If people have a problem with your long videos well that's too bad for them and they're not here to learn I'm here to absorb as much information as possible and if I'm serious about my work I should have no problem with a long video and thank you for this video that might be a little outdated but it's okay because tiger thread is readily available everywhere
Have been learning from you and your vids, Thankyou for taking the time to show this art! To be honest with you after seeing your video on a friction fit leather sheath I have spent about $300 in tools so far and started in, made a friction fit sheith for one of my favorite folders! It is people like your self that keeps an art like this alive, you should be proud of your self! Thank you for sharing all of the information you share.
I have an antique white sewing machine from the 30s.it takes singer needles and the staff at my local leather resupply store helped me get the right gauge needles for leather sewing. Making myself a vest after some tests is my next leather project. Your channel is full of other things I want to make as well
I've gone through many videos on hand stitching leather and none of them really helped me. That is until I stumbled upon your videos. None of the video authors I've seen so far can hold a candle to the amount of information you have supplied and make it easy to understand. Or see for that matter.
Thank you for posting this. Although not a short tutorial, it is very watchable, and if you haven't the patience to watch it all, I doubt you have the patience to stitch leather properly. Well demonstrated, clearly explained, and helpful. Now I have something useful to watch on U-tube!
All my long videos have indexes in the description it seems to be a new feature that they get parsed into the timeline I noticed it myself the other day
Excellent. Thanks once more. Off topic, I dragged home an arbour press last week, based on your video. My only downside was lugging on transit. Lovely stamping, sets double cap rivets like a dream.
I wanted to thank you for putting together such great videos. I decided a few months back to get into leather working to make items I couldn't afford to have professionally produced. Your videos gave me everything from what tools I needed to buy to the steps needed to make my first sheath. I finished my first project yesterday using this video when I needed a refresher on stitching. Took about 30 minutes to stitch the sheath together and it came out halfway decent for a first attempt. I'll be sending a donation your way next payday. Thanks again for the awesome content.
as an active duty member of the military about to retire. I decided to take up leatherworking because it's almost therapeutic. I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill I realize how much time this takes you.
Just wanted to add another thankyou to the comments! I have a few discrepancies in my methods of stitching however everything in your video gave me some new ideas to try, your cordovan (sorry if I butchered that) leather video showed me the incredible workmanship in your hand stitching. I appreciate all of your videos and will keep watching, hopefully learning some more.
Excellent video as always. You are a natural teacher. My leather work has vastly improved watching your videos. Thanks for your efforts. Another $20 dollars donated.
Hi Ian - Just starting to work with leather, your video and you relaxed manner have set me in the right direction , perhaps on day I'll be halfway as good as you, thanks for the help in getting me started. Cheers Dave. 👍🏻
Thanks Ian for the outstanding video. I purchased a sheep hide to make a purse. I know NOTHING about leather working at all...but your video gave me SO much information. Thank you!!
Outstanding as usual. I remember from another of your videos you used the term "clean holes" I can't begin to tell how utterly true that statement is! Thank you so much for everything you do.
Ian, I am so glad to see you doing something to encourage new leathercrafters, The art needs every bit of good work that can be put out, I enjoyed your video even though I have been doing leather work for 46 years. Good job, Keep it up. Always easier to have a little extra that to splice and add more. I just love your explainations.
You're the best Ian. Thanks very much for the video. (And if you ever get the itch, I'd love to see 01:08:20 - 01:15:05 re-posted as a standalone video -- it seems like each weekend I return to that part to refresh my memory!) - Brian
HOLLY CRAP!! I did not know about needle sizes until I watched this. Thank you. I just used the "harness needles" that came in my starting kit for everything. Pulling those big eyed things through a double layer of 8oz made me question my manliness.
hi Ian, i just want to tell you that you have one of the best tutorialson youtube that i've seen , thanks to you starting my leather working well its way more easier, you explain really well thanks a lot.
This an absolute god send of a tutorial. I make my own knives and Istruggled to find good fitting quality sheathes. This has demistified the skill of stitching properly and has allowed me to start to make my own. Thank you.Stuart York
(currently) 25 DisLikes? WhooooWell, must be impatient or amateur-pro's who don't want secretes let out. 8D ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL Ian to take the time for basic stitching with the explanation of which and the use of professional tools. I can now do my one little leather project with confidence. Replacing a slip sheath for a 1-3/4" (44mm) magnifying glass that was my dads from the 1940's. Thanks Ian!
You're the best Ian. Thanks very much for the video. (And if you ever get the itch, I'd love to see 1:02 - 1:16 re-posted as a standalone video -- it seems like each weekend I return to that part to refresh my memory!) - Brian
So, i found your channel while looking for a way to make a sheath for a knife i bought a while ago. (factory sheath is garbage...) Watched two and a half hours of your video's, straight, and i'm thinking of picking up leather-working as a hobby. Also, i love your video's. Lengthy and extremely thorough. You just answered every question i could think of. Thanks a lot. (And keep up the great work! :D)
Ian, absolutely great video! Very well explained and properly detailed. Yes, I watched it entirely. So many videos are poor in leaving out proper descriptions and steps. You've done quite well lad! Thanks!
Brand new to this although I've been interested in leatherwork for years. The video you've made shows me how and not just what the expert can do dead easy for them. So thank you it's an interesting presentation and really good explanations. I've looked at Nigels presentations as you recommend but your videos appeal more because the methods are explained better for newbies like me. Only my opinion I know, but we'll done, thank you for your dedication and interest in the hobby.
Thanks for making this detailed video. I just ordered a set of Seiwa pricking irons. I'm excited to get started with leather and appreciate all the work and effort you put into sharing your knowledge and experience.
I wish I would have seen this video before I ordered my needles because I didn't know what size to get and I've been using the ones that come with the leather works tool kit for beginners and they kept breaking at the eye. I got the John James 1/0 with the small eye. I need a different thread for those needles and the larger eye for the waxed thread I have. Thanks. Your videos are so helpful in the way you detail and point out things.
Ian you have been so helpful and a incredible teacher in my learning leather work. This video is truly amazing and a incredible help. I am a huge fan. Thank you.
Superb video, thank you. This is packed with detail and good sense. I've learned so much and it has answered a lot of things that have puzzled me about handstitching. Just to add to what you've said about machine stitching, good results with lightweight leathers can be achieved with a dedicated leather needle and a walking foot. I use a lovely antique Singer hand cranked machine. The needles and foot attachment are readily available and do fit the old machine with a snap on adapter. Still, there's nothing like saddle stitching for quality a d heavier leather as you say.
D She don't mention lovely antique Singers! There was one in the charity shop window the other day, I thought it was one I'd like to experiment with so I took a picture of the serial number and went home to look it up. 100 year old Singer 99k hand crank model it was in lovely condition, went back to buy it 2 hours later and some bugger had sneaked in and bought it!! Oh well :)
Aww, better luck next time. Mine was made in 1911 and for the last 30 years it's made everything from baby dresses to leather pouches for me. I'm going to make some horse tack soon though, and I don't think it would be up to that, so I've been gratefully studying your video over and over again.
I have watched several of your videos but only intended to make one simple journal. Your videos are very informative and am encouraged to make other leather projects. Thank you.
To me, a good, elbow grease conserving way of making consistent stitching holes seems to be to take a loose awl blade, put it in a drill press and push the awl blade through the holes, using the lever, like you touched shortly in the video. When I bother to get a drill press, I think I will use that method. On my first leather sheath, which I intend to make shortly, I will use the overstitch wheel/awl method. It seems like a lot of work, but it'll be good practice.
Great video. I'm making a list of essentials I need to start learning. Probably going to spend a lot of time sewing scrap leather before I take on a project and this video will be invaluable.
This video has been so helpful to me. I just wanted to thank you for making it. So, thank you. Also, your honesty in your capabilities and limitations as a craftsman is a breath of fresh air. Keep kicking ass, maestro.
Thank you very much will be sending a donation when I have some extra. Really inspiring listen to your explanations and watching your improvements as you learn more and share with us through the assorted videos. Humbling to be able to learn a real trade from someone of your caliber, thank you.
Yep they do have the pro line ones which are individual as you say, they should give good results as well I couldn't show those in the video as I don't have those ones. They're quite similar, the Japanese ones are sharp on the sides of the prongs though where as the Tandy ones aren't so they may go in a bit easier.
Great video Ian! I've watched the gentleman you mentioned and have him on one of my playlists for future reference. I too use a pricking iron and it is so much easier and looks so much more uniform. Thanks for putting this together.
Thanks mate, what a great vid, this is something that I have been looking for a long time. wanted to start for a while and after watching this vid I have decided to make a move.
Thank you so much Mate! This video basically solved all the problems I had with stitching...my bad though doing it intuitively for many years without any advice! greatest video on the topic! outstanding job! cheers!
This is from a toolmaker: If you have the threaded punch fully seated you are not pounding on the threads. You are pounding on the shoulder or seat. If you use a lot of force you can damage the threads over time.
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience. It's always nice to see a young person who is willing to take the time to master a craft and then care enough to do a great job! Well done! On the card wallet, did you melt the thread at the end? It would make a rather unsightly black dot on that nice red stiching, wouldn't it?
Great video Ian! I drove through to the Identity Store and bought one of the Tandy diamond chisels the other day, which after totally bodging using pricking wheel and an awl the other day I'm over the moon! I found it very difficult to get a straight line of holes with a couple of layers of leather with an awl. I'm definitely going to have a gander at the Goods Japan ones too. The Tandy one I got doesnt have interchangeable heads though so hopefully it will hold up a bit longer. Thanks!
If people have a problem with your long videos well that's too bad for them and they're not here to learn I'm here to absorb as much information as possible and if I'm serious about my work I should have no problem with a long video and thank you for this video that might be a little outdated but it's okay because tiger thread is readily available everywhere
One of the best tutorials in any industry I have seen Ian. Thank you. Your one of the best.
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Have been learning from you and your vids, Thankyou for taking the time to show this art! To be honest with you after seeing your video on a friction fit leather sheath I have spent about $300 in tools so far and started in, made a friction fit sheith for one of my favorite folders! It is people like your self that keeps an art like this alive, you should be proud of your self! Thank you for sharing all of the information you share.
Still a great video all these years later. Thanks Ian, really appreciate what you do on your channel.
I have an antique white sewing machine from the 30s.it takes singer needles and the staff at my local leather resupply store helped me get the right gauge needles for leather sewing. Making myself a vest after some tests is my next leather project.
Your channel is full of other things I want to make as well
I appreciate you actually showing your face while you are narrating rather than your hands like many others do!!
I've gone through many videos on hand stitching leather and none of them really helped me. That is until I stumbled upon your videos. None of the video authors I've seen so far can hold a candle to the amount of information you have supplied and make it easy to understand. Or see for that matter.
Thank you for posting this. Although not a short tutorial, it is very watchable, and if you haven't the patience to watch it all, I doubt you have the patience to stitch leather properly. Well demonstrated, clearly explained, and helpful. Now I have something useful to watch on U-tube!
This video would have saved me so much time and so many mistakes when I started leatherworking a couple of years ago.
If you wanna learn how to make leather, this guy is the man. Comment for the algorithm.
Man, you even segmented the time bar on the video, so I can go back and skip to the section I'm looking for. Thank you.
All my long videos have indexes in the description it seems to be a new feature that they get parsed into the timeline I noticed it myself the other day
Excellent. Thanks once more. Off topic, I dragged home an arbour press last week, based on your video. My only downside was lugging on transit. Lovely stamping, sets double cap rivets like a dream.
I wanted to thank you for putting together such great videos. I decided a few months back to get into leather working to make items I couldn't afford to have professionally produced. Your videos gave me everything from what tools I needed to buy to the steps needed to make my first sheath. I finished my first project yesterday using this video when I needed a refresher on stitching. Took about 30 minutes to stitch the sheath together and it came out halfway decent for a first attempt. I'll be sending a donation your way next payday. Thanks again for the awesome content.
as an active duty member of the military about to retire. I decided to take up leatherworking because it's almost therapeutic. I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill I realize how much time this takes you.
Just wanted to add another thankyou to the comments!
I have a few discrepancies in my methods of stitching however everything in your video gave me some new ideas to try, your cordovan (sorry if I butchered that) leather video showed me the incredible workmanship in your hand stitching.
I appreciate all of your videos and will keep watching, hopefully learning some more.
I prefer long and thorough videos. Thanks a bunch for your hard work!
EXCELLENT, specific & highly detailed instruction with clear explanations- THANK YOU!
I really appreciate the index. I usually watch the entire vid once, then it's great to be able to right back to what I want to see again. Thanks!
Excellent video as always. You are a natural teacher. My leather work has vastly improved watching your videos. Thanks for your efforts. Another $20 dollars donated.
thank you for sharing a longer video with some actual proper information! I really appreciate this. very helpful
Me too. You can't rush perfection
Hi Ian - Just starting to work with leather, your video and you relaxed manner have set me in the right direction , perhaps on day I'll be halfway as good as you, thanks for the help in getting me started. Cheers Dave. 👍🏻
Me too, I love the way he explains everything.
Outlaw Bushcraft UK
Still learning with stiff material to make n wallet Thanks for showing us the way it is done
me also starting
may Allah show us the right way of success.Aamern
Thanks Ian for the outstanding video. I purchased a sheep hide to make a purse. I know NOTHING about leather working at all...but your video gave me SO much information. Thank you!!
I am going to use this as my learning session for leather sewing. You making this video is MUCH appreciated!
i have watched your video at least a hundred times to make sure i have got everything in my head repitition is the best way to learn
Outstanding as usual. I remember from another of your videos you used the term "clean holes" I can't begin to tell how utterly true that statement is! Thank you so much for everything you do.
This is the best Saddle Stitch tutorial I have found anywhere, Thank you.
You can teach to many people, you are magnificent teacher Ian
Only Practice, practice and practice will make Masters of perfection like Nigel...
Thanks, Ian. Been into LC for one year. Will make it through 🙏🏽.
surprisingly hard to find good leather stitching videos. Good work. Accent is adorable.
Best video on leathercraft. Thanks Ian.
Ian, I am so glad to see you doing something to encourage new leathercrafters, The art needs every bit of good work that can be put out, I enjoyed your video even though I have been doing leather work for 46 years. Good job, Keep it up. Always easier to have a little extra that to splice and add more. I just love your explainations.
You have great skills with leather. Ive just got into leather craft and watch your videos all the time. Keep them coming.
Excellent. Thanks for your very clear and thorough explanations.
Your video was quite helpful to me, thank you!
You're the best Ian. Thanks very much for the video. (And if you ever get the itch, I'd love to see 01:08:20 - 01:15:05 re-posted as a standalone video -- it seems like each weekend I return to that part to refresh my memory!) - Brian
Fella, thanks for making the time to do this. Greatly appreciated.
you are an excellent teacher and exceptional at your craft. thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with so much patience.
Many thanx for your reply. I also like that you explain everything in detail. It is a long video but very very useful.
HOLLY CRAP!! I did not know about needle sizes until I watched this. Thank you. I just used the "harness needles" that came in my starting kit for everything. Pulling those big eyed things through a double layer of 8oz made me question my manliness.
I love how thoroughly you explain every single aspect of leatherworking. Thank you, sir!
hi Ian, i just want to tell you that you have one of the best tutorialson youtube that i've seen , thanks to you starting my leather working well its way more easier, you explain really well thanks a lot.
Thanks for the comprehensive tutorial.. And the index is really a thoughtful useful addition..
This an absolute god send of a tutorial. I make my own knives and Istruggled to find good fitting quality sheathes. This has demistified the skill of stitching properly and has allowed me to start to make my own.
Thank you.Stuart York
(currently) 25 DisLikes? WhooooWell, must be impatient or amateur-pro's who don't want secretes let out. 8D
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL Ian to take the time for basic stitching with the explanation of which and the use of professional tools.
I can now do my one little leather project with confidence. Replacing a slip sheath for a 1-3/4" (44mm) magnifying glass that was my dads from the 1940's.
Thanks Ian!
secretes. lol
You're the best Ian. Thanks very much for the video. (And if you ever get the itch, I'd love to see 1:02 - 1:16 re-posted as a standalone video -- it seems like each weekend I return to that part to refresh my memory!) - Brian
So, i found your channel while looking for a way to make a sheath for a knife i bought a while ago. (factory sheath is garbage...)
Watched two and a half hours of your video's, straight, and i'm thinking of picking up leather-working as a hobby.
Also, i love your video's.
Lengthy and extremely thorough.
You just answered every question i could think of.
Thanks a lot. (And keep up the great work! :D)
Love the attitude,,, heres how it works ,a few options, you can do what you want ... and well explained
Ian, absolutely great video! Very well explained and properly detailed. Yes, I watched it entirely. So many videos are poor in leaving out proper descriptions and steps. You've done quite well lad! Thanks!
Those big needles are superb for Saddle Skirting, really anywhere there’s thick leather.
Brand new to this although I've been interested in leatherwork for years. The video you've made shows me how and not just what the expert can do dead easy for them. So thank you it's an interesting presentation and really good explanations. I've looked at Nigels presentations as you recommend but your videos appeal more because the methods are explained better for newbies like me. Only my opinion I know, but we'll done, thank you for your dedication and interest in the hobby.
Excellent video. Very straight forward demo. Well explained. Thanks.
Thanks for making this detailed video. I just ordered a set of Seiwa pricking irons. I'm excited to get started with leather and appreciate all the work and effort you put into sharing your knowledge and experience.
I wish I would have seen this video before I ordered my needles because I didn't know what size to get and I've been using the ones that come with the leather works tool kit for beginners and they kept breaking at the eye. I got the John James 1/0 with the small eye. I need a different thread for those needles and the larger eye for the waxed thread I have. Thanks. Your videos are so helpful in the way you detail and point out things.
Ian you have been so helpful and a incredible teacher in my learning leather work. This video is truly amazing and a incredible help. I am a huge fan. Thank you.
Superb video, thank you. This is packed with detail and good sense. I've learned so much and it has answered a lot of things that have puzzled me about handstitching.
Just to add to what you've said about machine stitching, good results with lightweight leathers can be achieved with a dedicated leather needle and a walking foot. I use a lovely antique Singer hand cranked machine. The needles and foot attachment are readily available and do fit the old machine with a snap on adapter. Still, there's nothing like saddle stitching for quality a d heavier leather as you say.
D She don't mention lovely antique Singers! There was one in the charity shop window the other day, I thought it was one I'd like to experiment with so I took a picture of the serial number and went home to look it up. 100 year old Singer 99k hand crank model it was in lovely condition, went back to buy it 2 hours later and some bugger had sneaked in and bought it!! Oh well :)
Aww, better luck next time. Mine was made in 1911 and for the last 30 years it's made everything from baby dresses to leather pouches for me. I'm going to make some horse tack soon though, and I don't think it would be up to that, so I've been gratefully studying your video over and over again.
I have watched several of your videos but only intended to make one simple journal. Your videos are very informative and am encouraged to make other leather projects. Thank you.
To me, a good, elbow grease conserving way of making consistent stitching holes seems to be to take a loose awl blade, put it in a drill press and push the awl blade through the holes, using the lever, like you touched shortly in the video. When I bother to get a drill press, I think I will use that method. On my first leather sheath, which I intend to make shortly, I will use the overstitch wheel/awl method. It seems like a lot of work, but it'll be good practice.
You gave a lot, I learnt a lot. Thank you very much.
thank u for the explanation at the begining of the video.you are very thoughtful
Excellent instructional. Thank you for taking the time to make this!
Great video. I'm making a list of essentials I need to start learning. Probably going to spend a lot of time sewing scrap leather before I take on a project and this video will be invaluable.
There will be a new stitching video out shortly also
hand made leather material is impressive
This video has been so helpful to me. I just wanted to thank you for making it. So, thank you.
Also, your honesty in your capabilities and limitations as a craftsman is a breath of fresh air. Keep kicking ass, maestro.
Such a valuable video. The detail discussed is impressive. Thanks Ian.
My god this video is thorough. I love it!!!
.............Thank you...thank you.....Thank you Ian!!!......excellent work!!!...........love your videos!!
An excellent tutorial as good as I’ve seen. Well done Ian👏
Brilliant, Ian - Thanks! Lots and lots of helpful info, but I think the most useful tip is the warning that learning hand-stitching takes time... :-)
By far best stitching video ever~! Good detail from beginning to end. Thank you. I'm a beginner and this is going to help me a lot.
Thank you very much will be sending a donation when I have some extra. Really inspiring listen to your explanations and watching your improvements as you learn more and share with us through the assorted videos. Humbling to be able to learn a real trade from someone of your caliber, thank you.
yes, it's fiddlier than it sounds!
I haven't made anything yet but I really like your vids. I have learned a lot
This video is really helpful! Its like attending a Leather Class in Uni! Thanks for sharing all the info! xoxo from Malaysia
Thank you so much. You are very generous sharing all your knowledge with us.
The quality of everything you do is exceedingly great. A master craftsman! Thank you for sharing with us your talents.
FABULOUS!!! GOING TO MAKE A LEATHER BAG. JUST STRIPPED MY LEATHER (SOFT/SLIGHTLY FIRM) SOFA.
How did the bag turn out?
Yep they do have the pro line ones which are individual as you say, they should give good results as well I couldn't show those in the video as I don't have those ones. They're quite similar, the Japanese ones are sharp on the sides of the prongs though where as the Tandy ones aren't so they may go in a bit easier.
The reason WHY I clicked on this video is the explaining (theorie) part. Thanks for this video.
Great video Ian! I've watched the gentleman you mentioned and have him on one of my playlists for future reference. I too use a pricking iron and it is so much easier and looks so much more uniform. Thanks for putting this together.
Thanks mate, what a great vid, this is something that I have been looking for a long time. wanted to start for a while and after watching this vid I have decided to make a move.
Me resultó muy ilustrativo el video, realmente causa entusiasmo para iniciarme en la talabatería. Muchas gracias Ian !!
Absolutely brilliant video. Thank you so much for taking time to make it.
Thank you so much Mate! This video basically solved all the problems I had with stitching...my bad though doing it intuitively for many years without any advice! greatest video on the topic! outstanding job!
cheers!
Superb interesting instruction from a craftsman.
Great vid- thanks very much, mate! Just realised I've been doing about 10 things in very inefficient ways. Much appreciated from NZ.
Great video, I've really been waiting for a hand stitching video of this quality.
great resource for beginners! thank you for taking the time to make this, I watched every second
Thanks for the video, it was great! Very informative and eye opening. Truly appreciate it.
A huge thank you to you.. watched the whole video and was exactly what I needed.
This is from a toolmaker: If you have the threaded punch fully seated you are not pounding on the threads. You are pounding on the shoulder or seat. If you use a lot of force you can damage the threads over time.
Thanks for making this video!
Wonderfully informative! Thanks for showing us how it's done the right way.
That was a master class! Beautiful stitches back and front your work is a credit to you, thanks for sharing, very enjoyable to watch ;-)
Thank you! This was a very clear, well thought out tutorial. It must have taken ages. Thank you very much for your time
Great video. I'm working with suede and this is so helpful for the bags leather handles
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience. It's always nice to see a young person who is willing to take the time to master a craft and then care enough to do a great job! Well done!
On the card wallet, did you melt the thread at the end? It would make a rather unsightly black dot on that nice red stiching, wouldn't it?
A lot of information! Thank you very much for a very thorough video!
Great video Ian! I drove through to the Identity Store and bought one of the Tandy diamond chisels the other day, which after totally bodging using pricking wheel and an awl the other day I'm over the moon! I found it very difficult to get a straight line of holes with a couple of layers of leather with an awl. I'm definitely going to have a gander at the Goods Japan ones too. The Tandy one I got doesnt have interchangeable heads though so hopefully it will hold up a bit longer. Thanks!
Brilliant vid...Helped me out loads....Thanks for giving up your time to make this vid.
thank you for an easy to understand video
Thank you for precious learning sources for a beginner like me.