If you are just seeing this video for the first time, where did it get pushed to you? This video is suddenly skyrocketing for some reason and I’m curious. Thanks!
Finally, someone that shows how to do and tell what they are doing when it comes to carving and tooling!! THANK YOU! Thumbs up! I think I have learned more just from watching this one video than I have from all the others that I've watched on here! Can't wait to try this out tomorrow.
I've been trying to figure out how to carve designs for a leather book cover, and was so lost until I found this video! It's very clear and helpful, thank you!
You have no idea how desperate i've been for a while to find someone who just lists out their tools really clearly and gives a close up and links. Thank you so much
Me too! It almost sounds mechanical. Like the planishing hammer in my metal shop. Very cool! You can tell that his hammering is perfectly even, like a machine! I love this guy's talent, and knack for explaining, without dumbing it down.
I liked and shared it. I've been inspired to make a sporran and wanted to make my own Masonic design for the front flap. I also bought all of your designs at the end of last year, I think. The plan is to make your sporran with the black leather that I have on hand, get some veg tan to tool my design into, dye royal blue, and add dark gray rabbit fur to the front where the tassels hang from. I will also use the same blue-dyed veg tan for the tassels.
I did leather tooling when I was 10 or 11 years old and now that I'm 64 decided to get back into it. Your video was the best 10:20 I could have ever spent as a refresher on backgrounding and basic leather tooling. You are an excellent teacher! I too wish the sped up parts was how fast we could really go!!
This was a wonderful tutorial... Expertly done and never boring..... He does his carving exactly as I do mine and the finished product always looks very good....
i just decided to get into leather work, like so new im still waiting on my supplies i ordered to get here. While i wait i have been watching youtube videos to get a better idea of what im doing when they get here. your video is by far one of the best instruction videos on carving i have came across and i will be following to hopeful see more. your instructions are not only easy to follow but broke down barney style to the point most will find it easy to grasp. also i like the use of time lapse so after you have shown how to do part of the carving i could sort of see how it all unfolded but not sit here so long that i got bored. perfect length of time to this video you just hit the nail on the head all around man. now i only wish i got carving tools instead of just stamps, when i was looking into this at first it seemed like a daunting task to learn to carve. thanks to your small instruction here i feel a little bit at ease about just trying it some day soon. also a project idea for a future video leather axe/ hatchet head i know i need to make one sure others out there have to as well
Comments like this keep me making videos! :) Also, I what do you mean by the leather axe/hatched head? I do have a video where I did a prop dane axe with a leather head. Or do you mean a cover?
A tandy employee recommended their green polishing compound and i was shocked at how well I was able to sharpen my swivel knife. you don't need much polishing compound and it gets sharp very quickly. I recommend this green compound. I t is way better than the white jeweler's rouge. It is a little more expensive, but the results it produces as well as less time sharpening is worth the money.
I do leather work, but have never done Viking stuff. Thank you fir the inspiration. Also thank you for telling what you are doing with each tool.Many people do not do this. They have too remember that there are people trying to learn. That alone caused me to subscribe
I'm unsure if it is intentional, but you've shown up many times when I search ASMR. If you are familiar with that genre of video, I have to say, you really do fit in with that style and you have such a relaxing voice.
Thanks! I do love ASMR stuff myself and have tried to cut out a little niche with some of my videos. Not quite getting there yet, but I'll keep trying. :)
Thank you Mr. Dark Horse. Your talent and teachings are VERY inspiring. I don't just want to build from the ground up bikes (choppers, bobbers, all Harley Davidson. Despite being a Celt born in Galicia, Spain, I do have a HUGE American pride AKA dual citizenship). I don't just want to paint them. Went to school (BOCES, local bike shops, street)for everything from motorcycle mechanics, to welding, to painting, to using all my metalworking tools (lathe, mill, and everything in between). I have always had a passion to learn leatherwork. I have some leather tools (mallet, swivel knife, bevelers, backgrounders,etc). But I have been intimidated. I am no longer intimidated. I want to watch some more of your videos to become wiser with the knowledge. Once back in NY, in Rio de Janeiro visiting my wife's family, I will put the wisdom to use. If you don't mind, I would like to send you my 1st bobber seat when done. Once again, thank you for sharing your wisdom. Thank you, for being you.
great ...i hate you , blacksmith and a knife maker in the UK i been avoiding doing leather work (another set of tools and more skills to learn lol ) but now ....dam you . blacksmith gunsmith tree surgeon and welder , there is no room left in my head for more skills dam it lol subscribed
I just discovered your channel. I did leather work a little back in high school many years ago. I always loved it. I've recently made some homemade knives and want to make some leather sheaths for them. I must echo what Terry C. has said. This video is GREAT because you show an excellent view of your work, and more importantly , you EXPLAIN what to do, when, and how to do it. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU
I searched for leather tutorials and it was in the list, now I’m subscribed. I like how you explain what you are doing. A lot of tutorials don’t actually explain things it’s sped up and music playing over with minimal explanation. Thank you keep up the great work.
this was a great help. as I was just commissioned to do a nordic themed Collar for someone. I have never done scrollwork before!! this was very helpful Ill be doing plenty of trials before moving onto the piece lol thaks a TON!!!!!
you should take a look at the old nice carvings of the "oseberg" viking ship that is in a museum here in norway. over 1000 years old and the carvings looks so nice.
VERY nice tutorial and the design is great! I was damn good in 7th grade but, haven't done much since! I'm 66 now, so it isn't something I do! I tried some, a few years ago and I guess, like riding a bicycle, it really doesn't go too far away! About 10 minutes and I was right back in the groove! BUT, I did teach my daughters how to do it and they did well! THANKS for the video!
i like that you speed up some of the process, but not ALL of it.. gives a much more realistic impression of how much time it actually takes to get through the process, while not making for an exhaustively long video. :)
I wish I had the money to have you make a neck brace for me. I had 3 joints in my neck fused, They were pinching the nerves that run into my arms/hands. But my VA disability check is barely enough to keep the bills paid. Don't know why I shared this, but I really don't get out much anymore. Be well and keep up the beautiful crafting that you do.
Amazing brother, I'm going to practice on a small piece of leather and than work on my main piece. It looks intimidating at first but it's actually not if your patient.
Hello I just started working with leather and now I know what tools I should buy/make for myself. Excellent teaching on your part, Thanks for the video and,great work. Oh I wanted to learn this so I can make my own seat and saddle bags for my bike.
Very nice! My spouse is working on figuring out leather carving, where one of the projects he's most interested in currently is a version of a valkyria found on a stone. It's hard, but worth it!
Woah, I had not seen this response, so sorry for the late reply Here's a tweet with pictures of what the book looks like, with the valkyria on the front, and a serpent inspired (and _very_ simplified) by yours on the back. Next serpent we'll probably follow your suggestions a bit closer, with the backgrounding and such. I really wish youtube allowed for sharing pictures >.< twitter.com/melindrea/status/855143647486017538
Learning a lot watching your videos. You do a nice job talking through the techniques and the thinking without spending much time on irrelevant stuff. If you're looking for a new challenge, how about a Norse stag!
You have a new subscriber. I've been cutting and sewing leather for knife scabbards and other stuff I make as a hobby for years, but just now trying to learn this. I liked that you were clear about the use and care of the tools used. I learned a few things and I'm sure someone just starting out would learn alot! Nice work!
I think this video popped up on my main recommendation page because I watched some Nerdforge videos about leather bookbinding. This looked interesting, so I clicked, watched, gave the video a thumbs up, and subscribed. 😁
Guess who tried doing this with only a glass of water and a small metal stick, it was me. In all honestly though I'm actually really happy with the result, it definitely looks a bit homemade but that's totally fine with me and it think it adds style.
1st leatherwork I've watched and I'm really glad I picked yours. know u have to speed up the video but honestly I'd still of enjoyed it full. Brilliant skills well put put across thanks for this, love Norse type work just wish I still had a steady hand and some of ur skills, I struggle to trace now lol. Carry on utube needs more genuinely skilled people like you.
Nice work. Celtic & Viking designs are hugely similar in many ways, which is one of the reasons my ancestors loved to pilfer artefacts from the monasteries when they arrived here long ago. We even kept the name the locals gave us. "Dark strangers".
My first ever tracing paper/pattern was a hand drawn tutonic cross. It turned out great. It was good watching your methods and I learned a bit more. Thanks.
It came up in my recommended list. I do view a fair bit of clips re leatherworking. The fact that you get a lot of views must also be attributed to how you present your work. You are precise, easy to understand and explain every step in a clear and concise way. Being new to the craft you have helped and inspired me greatly. Thanks. Greetings from Scandinavia. (Do appreciate your Viking inspired designs 😀)
Nice work. I would suggest beveling your lines that will also be backgrounded. It will give the background a deeper look and a more finished, professional edge to your piece. Judges will look for that in a piece if you ever enter a contest.
Maybe I didn't look close enough but before you use a backgrounder you should always bevel those lines prior to backgrounding. Looks like you have talent I've done leather work for 25 years, I often see this mistake
That's the way I was taught 40+ years ago. Beveling the inside area background area first provides a sharper "break" to the un-stamped area. You don't do it For the background, you do it to emphasize the raised line next to it. No matter how good you are with a background tool, if you look hard enough you can see the individual stamps of the background tool. Beveling the edge first with a crosshatch beveler provides a shaded area for the background stamp to fade into. It's nitpicking, I know, but a lot of people prefer the added detail. I'd just play with it a little and see if the technique work for you.
I watched the video again. It does not show you beveling all the lines before you go to your backgrounder. I wasn't trying to cause a big discussion really, just offering some friendly advice. If you don't want to bevel all the lines first that's your prerogative.
Really nice work brother! I'm retired and my background is sign painting and aircraft sheet metal, so I think these skills will lend themselves to really getting up to speed fast learning leather working. I'm "liking" all your vids and subscribed; the least I can do for all your hard work in putting these vids together. Skal!
Is this knife very sharp? I always imagined that this knife only makes an impression in the leather without actually cutting it. As I can see, you sharpen it several times in between. I have no experience, but I want to try it. Thanks!
Just recently started getting into tutorials, night and day from what I had known before. I appreciate the clarity and simplicity of your videos, also showing how non-cased leather is fine for carving. This was the first I watched. The close-ups of the tooling process is the most informative part for me. Cannot thank you enough!
On the beveling “you want nice even taps” lol it was at this point in the video I head-desked... but one day I’ll bevel like a pro! ...definitely need to get a stylus like that though, mine is just steel and has no grip so my hand cramps up the entire time I’m transferring, it’s the most painful part for me. Great video and I could see a few things I was doing wrong from watching you!
Hand cramps??? YOU might just be well advised to custom-fit a tool for yourself... AND it's not difficult... I have "long slender hands" (pianist hands?) so thin tools cause trouble... (lolz) A reasonably quick fix is to find a machinist's "soapstone marker"... It's a spring or screw driven grip that holds a piece of round-stock (soapstone conventionally) about a quarter inch or thee-eighth's thick... Now either you can cut the original stylus in half to fit it into the new "grip" (don't recommend actually... ruins a good stylus)... OR you can find a punch with approximately the same sized "end" and just stick that into the marker "grip"... Spring types will "automatically" clasp the thing (and a punch isn't expensive or hard to find, so grinding and cutting are fair play)... OR screw types will grip "with a twist" to tighten up. AND you're in business "just like that" [snaps fingers] You CAN also find a dowel to size for your hand... AND make a handle out of it to epoxy on a "tip" and create (legitimately) your OWN custom made stylus... It's not ridiculous, since you have one (stylus) to copy from... Carpentry nails are decent "stock" to work with, and a bench-grinder to shape the "pointy end" of the nail for a stylus tip, and grind down the head a bit for fitting to the dowel. This is a little more time and labor intensive than the above "quick fix"... BUT it's a LOT longer lasting and lends you plenty of "artistic license" to make the new custom stylus ALL your own. I do this sort of thing with just about every "overtly narrow" tool I have to work with much more than a few minutes at a time... or repeatedly. ;o)
Thank you so much for this video. Getting ready to do a purse for my wife and it's been a couple of years since I did any carving. This was exactly what I was looking for to help get me through the process.
This is so awesome. I have been learning how to carve leather and this is the kind of stuff I want to do. I need to find the right project to put this onto.
Nice work. I happened to stumble on your channel this morning. I love leather working and did it as a child. Jormundgandr sealed the deal on the subscription. Made me wish I was still able to do leather working.
Dang!! You are an amazing teacher!! Thank you. I am just starting out, and the problem is that other videos (even the ones that say they are for beginners), awesome that you already know what a bunch of stuff is, and how to do certain things. I am super excited to start experimenting now that I know what basic tools to get and how to use them!! Thank you!!
Very informative video Dark Horse Workshop. Question, I should know the answer as an old farm boy, but the leather strop used for sharping, is it the smooth skin side up, or bottom side of hide facing up? While skin side has had the hair removed, it becomes very smooth and leather companies hydraulically stamp pebble grain, exotic animal grain, etc., into the leather for appearance. Just curious as I have made two form sharpening shop tools from old belts. Most people watching old westerns, in the barber shop the straight razor hits the strop before the hairy face of the cowboy in the chair. Retired ASE Master Tech. I enjoy learning everyday or would feel not moving forward. Enjoy sharing this info to the many grandchildren. Thanks for the video / Liked!
I've only ever made one, and it was bottom side , so I'm no expert. But I was copying someone else's . I imagine both may serve a purpose, I think I may have seen a double sided strip with one type on each side.
@@richardwasnock6518 Great and thanks! I wonder who figured it out first. Dodge City Kansas barber, 1877. His brother has a leather shop next door for harness and saddles. Ha Ha :)
My hand cramped up just watching this. Nicely done! I wish I could make my own design, but as of now I just print out designs I find and transfer them to my work.
Excellent video! You've got a nice teaching style and your talent shows through in your finished product. I'm excited to practice your suggestions. Thanks!
Liked the intro of Hey, TH-cam and was already starting to get into the video, had to pause to ROFL at the "and an eraser, in case you don't know how to use a pencil." I find your artistry amazing and fascinating. I wish I could do carving like this but I have an essential tremor in my hands and can't.
If you are just seeing this video for the first time, where did it get pushed to you? This video is suddenly skyrocketing for some reason and I’m curious. Thanks!
I just saw it in my recommended list. I have watched a few videos on how to bind leather books, so that might be why.
It was on my TH-cam home page
YT recommendation for me, guess because I casually watched some other craftsman vids. Even the video title was translated to my language, idk why
Recommended, I normally watch a lot of diy with woodworking
Linked on a Facebook page - Brotherhood of the Kilt, as a suggestion for making a viking pattern sporran.
Last done leather work as a teenager, I'm now fifty. I think you've just inspired me to revisit an old hobby. Skål. Takk.
That's awesome.
Me too! Have all the tools etc!
I have been working with leather for 30 years and this is the first video that is worth it. Most of those who say they work with leather are terrible.
Finally, someone that shows how to do and tell what they are doing when it comes to carving and tooling!! THANK YOU! Thumbs up! I think I have learned more just from watching this one video than I have from all the others that I've watched on here! Can't wait to try this out tomorrow.
Glad to help! More to come. :)
I agree w Terry. 👍
I quite agree with you.....
Great teacher ,thank you
I've been trying to figure out how to carve designs for a leather book cover, and was so lost until I found this video! It's very clear and helpful, thank you!
You have no idea how desperate i've been for a while to find someone who just lists out their tools really clearly and gives a close up and links. Thank you so much
+Alex Douglas Glad to have helped you out.
Really appreciate your teaching technique. So many people will show the same process or technique over and over and finitem !
"An eraser in case you don't know how to use a pencil" lol!
lol, That was savage!
Hahahahaha!
You a great listener 😃
YES!!! Your videos are perfect . You don't talk to much, you're not annoying or cheesy. Thank you for a wonderful video!! 👍👍👍👌
Glad you enjoyed it. :)
Love the sped up hammering noise :-D
Hayley Rose ASMR much?
That was a very interesting Wikipedia search
No doubt. There's a Haley Whispering Rose on youtube that does asmr if I recall correctly.
Me too! It almost sounds mechanical. Like the planishing hammer in my metal shop. Very cool! You can tell that his hammering is perfectly even, like a machine! I love this guy's talent, and knack for explaining, without dumbing it down.
sounds like a needle gun would make short work of some bigger areas
One of the best done how to videos I have seen on You Tube
I liked and shared it. I've been inspired to make a sporran and wanted to make my own Masonic design for the front flap. I also bought all of your designs at the end of last year, I think. The plan is to make your sporran with the black leather that I have on hand, get some veg tan to tool my design into, dye royal blue, and add dark gray rabbit fur to the front where the tassels hang from. I will also use the same blue-dyed veg tan for the tassels.
I did leather tooling when I was 10 or 11 years old and now that I'm 64 decided to get back into it. Your video was the best 10:20 I could have ever spent as a refresher on backgrounding and basic leather tooling. You are an excellent teacher! I too wish the sped up parts was how fast we could really go!!
Thanks for the kind words
This was a wonderful tutorial... Expertly done and never boring..... He does his carving exactly as I do mine and the finished product always looks very good....
I found you.
לעולם אל תחקר אותי או את הייעוד שלי עלי אדמות. אתה לא תגביל את התקדים שלי ולא את רכישת הכס שלי.
i just decided to get into leather work, like so new im still waiting on my supplies i ordered to get here. While i wait i have been watching youtube videos to get a better idea of what im doing when they get here.
your video is by far one of the best instruction videos on carving i have came across and i will be following to hopeful see more. your instructions are not only easy to follow but broke down barney style to the point most will find it easy to grasp. also i like the use of time lapse so after you have shown how to do part of the carving i could sort of see how it all unfolded but not sit here so long that i got bored. perfect length of time to this video you just hit the nail on the head all around man.
now i only wish i got carving tools instead of just stamps, when i was looking into this at first it seemed like a daunting task to learn to carve. thanks to your small instruction here i feel a little bit at ease about just trying it some day soon.
also a project idea for a future video leather axe/ hatchet head i know i need to make one sure others out there have to as well
Comments like this keep me making videos! :)
Also, I what do you mean by the leather axe/hatched head? I do have a video where I did a prop dane axe with a leather head. Or do you mean a cover?
Dark Horse Workshop one of my top 3 starter projects is a leather sheath for my hatchet
Ah nice. I haven't done one of those, I should get myself a nice axe and make one up!
A tandy employee recommended their green polishing compound and i was shocked at how well I was able to sharpen my swivel knife. you don't need much polishing compound and it gets sharp very quickly. I recommend this green compound. I t is way better than the white jeweler's rouge. It is a little more expensive, but the results it produces as well as less time sharpening is worth the money.
I do leather work, but have never done Viking stuff. Thank you fir the inspiration. Also thank you for telling what you are doing with each tool.Many people do not do this. They have too remember that there are people trying to learn. That alone caused me to subscribe
I'm unsure if it is intentional, but you've shown up many times when I search ASMR. If you are familiar with that genre of video, I have to say, you really do fit in with that style and you have such a relaxing voice.
Thanks! I do love ASMR stuff myself and have tried to cut out a little niche with some of my videos. Not quite getting there yet, but I'll keep trying. :)
Thank you Mr. Dark Horse. Your talent and teachings are VERY inspiring. I don't just want to build from the ground up bikes (choppers, bobbers, all Harley Davidson. Despite being a Celt born in Galicia, Spain, I do have a HUGE American pride AKA dual citizenship). I don't just want to paint them. Went to school (BOCES, local bike shops, street)for everything from motorcycle mechanics, to welding, to painting, to using all my metalworking tools (lathe, mill, and everything in between). I have always had a passion to learn leatherwork. I have some leather tools (mallet, swivel knife, bevelers, backgrounders,etc). But I have been intimidated. I am no longer intimidated. I want to watch some more of your videos to become wiser with the knowledge. Once back in NY, in Rio de Janeiro visiting my wife's family, I will put the wisdom to use. If you don't mind, I would like to send you my 1st bobber seat when done. Once again, thank you for sharing your wisdom. Thank you, for being you.
I apologize. Send you pictures of the 1st bobber seat I'm building for one of my bikes. Can't build you a seat pan nor seat without knowing the bike.
great ...i hate you , blacksmith and a knife maker in the UK i been avoiding doing leather work (another set of tools and more skills to learn lol ) but now ....dam you . blacksmith gunsmith tree surgeon and welder , there is no room left in my head for more skills dam it lol subscribed
I just discovered your channel. I did leather work a little back in high school many years ago. I always loved it. I've recently made some homemade knives and want to make some leather sheaths for them. I must echo what Terry C. has said. This video is GREAT because you show an excellent view of your work, and more importantly , you EXPLAIN what to do, when, and how to do it. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Old school, I love making leather boxes, I don't like the cuting tool, works fine with out it...nice work
From someone new to leather working, your channel is awesome and has helped me begin this awesome craft.
I searched for leather tutorials and it was in the list, now I’m subscribed. I like how you explain what you are doing. A lot of tutorials don’t actually explain things it’s sped up and music playing over with minimal explanation. Thank you keep up the great work.
this was a great help. as I was just commissioned to do a nordic themed Collar for someone. I have never done scrollwork before!! this was very helpful Ill be doing plenty of trials before moving onto the piece lol thaks a TON!!!!!
You're welcome. Glad I could help
you should take a look at the old nice carvings of the "oseberg" viking ship that is in a museum here in norway. over 1000 years old and the carvings looks so nice.
Ya, I've seen them they're pretty awesome.
VERY nice tutorial and the design is great!
I was damn good in 7th grade but, haven't done much since! I'm 66 now, so it isn't something I do! I tried some, a few years ago and I guess, like riding a bicycle, it really doesn't go too far away! About 10 minutes and I was right back in the groove!
BUT, I did teach my daughters how to do it and they did well!
THANKS for the video!
That cool!!!!! I do leather for 24 years experience.
Your video just showed up today, after I searched for a diy shotgun scabbard. Beautiful work!
This is one of the things I really like is leatherworking motorcycle seats saddles all kinds of stuff
i like that you speed up some of the process, but not ALL of it.. gives a much more realistic impression of how much time it actually takes to get through the process, while not making for an exhaustively long video. :)
I miss leather carving. My nerve damage has gotten too bad for me to do much anymore. Beautiful work.
That really sucks, sorry to hear that.
I wish I had the money to have you make a neck brace for me. I had 3 joints in my neck fused, They were pinching the nerves that run into my arms/hands. But my VA disability check is barely enough to keep the bills paid. Don't know why I shared this, but I really don't get out much anymore. Be well and keep up the beautiful crafting that you do.
Amazing brother, I'm going to practice on a small piece of leather and than work on my main piece.
It looks intimidating at first but it's actually not if your patient.
Patience is key.
recommended from one of tandy leather's vids im in to art , now im in a rabbit hole of art
Hello I just started working with leather and now I know what tools I should buy/make for myself. Excellent teaching on your part, Thanks for the video and,great work. Oh I wanted to learn this so I can make my own seat and saddle bags for my bike.
Very nice! My spouse is working on figuring out leather carving, where one of the projects he's most interested in currently is a version of a valkyria found on a stone. It's hard, but worth it!
Got a link to it?
Woah, I had not seen this response, so sorry for the late reply
Here's a tweet with pictures of what the book looks like, with the valkyria on the front, and a serpent inspired (and _very_ simplified) by yours on the back. Next serpent we'll probably follow your suggestions a bit closer, with the backgrounding and such. I really wish youtube allowed for sharing pictures >.<
twitter.com/melindrea/status/855143647486017538
Wow this is an intense craft. You are very good at what you do
Thanks!
Si satisfaisant à regarder! J'adore!
Thanks so much. It looks so complicated, but you made it easy for those of us with no art skill!!
Learning a lot watching your videos. You do a nice job talking through the techniques and the thinking without spending much time on irrelevant stuff. If you're looking for a new challenge, how about a Norse stag!
Challenge Accepted
Drawing a stag tonight by the way.
That was so pleasing to watch! Very great work!
Thank you. :)
Dude just hit it out of the park... basically took me fear of leather carving away in 10 min. Great video! Great quality and awsome design! Cheers
Woodsmans Finest Awesome to hear. :)
You have a new subscriber. I've been cutting and sewing leather for knife scabbards and other stuff I make as a hobby for years, but just now trying to learn this. I liked that you were clear about the use and care of the tools used. I learned a few things and I'm sure someone just starting out would learn alot! Nice work!
:) Im Norwegian, im deeply impressed Sir by Your amazing leatherwork :)
Oslo her. Skål!
Great vid, times lapse is excellent.. for fast learning.
Very helpful tutorial... You answered the questions... That I had... Nice work... Thanks for sharing...
I think this video popped up on my main recommendation page because I watched some Nerdforge videos about leather bookbinding. This looked interesting, so I clicked, watched, gave the video a thumbs up, and subscribed. 😁
Very nice, I have a few variations on what you do, but it is nice to have see a different take on carving and lines.
Guess who tried doing this with only a glass of water and a small metal stick, it was me. In all honestly though I'm actually really happy with the result, it definitely looks a bit homemade but that's totally fine with me and it think it adds style.
great basic tooling video. thanks, I really appreciate it.
Glad it was helpful!
I really like how you used the spoon tool to beval the outside of the pattern. Ive never seen that done befor.
I had no idea it was that easy or that so few tools were needed!
1st leatherwork I've watched and I'm really glad I picked yours. know u have to speed up the video but honestly I'd still of enjoyed it full. Brilliant skills well put put across thanks for this, love Norse type work just wish I still had a steady hand and some of ur skills, I struggle to trace now lol. Carry on utube needs more genuinely skilled people like you.
Many thanks, should be more videos soon, just need to find some time since they do take quite a bit to do half decently.
Nice work. Celtic & Viking designs are hugely similar in many ways, which is one of the reasons my ancestors loved to pilfer artefacts from the monasteries when they arrived here long ago. We even kept the name the locals gave us. "Dark strangers".
My first ever tracing paper/pattern was a hand drawn tutonic cross. It turned out great. It was good watching your methods and I learned a bit more. Thanks.
I love your voice and this video. It's very chill.
Brillant! Thank you very much for this video, I had wondered where to bevel on a knot design.
Came here looking for tips to up my tooling game. Thank you.
Thanks! Great work. I've never done this. Total novice to leather work. This is an incentive to start buying my tooling.
Thanks, you made it look a lot easier than I thought it was. I learnt a lot.
It came up in my recommended list. I do view a fair bit of clips re leatherworking. The fact that you get a lot of views must also be attributed to how you present your work. You are precise, easy to understand and explain every step in a clear and concise way. Being new to the craft you have helped and inspired me greatly. Thanks. Greetings from Scandinavia. (Do appreciate your Viking inspired designs 😀)
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you're here. :)
I have no idea how I got to this video but it was fun to watch, definitely subscribing. 😀
Nice work. I would suggest beveling your lines that will also be backgrounded. It will give the background a deeper look and a more finished, professional edge to your piece. Judges will look for that in a piece if you ever enter a contest.
Joseph Thompson not sure what you mean.
Maybe I didn't look close enough but before you use a backgrounder you should always bevel those lines prior to backgrounding. Looks like you have talent I've done leather work for 25 years, I often see this mistake
Joseph Thompson bevel the inside lines for what reason? Maybe I'm not quite understanding what you mean.
That's the way I was taught 40+ years ago. Beveling the inside area background area first provides a sharper "break" to the un-stamped area. You don't do it For the background, you do it to emphasize the raised line next to it. No matter how good you are with a background tool, if you look hard enough you can see the individual stamps of the background tool. Beveling the edge first with a crosshatch beveler provides a shaded area for the background stamp to fade into. It's nitpicking, I know, but a lot of people prefer the added detail. I'd just play with it a little and see if the technique work for you.
I watched the video again. It does not show you beveling all the lines before you go to your backgrounder. I wasn't trying to cause a big discussion really, just offering some friendly advice. If you don't want to bevel all the lines first that's your prerogative.
Really nice work brother! I'm retired and my background is sign painting and aircraft sheet metal, so I think these skills will lend themselves to really getting up to speed fast learning leather working. I'm "liking" all your vids and subscribed; the least I can do for all your hard work in putting these vids together. Skal!
Good luck!
Is this knife very sharp? I always imagined that this knife only makes an impression in the leather without actually cutting it. As I can see, you sharpen it several times in between. I have no experience, but I want to try it. Thanks!
It does cut it for sure.
Your guidance & tips helpful as always.
Great refresher material, as I must go many months between projects.
Cheers.
Just recently started getting into tutorials, night and day from what I had known before. I appreciate the clarity and simplicity of your videos, also showing how non-cased leather is fine for carving. This was the first I watched. The close-ups of the tooling process is the most informative part for me. Cannot thank you enough!
Glad my video could be of some help to you.
Great video! I like your no-nonsense approach to making a video. Maximum info with minimum wasted time. Well done!
Ive been wanting to make a custom case for my Indiana Jones steelbooks. This gives me some great ideas. Thanks!
This design is beautiful.
Cool vid. Nice and easy to follow; much better than a lot of videos on the subject on TH-cam
Appreciate it
Thank you for this video. I'm looking forward to learning the art of leather working through your channel.
I'm getting Bob Ross vibes from your narration! Very soothing and adds a lot to the video, more-so than music would. ^_^
Thanks! Glad to hear it... I'm tempted to do some ASMR videos or a channel but haven't yet... makes me think I should. :)
Your voice scared the shit out of me when I played the video it’s so deep.
Subscribed.
Really helpful! My first project has to be a quiver for my son so this has given me the confidence to get it done!
+Alix Cooper That's great!
On the beveling “you want nice even taps” lol it was at this point in the video I head-desked... but one day I’ll bevel like a pro! ...definitely need to get a stylus like that though, mine is just steel and has no grip so my hand cramps up the entire time I’m transferring, it’s the most painful part for me. Great video and I could see a few things I was doing wrong from watching you!
Hand cramps???
YOU might just be well advised to custom-fit a tool for yourself... AND it's not difficult...
I have "long slender hands" (pianist hands?) so thin tools cause trouble... (lolz)
A reasonably quick fix is to find a machinist's "soapstone marker"... It's a spring or screw driven grip that holds a piece of round-stock (soapstone conventionally) about a quarter inch or thee-eighth's thick... Now either you can cut the original stylus in half to fit it into the new "grip" (don't recommend actually... ruins a good stylus)... OR you can find a punch with approximately the same sized "end" and just stick that into the marker "grip"... Spring types will "automatically" clasp the thing (and a punch isn't expensive or hard to find, so grinding and cutting are fair play)... OR screw types will grip "with a twist" to tighten up. AND you're in business "just like that" [snaps fingers]
You CAN also find a dowel to size for your hand... AND make a handle out of it to epoxy on a "tip" and create (legitimately) your OWN custom made stylus... It's not ridiculous, since you have one (stylus) to copy from... Carpentry nails are decent "stock" to work with, and a bench-grinder to shape the "pointy end" of the nail for a stylus tip, and grind down the head a bit for fitting to the dowel. This is a little more time and labor intensive than the above "quick fix"... BUT it's a LOT longer lasting and lends you plenty of "artistic license" to make the new custom stylus ALL your own. I do this sort of thing with just about every "overtly narrow" tool I have to work with much more than a few minutes at a time... or repeatedly. ;o)
Thank you so much for this video. Getting ready to do a purse for my wife and it's been a couple of years since I did any carving. This was exactly what I was looking for to help get me through the process.
Thanks a lot for the lesson, you are a very good teacher. Straight to the point.
Right at the end where you show the unique way you use your modelling scoop, I like that. I am going to try that, thank you.
This is so awesome. I have been learning how to carve leather and this is the kind of stuff I want to do. I need to find the right project to put this onto.
Thanks! This one will end up being a book in a future video.
YT recommended list. But I watch a lot of DIY stuff, so I guess that's the reason. Nice leather job by the way.
Nice work. I happened to stumble on your channel this morning. I love leather working and did it as a child. Jormundgandr sealed the deal on the subscription. Made me wish I was still able to do leather working.
+Woody Murphy Why can't you? Glad you. Like it.
Dang!! You are an amazing teacher!! Thank you. I am just starting out, and the problem is that other videos (even the ones that say they are for beginners), awesome that you already know what a bunch of stuff is, and how to do certain things. I am super excited to start experimenting now that I know what basic tools to get and how to use them!! Thank you!!
I’m glad you enjoy the videos
This was soooooooooo satisfying!!!
Very informative video Dark Horse Workshop. Question, I should know the answer as an old farm boy, but the leather strop used for sharping, is it the smooth skin side up, or bottom side of hide facing up? While skin side has had the hair removed, it becomes very smooth and leather companies hydraulically stamp pebble grain, exotic animal grain, etc., into the leather for appearance. Just curious as I have made two form sharpening shop tools from old belts.
Most people watching old westerns, in the barber shop the straight razor hits the strop before the hairy face of the cowboy in the chair.
Retired ASE Master Tech. I enjoy learning everyday or would feel not moving forward. Enjoy sharing this info to the many grandchildren. Thanks for the video / Liked!
I've only ever made one, and it was bottom side , so I'm no expert. But I was copying someone else's . I imagine both may serve a purpose, I think I may have seen a double sided strip with one type on each side.
Ya, what my other account said
@@richardwasnock6518 Thanks for the reply. Great!
@@richardwasnock6518 Great and thanks! I wonder who figured it out first. Dodge City Kansas barber, 1877. His brother has a leather shop next door for harness and saddles. Ha Ha :)
My hand cramped up just watching this. Nicely done! I wish I could make my own design, but as of now I just print out designs I find and transfer them to my work.
+Grindstone Gotta start somewhere. I used nothing but Google images for years.
Don’t know how or why it was pushed, but I really enjoyed it 👍🏻
Yours is one of the better video's here on this topic. Thanks for making it and sharing your techniques, learned a few tips I did.
Love your work you are a awesome teacher thank you. How did you start out dark one.
Medieval clubs and Tandy leather
Can we just talk about this dude's voice for a moment? Fecking hell.... If I had a voice like that I'd be doing all the voice overs...
He should fake a broader accent and narrate a Western movie!
great job very well done, you are true craftsman.
I love that noise
Excellent video! You've got a nice teaching style and your talent shows through in your finished product. I'm excited to practice your suggestions. Thanks!
Thanks I really appreciate it. This kind of feedback keeps me going!
What that (^) lady said. I'd also add that I really appreciate the close ups of the tools at work, it gives a good idea of how to actually use them :)
I am not really into leather carving but this was certainly enjoyable and interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for speaking clearly and describing each move and each tool! Appreciate your effort!
Very nice explanation very nice work. It's more than thumbs up
You have your place in Asgard, and I love your work,👍👍
Liked the intro of Hey, TH-cam and was already starting to get into the video, had to pause to ROFL at the "and an eraser, in case you don't know how to use a pencil." I find your artistry amazing and fascinating. I wish I could do carving like this but I have an essential tremor in my hands and can't.
Glad you enjoy it. :) Sucks about the tremor. :(
Extremely enjoyable!
Lot of hard work and a beautiful piece. What size marble/granite slab do you use?
Not sure why this was recommended to me but was worth the watch. Great video, very clear instructions :D