Basic Leathercraft Tools for the Beginner. Gear You'll Need to Get Started in Leather.
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- The first in a series of shorter videos I've planned talking about the tools I use in my leatherwork. This first video is pretty basic and covers a few of the elementals for measuring, marking, and cutting my leather.
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I love the smell of coffee and leather in the morning.😂😂
Great information, not just the what or which one, but the why. Excellent 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸🤘🇺🇸
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I started watching your channel about a week ago. This video is exactly what I needed to feel comfortable to take the plunge and try out leather working as a hobby. Perfect timing
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Your video is something I would like to see more of, thanks for taking the time to share this information!👍
More to come!
Great tip. I'm getting too old to get down on my knees to get everything I drop. Thanks.
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Great resource. Been in love with your holsters for a while now. Great to get this basic info. Thanks!
thanks for the subscribe! And thanks for watching.
Thanks, as always I learn something new from your videos, I too have a no.2 and a no.3 beveler but now I see yours are a little different. I look forward to more of these tool videos.
Glad to help!
Good morning! Great information and a genius idea at the very end!
Glad you liked it!
Looking to start tinkering around with leather. Glad i watched this before buying the "kit" online.
yeah, my advice is to buy better tools piecemeal.
Love this. I've just now started making leather. The first thing was a long zipper wallet and found I needed more tools to make life easier, and your video is a great help, so please put more out like this
Glad it was helpful!
I have to agree with you about the round knife, I just can't get used to using it. I like the trim knife but find myself going back to a small knife with the snap off blade or my Stanley utility knife. I like the magnet idea, I'll have to try it.
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Awesome bonus tip. Keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do!
I loved it ,short and to the point thank you.
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This is the perfect video. I've developed a hankering to make a few things out of leather thanks to your channel and I've been trying to read the labels on the glue and dye and stuff like that that you use. Thank you!
That's great to hear. My plan is to eventually touch on all that stuff too.
@@RoadAgentLeather Please touch on tools, suppliers, different types of leather machines. I'm interested in the same stuff you are, guns, gun cases, slings. Thanks again
saddlebags are intriguing as well in the history of North America was opened up to briefcases of the past could say that lol like chaps as importing to riders too
I enjoy your video. I hope to see more like it
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Very good information about basic tools for starting out. I have been working leather for about five years and doing some sewing in heavy duty canvas and marine grade stuff. You gave someone starting out some solid info on basic tools!!!
thanks!
Yes, very helpful and informative! Please continue. I hope at some point you will get to discussing machinery... sewing machines, splitters, presses, heat transfer and embossing, etc.
Thanks for watching! I foresee the series incrementally moving up in complexity: Simple hand tools first, then moving to bigger, more complex equipment (sewing machine, splitter, laser). Make sure to subscribe to get notified!
Always great to watch your videos for some insights and how you go about making yours thanks
Thanks for watching!
I completely agree about the head knife/round knife. I think they're the most overrated tools out there. I don't know of many leatherworkers that actually use them. Most newbies will buy them because, like you said, they think they need them. Eventually they get hurt by them or find that they never use them and then sell them on eBay and the forums. Back when I first started out, I was eagerly buying tools I thought I'd need or I was lead to believe I needed. I can't tell you how many of those tools I've given away because I later discovered how unnecessary they are. You can do a lot with a little. Great idea for a series! Prost!
oh, I have plenty of tools that I bought and literally have never used. You can see some of them in the pile at the beginning. It may be a good idea for a video: Tools you DON'T need.
Very helpful. The magnetic strip is a great idea.
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Great beginners advice!
Nice tip..
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If you don’t have access to granite here is an idea. I bought Carrara marble at a tile store. 3/8 inches thick, 12 x 12 inches wide. I use it sitting on a cutting mat. I have two, one for tooling and the other for weight when gluing. The edges can be sanded to be more comfortable. $5.00 each. Another thing is I put rug tape on the bottom side of all my metal rulers I use for cutting straight edges. Really grips the ruler from sliding. Be sure it is rug tape not carpet tape.
good tips! My large safety ruler has a similar non-slip backing.
I really enjoy your videos. I’m excited about this tool series and I hope you cover maintenance (sharpening, etc).
Will do!
Great video! Please do more. Thanks
Thanks, will do!
I love all your videos. I use them to learn, for inspiration in my own work, for background noise as I fall asleep and to show people what goes into making leather goods without having to make my own videos.
Im Australian and don't have much of a market for hand gun holsters but do make ammo belts and apply very similar techniques to archery quivers and knife sheaths.
Im am over the "chaga chaga" song though 😂😂
That's great to hear. People either love or hate the background music. I try to keep the volume low.
This so so helpful. I just got in to leatherwork and I do not know what half of the tools I bought do (I got them in a set). This helped with a few of them
Glad I can help.
Love it. I’m a lifelong wood, metal, textile, mechanical, shop guy with an art background. I’ve been pushing my leather skill set envelope over the past year.
I find dying and finishing to be the most unpredictable leather process. Color-matching is even worse. Your thoughts on these subjects would be great.
I’m not into western-style anything but love your design choices my man. 👍
Thanks! Definitely will do a video on dying at some point.
Gracias me sirvió mucho este video de herramientas básicas, espero hagas una parte 2
Thanks! Eventually, yes!
Hmmm… need a shopping list web link. This was awesome seeing your vids for a while now I would love to be so skilled.. :-)
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I gotta know about your chisels that make round holes. I was watching your Deluxe tooled shot patch video just now and spotted the exact tool I want. I subscribed immediately. Please give us a clickable Tools List
Hi. Thanks for the subscribe! They're WUTA brand leather chisels (specifically size 4.) You can buy them on Amazon.
Been following for a while - enjoy your content. Ditto on the round knife comments...I am also more comfortable using other types of cutters.
Thanks for the subscribe! I'm convinced that using a round knife is more of a "bar trick" folks do to show off :)
Love the video. Would love to know the brand of your most used tool: the water misting bottle. Never found one that works as well !!
That's from Tandy Leather. I forget was they call it.
yer the man
No, You're the man!
My hardest tool to is is my xacto knife. I've had more projects ruined from a bad cut than I carr to admit! I need to find something stiffer to use. I was thinking a head knife but hearing what you said here has me thinking otherwise now.
The problem I have is the blade tilting mid cut and going off a different way than wanted. It usually happens if I distract myself and is probably 99% operator malfunction.
The blades may be torquing due to being too thin for the material. Give one of the knives I'm showing in this video a try.
@@RoadAgentLeather I'll do that, thank you!
Tools are the name of the game, habit is too over buy tools lol
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Thank you for your videos. Even when you cover basic stuff like this I really enjoy the content and your style. Just curious, have you ever tried Barry King tools? I really like their edge bevellers. Looking forward to a video on borders, if you are so inclined. Thanks again.
Haven’t tried the edge beveler What size would you recommend for 8-9 ounce vegtan?
I use #2 Craftool
I have several Barry King stamps. Pricey but very nice quality. I don't have any of their tools.
@@RoadAgentLeather I have a set of the XX steep smooth bevelers Usually my go to. Also have the fine mesh if I antique. As far as the stamps I go to Pro Leather Carvers. Find the Japan brands are nice.
@@larrycumba2741 I buy from ProLeatherCarvers all the time! They're in TX and only take a day or two to arrived in the mail. Ditto on the Craft Japan stuff. Their tools are excellent and reasonably priced.
I think one tool that I see in every one of your videos you over looked that should go with the basic set is that green self sealing cutting mat. There's a reason why they are on so many craftsman work bench. Really nice to be able to work on that surface knowing that my blades will be safe when they penetrate the work.
Thanks for the subscribe! That's so funny; I had actually filmed me mentioning the work surface itself . . . How it should be large enough to unroll a side of leather on it. But cut it because I was trying to keep the video length down.
Please show more.
will do!
Great video! What brand of leather is that? Every Veg tanned leather looks rough.
It's vegetable-tanned leather. I buy mine from Tandy
@@RoadAgentLeather Thanks for the information.
After watching your bench mount splitter and skiver if you had to choose one over the other which would you choose? I am aware that the skiver can be utilized as a splitter in addition to skiving.
I'd chose the splitter simply because I use it much more frequently. Mostly on skiving the ends of straps to attach buckles, and generally thinning down straps/lace to consistence thickness. What task do you find yourself doing most often?
Utilizing misc leather remnants for small projects that I get from a store which often has 10/11 veg tan which needs splitting down to a 7/8 or 8/9 thickness. I'm also considering a super skiver.
How do you sharpen the bevelers and the groove cutter?
I will eventually have a tool sharpening video. Make sure to subscribe to get the notifications!
When making those lines, well, I’m just gonna call it in Compass, if you should mess up, how can you correct for a stray Line?
It happens. You can wet the leather in that spot, bend it to stretch it out, rub it with your burnisher. Then cross your fingers that dying and oiling will conceal it.
What brand and grit in diamondstone do you use for sharpening?
It's an old Smith's tri-stone I bought about 15 years ago. I'm not sure what the grits of the diamonds are. They're just labeled "course" and "fine". Then there's an Arkansas stone. Thanks for subscribing!
Hi RAL, do you plan to make same type of short vidéos about carving ? I Need a "tech tips" with your "leather case" method.
First you moisten the pieces of leather with a spray, then you generously apply glycerine soap with a brush and then, you place leather in a zip bag Correct? How long do you leave the leather in the bag? Thanks a lot for all your vidéos 😉👍
Leave it in the bag a few hours. Long enough for the moisture to penetrate the leather completely. Some people leave it in overnight, but I've never found that to be necessary. I've made a few videos on carving a tooling. The most detailed was a 5-part series from 2019 on tooling the "Hand or God" holster from 3:10 to Yuma.
@@RoadAgentLeather Thank you for your answer. Really appreciate 👍 I have already watched many of your videos on carving and tooling. Always a great pleasure 😃
How do you sharpen that concave edge tool? I struggle.
I plan to make a comprehensive "sharpening video" eventually. But for that particular tool it's actually very easy: Find a screwdriver or other round, metal rod or tube about the same diameter of the concave. Wrap some fine-grit sandpaper around it and run the blade up and down it just like you would any sharpening stone.
@@RoadAgentLeather As far as grit I tune mine up with 3000 grit. When I’m lazy I’ll dress my bench grinder buffing pad with Fabulustre and give it a quick polish.
Where can I buy your holster. I cannot get any info on how to contact you.
Hi! Thanks for watching! Unfortunately, I'm not able to take custom orders at the moment.
سلام کارت عالیه میشه یه سوال کنم من ایرانم این ابزارای قدیمی و کهنتو میشه واسم بفرستی بتونم باهاش کار کنم هزینه مریضیه پدرم که سرطان داره رو بدم اینجا ابزار برای چرم نیست یا خیلی گرونه میشه کمک کنی
I agree with you about the round knife, could never get the hang of using one. The woodcraft knives are interesting. I will be looking into that. Thanks for the bonus tip. (Cool idea.)
By the way you may need to look in the latest leather workers syndrome that is going around. I just found out that I have a bad case of it. It is called LTAS, Or leather tool acquisition syndrome. It is when you have a need to purchase leather tools whether you need them or not, and you can’t pass a leather supply stool without going in. GET HELP FAST! It is expensive 😂😅 😂
Same thing applies to lapidary or jewellers tools, I have a pearl drilling machine that I've used only once and a faceting machine that I haven't used yet amongst many other tools that I use occasionally.
Thanks for the subscribe! I have lots of tools that I bought and never use.
Even if I use a tool only rarely . . . it's still of value. But as mentioned, I have tools that I may as well throw in the trash the amount I use them.