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Yeah, totally - 2mm is very thick (same as what I used here). I had to use a bell skiver from the workshop of a peer who lives close by. I skived the leather down to half thickness (1mm thick) - the depth of the skive was about a half inch deep. This was fine and it worked, but it was REALLY delicate after doing that, because suede has no grain and will tear easily if it's too thin. Hope that helps. I wouldn't recommend skiving by hand - too difficult to do evenly, but you could try it

This is a good question, I feel like I'm not all that qualified to answer it based on this jacket but I'll do my best. I used a thick suede, about 2mm or 5 ounces thick. At places where there was a seam that was folded over, I skived it down to 1mm thick. I think a better thickness would have been 1mm or 2.5 ounces, because this jacket was really, really stiff. On the one hand, this is great once it was broken in - it felt bulletproof. But I think it was slightly overkill. You make a good point about temper: sometimes it matters more than thickness. I would recommend a softer temper for a jacket. However, I've seen some amazing thick jackets made out of horsehide which look pretty stiff. It's all about whether you want to invest time to 'break in' the jacket.

@@skinnerdesignsca ya right thanks , i guess it will take me some time to get everything right . Bdw great work there

Thank you Alex

What a lovely compliment! Thank you Sean - I hope you enjoy this one and, based on your channel, your work is amazing!

Thank you, sir! I genuinely appreciate your taking the time to view my work. I’m excited to hear you’ll be uploading more soon, and can’t wait to see what you have in store. Cheers!

You're right: it's good feedback. I already know about a dozen things I'd do differently were I to do this video again. As for future videos: I have about 5 of them 60% made, it's always that final bit that takes the longest time. Looking to have a few more glove-related videos out soon and will make sure to either voice over or annotate them :)

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Hi Andrew! Good question - I have never tried one of those glass slickers, but as far as I'm aware they're for smoothing/slicking the surface of the leather, not necessarily for stretching out the grain (I could be wrong). I see people using them a lot when they're, for example, putting a new finish on some leather or smoothing out the fuzzy grain on the back of a piece of leather. In my case, I'm using the edge of the table to help my get enough force to pull the actual grain of the leather apart as much as I can - I want the grain 'loosened' up and stretched because it's essential to fitting the glove. You'll notice on garment-grade skins that when you do that, they just go back to their shape (like elastic) instead of staying stretched. Glove-grade skins stay stretched. Hope that makes sense! I had my glove pony made by a local blacksmith. I showed them picture of one I saw in a glove museum in Germany, so that helped me find dimensions etc.

Hopefully more videos on the way soon! Thanks for the comment

That's a lovely compliment, thanks

I had to do some digging to figure out this reference, but eventually figured it out: It's from the video game Rust, right? :D I'm guessing in the game the screen fades to black and poof! you have some gloves. If only it was that easy!

@@skinnerdesignsca I wish it was haha even getting the leather is hard because sometimes it gives you 17 not 20

Good question. These are called points. They are a remnant from when the glove pattern was made up of three components at the top of the hand, stitched together down the length. The three long pieces were replaced with one-piece 'tranks' or 'tranqs' and now the points are purely aesthetic

Thank you! I see, interesting.. I thought it would have something to do with how the material moves or stretches. Now I'm curious to see a set made that traditional way! Appreciate the reply:)

Nice idea - hope they come out OK

Currently, I am back to being fully employed making leather goods. So if you wish to get in touch, I can help you. Thanks!

No, sorry. Thanks for the comment!

A glover's/gloving 'donkey'. Strange name, but there it is. It's a brass-toothed clamp essentially

@@skinnerdesignsca thank you for the response

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Hi! Sorry for the late reply. If you only count the time spent working on the jacket and not, for example, waiting for glue to dry or kettles to boil, about 10 hours

Good talking with you over Insta, Martin :)

@@skinnerdesignsca the same to you! How's everything going, the kits you are putting together looks very nice!

I do indeed. The price of shearling / sheepswool leather has gone up. Hard to find good suppliers but I regularly make mittens as I live in Canada. Will be making a video soon. I was about 99% through making a video of shearling mittens: all the video files became corrupt haha. Such is life

Hi, I have an idea of my own. How did the business turn out?

Really hard to find small quantities of lining: I don't know of any company that do small quantities. They all want to sell hundreds minimum. But cheap wool gloves on Amazon and use them

I have no idea what this sentence means. Do you mean it doesn't lend itself to mass production? Because that's right. Not my intention

Yes: typically, they're cut out using clicker knives. I haven't got a clicker and this is a far, far more time-consuming method. But it means I can make bespoke-made gloves, for example if your fingers are longer or shorter than normal

About 0,7mm is great :)

That's good feedback, thanks. Yes, I do need to improve the scene transitions - I think I need to watch some videos on video editing. Thanks!

Not at the moment, no. Life has been very busy the last year or two, but I definitely have plans to release more videos and make orders for customers again. Once things calm down I'll make sure to update everyone!

Thank you kindly - yes, some more coming soon

Oh cool - 'Glover' used to be a fairly common occupational surname. I have been part of exactly one D&D group and ironically the character's surname was Bootmaker - maybe our characters will meet one day!

@@skinnerdesignsca that would be awesome, I'm glad I found your channel.

William Shakespeare’s father was a glove-maker. That is sometimes used as the basis of an argument that William couldn’t have been the author of his own plays, being the mere son of some kind of sewer… and completely misses the point that his father was probably an extremely well-paid craftsman.

Pardon my tardiness with replying - this was ages ago but it was about 2mm cow suede. Thanks!