio is so lopsided.
@@MAKESUPPLYLEATHER Have you not considered that perhaps your lop-sided 'jokes' could exacerbate that? Just for feedback purposes, there was nothing in your script or mannerisms that indicated you were indeed joking, and no apology or defence to the other poster who said they felt it was rude. Run it by some females whose opinions you value (if there are any), see what they say. Hope it pays off.
do you ever use the Montana acrylic paint ?
Yes, this is a video I needed, thanks. How about a video showing how to use an edge beveler on say, 3mm leather with a "0" beveler? I can't say how many times I've beveled an edge and the beveler dug into the leather, causing a nick. And I had sharpened it before using. Maybe I'm not sharpening enough?
you gotta check out Niwa leathers
Great video. Looking forward to trying the 2:3 Tokonole to water mix .. and sanding more!
From a product perspective, how long do they keep that shine? Does it really make sense on daily use products? Or is it more of an instagram/marketing effect?
This was really cool. I think the video would have been that much better if you had tried the method you outlined and showed us your results. So now I have to go try, what am I paying you for? haha.
LOL. I had to go shovel a driveway of snow after filming this I couldnt take anymore labor today.
@@MAKESUPPLYLEATHER You are forgiven. :)
You can only achieve the best gloss from the best leathers(vegetable tanned leathers of course, not your chrome, apple, olive tanned leathers.... only vegetable tanned leathers) , leathers do matter and the fiber structure of the leather matters too. Spending a little extra money on leathers would be worth it.
He,s right , just like sharpening a knife to a mirror image .
You could make your own video trying it on camera.
Edge work... there are several techniques to get that glass look.
" Corter " showed an easy way. Regardless the method, it looks really good as long as the piece is:
▪︎cut even
▪︎sanded
▪︎beveled
▪︎then burnished - in that order. Some people use melted wax, some use water, some use tokonole, some use a combination. Just check out - corters - video on how he does his edges.
His pieces look like wood. Kudos to him for standing out.
why not design a bifold wallet with round corner like him? We can buy from your store.
Thank you thank you! if I can respond though, these people are clearly very talented... the last wallet I made, I determined myself to have glass-like edges. I sanded from 150 to 400 to 600 to 1000, then I used tokonole and rubbed with canvas. Although these are the best edges I've ever done, they still look far away from what these gents are able to accomplish.
I use high gloss crystal clear polyurethane spray enamel. Get the same results
Thanks for sharing. I loved your video and the way you presented it. The only problem was that you said that the audience is supposed to be men and not women. Why not?😏
Did you copy there techniques? If you have some free time share your thoughts and results please 😄
Im going to try on my next project. The logic makes sense just going to be a biggggg time commitment. 😆
I've always had mixed feelings about becoming overly obsessive on edges. Sure they look nice and it's good that people spend time getting them to 'glow',..but from a business perspective where time is money,...eh (shrugs.) People do realize that they don't last right? I mean it's like washing your car tires and getting them sparkling. The sentiment is nice, but in real life application,..they ARE going to see wear and tear. Edges by their very nature are meant to experience impacts and abrasion. As a crafter I'm perfectly fine with 200 grit, 400 grit, edge dye then a Tokonole burnished edge. All I ask is that an edge be 'touch smooth', well sealed and have some cosmetic appeal.
Justin,..do you produce your own acrylic patterns? I've got some good ideas and have been shopping around for a pattern maker.
Cao!
6:22 you’re welcome
не сложно получить такие торцы на коже растительного дубления, а вы попробуйте на коже хромсинтанного дубления получить хотя бы близкий к этому результат.
Female here...lol. Good video!
BUT! we can see in the video he adds the tokenol and then SANDS. Whats up with that? I though it was sanding thru all the grits, adding tokenol and DONE! No?
I love the look of high polished edges but they look that way for about a day in the pocket and getting people to pay for that time is almost impossible now days, I only go to 400 and burnish people love the wallets I sell and keeps the cost down, Pueblo leather is almost all I use now days and it burnishes well anyway
he said that he used 50% water and 50% tokonole.
150, 220, 400, 600, 800, 1000 or 1500, canvas buff. same as anything
Just found your channel. Dude, I think I found a new hobby. Hopefully the ADHD doesn't take over because this could be expensive.
Questions tho...? Is he applying the tokonole between each grit of sanding ?!?!?! Or do you just sand the raw leather edge dry, with nothing but sandpaper... and then tokonole only at the very end? Plus everytime I use a canvas cloth, it always roughens the edge back up!... and I myself sand a ton with lots of grits!! Iam getting frustrated! I don't mind taking the time at all.... iam a professional artist and Bookbinder, I have patience and skilled hands, just no clear instruction or guidance. It's when I can't get clear cut answers or help with instructions WITH ALL the important information that is in between. When you burnish with the canvas, are you putting alot of down pressure? Medium? Or just light pressure? Lol I know it's alot of questions, but iam getting beyond pissed because I spend all this time sanding and it seems to just get roughed up again ( and yes i use very high quality leathers) ! So that's why iam curious if he is applying the watered down tokonole in between each and every grit he steps up? Hope someone can help me out... cause I can't find a straight damn answer on the internet. Thanks and have a good one
You stole your TH-cam name??? Why?
Don’t get me wrong. Those edges look beautiful. But they don’t last long at all. They get easily scuffed up from the smallest dings and most people aren’t going to spend the time needed to reburnish an edge up to 1000 grit. Glassy leather edges are just like mirror edges on knives. Nice to look at but not functional.
I miss the long hair tbh
Sorry, but i wonder, have you ever seen lesbianedc leather edge?
That ‘probably a man’ comment was so unnecessary and weird. Like why leave that in there?
Really!!! Done with you rude
:(
Probably a man? 😮
You talk too much get on with it
WOW you mentioned my tiny little brand @racingbean_club bro I’m so stoked right now .
I’m nearly 2 years in the game of crafting as a hobby and loving it
Thanks to you and you’re patterns I have made a bunch of stuff .