Chuck, gimme a break-- you do NOT talk too fast! I am a natural fast talker and honestly, you are behind the game! Worry about something else. You are great. You have no idea.
I've noticed that since Chuck has started doing these videos, the other leather company's have started flooding RUclips with videos. None of them have met the bar that Chuck has set. Keep them coming Chuck! I've even bought a Weaver Leather Supply T-shirt!
Chuck makes this craft seem approachable and less intimidating. I know that I was WAY out of my depth for years and just had to practice and watch and understand
Good advice for the beginning worker. And Chuck answered a question by E-mail I sent him within an hour, so yeah, he's serious about helping people. Good stuff.
please keep talking fast! the more information the better. And by talking fast you also save time while passing a ton of info. I much prefer that way! Also, if you don't understand the video on the first watch, rewind and do it again.
I agree, your speed is not a problem. It just shows your love of the craft. The RUclips player can be slowed down... you end up sounding like you've been on a bender tho :-)
Truth! I make damn near everything out of belly leather. You can use what’s usable and make some work where it doesn’t have to be pretty and may take a little extra time but it’s worth it for someone like me that only sells pieces here n there and gives more away than gets sold. If I can get a few sheaths, a couple holsters, some tooling practice or some other misc little stuff out of a belly and only spend twenty bux on leather, life is pretty good.
Hi. Great content! Just want to suggest you don't change your way of presenting. RUclips has slow down/speed up features for playback. And, it's a video, it's not live. Anyone who missed it the first time can watch it again and again, at the speed they prefer, until they absorb what they need. Thanks!
Yes, you are fast! However, we have technology at our fingertips and there’s the little option of pause and/or slide to rewind... 🤷🏽♀️ I appreciate your passion and wanting to give us as much knowledge as possible!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I am that new to the leather craft guy and have ordered leather from two different companies so far. What you said about the quality of the tannage I have seen already. The double shoulder I got from Weaver is so much more pliable and seems to be better quality than the leather I got from another supplier. Love watching your video's , they have helped me out with a lot of different things.
Great advice. It's really true when starting any craft, you always sweat the consumables. That takes a bunch of fun out of the process, whether it's wood working, leather crafting, welding, etc.
Chuck you are doing a great job I am new at it and by looking at your videos i bought me a belly side and i love it beautiful piece I thank you much ..keep it up doing a good job
Please keep it up Chuck. You've definitely opened my eyes and mind to the possibilities of leather crafting and its tools, techniques, and products. Kudos to Weaver for investing in this! I'm certainly hooked!
As beginning leather worker I've watched several different videos and I think Chuck does the best job. They're short and to the point with great info, delivered in an enthusiastic way. Please keep them coming.
Great info, as always. Don't worry about talking fast, Chuck - it's the internet! As long as what you're saying is clear, I can back up the video and listen to it a million times until I get it.
I'm so glad I came upon your video because I was about to spend an unecessary amount of 💰 on my first hide. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
Just got into Leather craft and made my first wallet. *Actually have it up for sale on Etsy*. I started with some small leather I bought off Amazon. But recently I bought some from another company that was recommended to me by friends. I have to say I'm loving Veg Tan leather for all it's properties. Also you can eliminate some of the waste if you use smaller scrap pieces for silly things like.... Bic Lighter covers. I know it's silly but getting the best bang for your buck is key.
i have been away from the leather craft for many years now, however iam diving back in to make some much needed gear for my father and your videos are informative and down to earth. thank you.
OMG! Just got my first order, I've ordered a few tools that should be here tomorrow. I've played with remnants from Tandy's and big box craft stores and WOW what a difference! I got a shoulder and a belly and I had no idea they would be that big for such a good price. Also he's not kidding about the sky compared to what I've gotten and seen at the other stores this is smooth. I can't wait to dive into all the projects I have in mind as Christmas gifts. Not a big fan of Shopify but I'm willing to work around their shenanigans for this leather. Also picked up some goat and lamb hides to play around with and they are gorgeous too. All together I spent a fraction of what I spend on nice fabric when I'm sewing and I'm a frugal shopper. I didn't even have to him haw around about the price here and I got more than I honestly expected and for gorgeous quality. Now to force myself to finish my current ideas before ordering more which I definitely will be doing. ❤😊❤😊❤😊
Went out and bought my first bit of leather after binge watching your videos. Great information and I wouldn't change a thing about your presentation! Keep up the great work.
This guy knows his stuff 😂. I bought one piece of veg tanned bellie and was enough for making a couple of axes sheath, single edge, double edge, for hatches as well, knife. Plenty of leather, even enough to repeat one piece for a double edge that went wrong cut.
Weaver sells Chahin veg bellies in three different weights. They are the best strap bellies l have seen, they come in 4, 6 and 8 oz. Cost? That's the good part, they are only $20.50. l have seen a lot worse for a lot more. They also offer the veg belly as tanned and it runs $30 and is 9 to 10 oz thick. It is unskived, so the flesh side isn't as smooth as their other bellies, but if you have a splitter (like me) you can make some nice belts with it and just skive or split to what you want. l started off with bellies, but from a different supplier, but because the quality was hit or miss l never tried to make a belt with them poor bellies that cost more than Weaver's. l am not an expert by no means, but am pretty good at doing the few things l do make. No l don't work for Weaver and l live in a small apt in New Mexico. Wished l had a work shop. l'm kind of cramped for space. l have nowhere to work on a whole side and the double shoulders that l cut straps from l do on a picnic bench here at my apt. complex. l love working leather, l started because l made knives and had to make sheaths. My next new project is a vest with fringe and tassels coming out from under a concho in suede. Now l buy shoulders, singles and for belts, doubles. I keep several weights, or thicknesses and use them. Leather hides are called weights for thickness because the ounce weight works out to weight per square foot. For instance my knife sheath leather is 8-9 ounces and that simply means that one square foot will weigh 8 ounces and one ounce is 1/64th inch thick.
Lol. Tell that dude that says Chuck talks to fast or to much--- tell him to re-watch vid or move on!! Chuck does an excellent job explaining absolutely everything, that he's presenting...
Chuck, you need to have your video people activate your CC - CLOSED CAPTIONING so that those of us that have hearing disabilites can follow along. You're probably losing a large audience that is moving on to videos of other leather supplies that DO have CC. Just a suggestion but it's your business so it's up to you. :)
I seem to have the opposite problem on leather XD. When i started i felt like i needed MORE leather because bellies are a smaller cut and I had no clue just how easy it is to measure and make patterns so i dont use so much leather while practicing for 1 type of project.
I've been Price shopping for a while now looking for the best affordable leathers for projects and for a long time I was stuck buying from Tandy Leather but your prices are so much better I'm going to be ordering my leather from y'all for now on
Absolutely right. I bought cheap chrome pieces, nice colors and patterns. That ruined my progress because I made horrible cuts and ugly learning items from leather that didn't behave for me. I enjoyed the neat leathers, but not my poor results. I would do it your way if I could go back... buy veg tan and learn to work properly with it.
Everybody likes vegtan for a good reason. But... there are going to be tons of people that buy chrome tan before finding these videos. Would be nice to see a series of beginner projects for chrome tan leather.
Well literately watch any other video and remove the tooling and dyeing and you have a video covering anything you want to do with chrome tanned leather. Just don't use it where it is gong to come in contact to any metal you don't want ruined.
I dont know if anyone has explained, but in the upper right corner is the settings gear on mobile, in there is playback speed which you can set to any speed. Personally I listen to Chuck at .75 speed, slows his enough to be understandable without getting to comically slow-motion.
ON RUclips VIDEOS (such as this one) there is an option shown at the bottom of the screen that looks like a gear or a cog. It's the settings for this video (and for most videos you'll see on RUclips). If you click on that settings icon (the gear looking thing at the bottom of the video) you'll see a setting for speed. You can adjust the speed of the video by raising or lowering that setting. If the information comes a little too fast for you - you can lower the speed of the video until you find a good listening speed suited for you. I'vw lowered the speed on videos - and also increased the speed of videos as needed. If you're already familiar with a subject your watching, then the speaker may be a bit too slow for you to appreciate, in which case increasing the speed slightly will be a great help to you and to your willingness to continue to learn . I do this wben trying to learn a new language, or when listening to something that requires slower input allowing me to learn at a more acceptable pace. I hope you try it with this video (if you feel it is a bit too intense (fast)), and with any other subject of interest that requires you to learn from the very beginning.
I purchased some leather from Amazon and have yet to take it out of the package because I am only starting and am leery about messing up. I got a 2lb pack or scraps which was nice because it came with several thicknesses of leather but they were only about 6 or 8 in pieces. Picked up a belly from Tandy while I was there and I have to say it I will definitely be buying more of them. I have been able to make several projects with little worry of loosing money while ironing out my mistakes and learning curve. I have yet to find a better deal other than free leather donated by someone.
Thanks again for another enjoyable leather craft video. I think you may have found the right balance in far as how quickly you talk. Keep-up the good work!
Thanks for this video. I've been watching all of your videos and thinking about dipping my hand into leatherworking. It seems like it should be a pretty cheap startup to give it a try but the thought of what leather to get is daunting. This video helped ease that. :)
I got a question for a potential leather element. How much leather will I need for my projects and how do I lay out patterns so I have the least amount of waste and get the most of my leather
Great videos !! I am new to leather craft but I have no one to talk to. Currently Im still collecting my tools and have taken your advice on a lot of what to buy. I’m wanting to make a western holster out of 8/9 oz veg tan and I have ordered from other places but there are Stretch marks indentations but when I see someone make a holster on RUclips the leather looks perfectly smooth. Are they buying a half shoulder to get that. What does good leather look like if it’s not perfectly smooth
All my leather is "affordable." LOL. I buy all of it out of the bargain bins and tear into it like mad, making bags, sheaths, repairs--whatever! A house down the street was throwing away an old brown leather love seat. Before the trash man could haul it away I whipped out my pocket knife and stripped it of all useable leather and used it to make drawstring bags, small, medium and large. The remnants were saved in my stockpile. A large, ugly piece of barf green suede with water stains and twists all over it I found on the floor behind the bin in the leather & bead shop caked with dust--I got for four bucks--became a small hand clutch for my wife and tool bags for my leather tools and materials. A small piece of veg-tanned scrap leather I hesitated to throw away was cut into a small triangle, carved with my first Celtic leather design (trisquel), oiled and velcro was glued on the back for a cool patch on my favorite backpack. Chuck is right. Buy it cheap--or scavenge it for free--and get to making stuff! It's the only way you're gonna learn! Worried about making mistakes? Well, you can stop worrying because you're going to make plenty of mistakes. But the cool thing about making mistakes is that you or someone else can still use your mistakes. A tote bag with a rough or crooked edge, for example, is still a worthy item for your use. A knife sheath with a permanent clamp impression on it is still a perfectly good knife sheath. A few drawstring bags with some botched saddle stitching still look and work great. Get to it! Have fun!
@Weaver Leather Craft Supply Thank you for making this video! I appreciate every one you've made, been watching for a few weeks, and I'm especially thankful for this one because I thought the belly cuts were much thinner (width wise) so I didn't buy any. After watching this video, I definitely will! I hope the best for you and your coworkers, and again thank you for making these wonderful educational videos!
Bellies tend to be thick, but not wide. If you're doing small projects they beat the heck out of a remnant bag from Hobby Lobby. Keep in mind that bellies do vary in thickness, but average around 1/8" or 8 oz thick. Weaver skives or splits their bellies so you get an even thickness throughout, best deal around.
with current gas prices a belly from Weaver is now half the cost to fill up my Honda civic from empty. Leather crafting is seeming very affordable right now.
Good channel, I like your enthusiasm. Question, I see a lot of crafters using Feibings dye from baby food jars. The dye seems to be thinned. Do you use dye straight or thinned? At what ratio and thinned with what?
I go straight from the bottle, but you can absolutely dilute if this gets you where you want to be with the color. In my experience, diluting doesn’t lighten the color, it just makes less of the color, but diluting can be an economical way to make the dye go further if the budget is an issue (and it always is!). You can dilute down to a stain (somewhat) and it looks good, but it takes a lot of the alcohol to get it thin enough to work like a stain. I tend to use only the Pro Dye so the color stays pretty true. This helps with the choice of top coat and/or antique to get the final color where I want it. I hope this helps!
Hey Chuck I've go this belt that is is alittle too wide to go thru the buckle. I know I've got reduce the leather in size how do I do it and what tools do I need? Aloha from Oahu...
Maybe because I'm Australian, your speed sounds just fine👌... Thanks for the video, I'm just starting... I just can't stop over thinking every step .. it's doing my head in... once I start I'm good to go.. but I keep tearing the arse out of it... is this normal? Thanks again.
I bought a set of tools to start trying to explore leathercrafting a few years ago from tandy, and had such a horrible experience with the remnants I bought to experiment with that I ended up giving up, and pitching the tools out of frustration. Wompwomp.
Carson, if you're interested in a particular hide and you want to try before you buy, you can order a free sample of it. Using this leather belly as an example, If you click on this link, you'll see a button that says "Request a Sample": www.weaverleathersupply.com/catalog/item-detail/47801/001/154 We also have leather remnants for sale that you can make some great small projects with: www.weaverleathersupply.com/catalog/item-detail/51867/001/108
Thanks for your precious advice, as always, but two-thirds of a tank of gas? This is not helpful at all for someone out of the US. I'm struggling to find proper veg tan leather here, in Bulgaria. Since I'm new to the craft, I can't just go to a big EU site and dump hundreds of euros on a leather that I'm not sure I need. Starting to learn with crap genuine or even bonded pieces can give many wrong impressions. I even had to recall the very first and only wallet I've sold so far. I want to strive for perfection, but I'm still looking for a reliable leather supplier locally, so that I can take orders and know I can fulfill them.
Thanks, Chuck. I am just getting started. I have done a couple of projects, and see where I need help. The info about the belly leather is really helpful, since I am totally lost when it comes to choosing which part of a hide is less expensive but still appropriate for the project.
I still need to figure out the differences, I bought 4-5 Oz leather Veg tan piece but it just does not shape well whilst another piece of the same weight is stiff and shaping is no problem. What to look for? How can I identify the difference between Veg tan of the same weight Love your work. I live in NZ and for clarification I got the leather from a local source but I just can't get the knowledge locally
Hi Paul, It may just be that you got a bad tannage on the one piece of leather. You'll also want to look out for the words milled or tumbled, that means the leather will be softer and won't wet mold well. Hope that helps!
I'm sorry to hear that - it's definitely a learning process! See if this video helps: www.weaverleathersupply.com/learn/how-to-videos/tools/stamping-leather-with-a-basketweave-stamping-tool
I love watching you work, you make beautiful things. I am just about to start my first ever project so watching this video was very informative as I was wondering about thicknesses. My grandson has asked if I could make him a tool belt of leather. So would a belly piece be suitable. He works in construction so it would have to be sturdy and hard wearing. Also, have you made a video on this sort of item please. One other question is, do you have any info about supplies here in the UK please. I'll keep watching and learning. Thank you.
Hi Elaine, Thank you so much for watching and following along from the UK! A belly may work but the problem you could run into is the length, they don't always have much length to them. You could check into a double shoulder or v-cut double shoulder, that would give you plenty of length and you would have extra leather to make more products. We have not done a tool belt video but we do have several regular belt videos that may help. Unfortunately, I don't know very much about supplies in the UK but I hope this helps!
I'm new to leather and your videos have helped a lot. My first 2 pounds of leather are just scraps from a local leather supply i picked up for 20 bucks.
Hi James, Edge coat is usually more like thick flexible paint and it lays on top of the edge vs. soaking in like dye. It's really up to personal preference, one is not necessarily better than the other. Edge coat is also good for edges that can't be slicked such as chrome tanned leather. Hope that helps!
I'm noodle ever haven't started my to collection yet but like on eBay you can find used leather hand tools very high-quality I mean like stuff you don't find in catalogs like at Weaver leather So are these a good value for the dollar? And can you name and speak slowly and put it in the links below can you name high quality leather tools so that we can mix and match what we buy off Weaver leather and also what we can find and other leather craft forums and alike.... Thanks
Hi Clay, I'm sorry but I don't have a good answer for you on this. It depends on what shape the tool is in or if its a collectors piece. I would say if you find a tool you like, see if it's still being made and if so what price it's selling for new and then go from there. You can also research product reviews for that specific item and use those to make your decision but ultimately you'll have to make the decision if that's a tool you want to purchase or not.
Chuck, gimme a break-- you do NOT talk too fast! I am a natural fast talker and honestly, you are behind the game! Worry about something else. You are great. You have no idea.
I've noticed that since Chuck has started doing these videos, the other leather company's have started flooding RUclips with videos. None of them have met the bar that Chuck has set. Keep them coming Chuck! I've even bought a Weaver Leather Supply T-shirt!
Chuck makes this craft seem approachable and less intimidating. I know that I was WAY out of my depth for years and just had to practice and watch and understand
Good advice for the beginning worker. And Chuck answered a question by E-mail I sent him within an hour, so yeah, he's serious about helping people. Good stuff.
Still my favorite leather instructor. I have been back watching these videos.
I can watch Chuck explain this stuff all day!!
please keep talking fast! the more information the better. And by talking fast you also save time while passing a ton of info. I much prefer that way! Also, if you don't understand the video on the first watch, rewind and do it again.
I watch all videos at 1.5x speed and I do just fine getting all the info...
I agree, your speed is not a problem. It just shows your love of the craft. The RUclips player can be slowed down... you end up sounding like you've been on a bender tho :-)
Talk fast, I’m going to watch these videos a few dozen times anyway.
This guy’s enthusiasm is contagious. I really enjoy these videos and how fast he talks lol
Truth! I make damn near everything out of belly leather. You can use what’s usable and make some work where it doesn’t have to be pretty and may take a little extra time but it’s worth it for someone like me that only sells pieces here n there and gives more away than gets sold. If I can get a few sheaths, a couple holsters, some tooling practice or some other misc little stuff out of a belly and only spend twenty bux on leather, life is pretty good.
Hi. Great content! Just want to suggest you don't change your way of presenting. RUclips has slow down/speed up features for playback. And, it's a video, it's not live. Anyone who missed it the first time can watch it again and again, at the speed they prefer, until they absorb what they need. Thanks!
Yes, you are fast! However, we have technology at our fingertips and there’s the little option of pause and/or slide to rewind... 🤷🏽♀️ I appreciate your passion and wanting to give us as much knowledge as possible!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I watch your videos from Italy. We've got good leather here, but nobody talk good as you. Well done weaver leather!
You're an incredible teacher
I am that new to the leather craft guy and have ordered leather from two different companies so far. What you said about the quality of the tannage I have seen already. The double shoulder I got from Weaver is so much more pliable and seems to be better quality than the leather I got from another supplier. Love watching your video's , they have helped me out with a lot of different things.
Thank you, Dan - so glad the videos are helpful!
Great advice. It's really true when starting any craft, you always sweat the consumables. That takes a bunch of fun out of the process, whether it's wood working, leather crafting, welding, etc.
Chuck you are doing a great job I am new at it and by looking at your videos i bought me a belly side and i love it beautiful piece I thank you much ..keep it up doing a good job
Thank you so much!
Please keep it up Chuck. You've definitely opened my eyes and mind to the possibilities of leather crafting and its tools, techniques, and products. Kudos to Weaver for investing in this! I'm certainly hooked!
As beginning leather worker I've watched several different videos and I think Chuck does the best job. They're short and to the point with great info, delivered in an enthusiastic way. Please keep them coming.
Thank you, Glen!
Great info, as always.
Don't worry about talking fast, Chuck - it's the internet! As long as what you're saying is clear, I can back up the video and listen to it a million times until I get it.
I agree, and his enthusiasm is contagious.
I'm so glad I came upon your video because I was about to spend an unecessary amount of 💰 on my first hide. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
Just got into Leather craft and made my first wallet. *Actually have it up for sale on Etsy*. I started with some small leather I bought off Amazon. But recently I bought some from another company that was recommended to me by friends. I have to say I'm loving Veg Tan leather for all it's properties. Also you can eliminate some of the waste if you use smaller scrap pieces for silly things like.... Bic Lighter covers. I know it's silly but getting the best bang for your buck is key.
i have been away from the leather craft for many years now, however iam diving back in to make some much needed gear for my father and your videos are informative and down to earth. thank you.
Thank you so much, we hope you're enjoying getting back into it!
OMG! Just got my first order, I've ordered a few tools that should be here tomorrow. I've played with remnants from Tandy's and big box craft stores and WOW what a difference! I got a shoulder and a belly and I had no idea they would be that big for such a good price. Also he's not kidding about the sky compared to what I've gotten and seen at the other stores this is smooth. I can't wait to dive into all the projects I have in mind as Christmas gifts. Not a big fan of Shopify but I'm willing to work around their shenanigans for this leather. Also picked up some goat and lamb hides to play around with and they are gorgeous too. All together I spent a fraction of what I spend on nice fabric when I'm sewing and I'm a frugal shopper. I didn't even have to him haw around about the price here and I got more than I honestly expected and for gorgeous quality. Now to force myself to finish my current ideas before ordering more which I definitely will be doing. ❤😊❤😊❤😊
Thank you so much, we're so happy you love the leather and we hope you enjoy working with it and creating some beautiful gifts!
Went out and bought my first bit of leather after binge watching your videos. Great information and I wouldn't change a thing about your presentation! Keep up the great work.
That's great to hear! We hope you enjoy leatherworking.
This guy knows his stuff 😂.
I bought one piece of veg tanned bellie and was enough for making a couple of axes sheath, single edge, double edge, for hatches as well, knife. Plenty of leather, even enough to repeat one piece for a double edge that went wrong cut.
That's awesome, thanks so much!
Weaver sells Chahin veg bellies in three different weights. They are the best strap bellies l have seen, they come in 4, 6 and 8 oz. Cost? That's the good part, they are only $20.50. l have seen a lot worse for a lot more. They also offer the veg belly as tanned and it runs $30 and is 9 to 10 oz thick. It is unskived, so the flesh side isn't as smooth as their other bellies, but if you have a splitter (like me) you can make some nice belts with it and just skive or split to what you want.
l started off with bellies, but from a different supplier, but because the quality was hit or miss l never tried to make a belt with them poor bellies that cost more than Weaver's. l am not an expert by no means, but am pretty good at doing the few things l do make. No l don't work for Weaver and l live in a small apt in New Mexico.
Wished l had a work shop. l'm kind of cramped for space. l have nowhere to work on a whole side and the double shoulders that l cut straps from l do on a picnic bench here at my apt. complex. l love working leather, l started because l made knives and had to make sheaths. My next new project is a vest with fringe and tassels coming out from under a concho in suede.
Now l buy shoulders, singles and for belts, doubles. I keep several weights, or thicknesses and use them. Leather hides are called weights for thickness because the ounce weight works out to weight per square foot. For instance my knife sheath leather is 8-9 ounces and that simply means that one square foot will weigh 8 ounces and one ounce is 1/64th inch thick.
I just can't stop watching your videos.
You give very good advices Sir!...
Thank you, glad you like them!
Lol. Tell that dude that says Chuck talks to fast or to much--- tell him to re-watch vid or move on!! Chuck does an excellent job explaining absolutely everything, that he's presenting...
Chuck, you need to have your video people activate your CC - CLOSED CAPTIONING so that those of us that have hearing disabilites can follow along. You're probably losing a large audience that is moving on to videos of other leather supplies that DO have CC. Just a suggestion but it's your business so it's up to you. :)
I seem to have the opposite problem on leather XD. When i started i felt like i needed MORE leather because bellies are a smaller cut and I had no clue just how easy it is to measure and make patterns so i dont use so much leather while practicing for 1 type of project.
Loves this guy makes me smile when I'm down and inspires me to make so Thank you my freind.
Thank you, Mark!
This was awesome information as someone who is just looking into starting leatherworking. Thank you.😊
Glad it was helpful! You're welcome
I've been Price shopping for a while now looking for the best affordable leathers for projects and for a long time I was stuck buying from Tandy Leather but your prices are so much better I'm going to be ordering my leather from y'all for now on
Absolutely right. I bought cheap chrome pieces, nice colors and patterns. That ruined my progress because I made horrible cuts and ugly learning items from leather that didn't behave for me. I enjoyed the neat leathers, but not my poor results. I would do it your way if I could go back... buy veg tan and learn to work properly with it.
Thanks for thinking of us beginners! Love all your videos.
Yet another great video from Chuck and the team at Weaver.
Thanks Chuck, keep doing what your doing.
Learning so much from your videos. Thank you.
Would this kind of leather work to make rattles for ceremony or is rawhide the best option?
Rawhide would probably work the best and give you the most noise because of the hardness. Hope that helps!
I enjoy watching your show. Your method of teaching is Wonderful for me. You go into so much detail! Thank You!😊
Thank you so much!
Your the best Weaver!
Everybody likes vegtan for a good reason. But... there are going to be tons of people that buy chrome tan before finding these videos. Would be nice to see a series of beginner projects for chrome tan leather.
Well literately watch any other video and remove the tooling and dyeing and you have a video covering anything you want to do with chrome tanned leather. Just don't use it where it is gong to come in contact to any metal you don't want ruined.
I always find your videos helpful and I appreciate you Chuck! Keep up the excellent work please!
I dont know if anyone has explained, but in the upper right corner is the settings gear on mobile, in there is playback speed which you can set to any speed. Personally I listen to Chuck at .75 speed, slows his enough to be understandable without getting to comically slow-motion.
ON RUclips VIDEOS (such as this one) there is an option shown at the bottom of the screen that looks like a gear or a cog. It's the settings for this video (and for most videos you'll see on RUclips).
If you click on that settings icon (the gear looking thing at the bottom of the video) you'll see a setting for speed.
You can adjust the speed of the video by raising or lowering that setting.
If the information comes a little too fast for you - you can lower the speed of the video until you find a good listening speed suited for you.
I'vw lowered the speed on videos - and also increased the speed of videos as needed.
If you're already familiar with a subject your watching, then the speaker may be a bit too slow for you to appreciate, in which case increasing the speed slightly will be a great help to you and to your willingness to continue to learn .
I do this wben trying to learn a new language, or when listening to something that requires slower input allowing me to learn at a more acceptable pace.
I hope you try it with this video (if you feel it is a bit too intense (fast)), and with any other subject of interest that requires you to learn from the very beginning.
I purchased some leather from Amazon and have yet to take it out of the package because I am only starting and am leery about messing up. I got a 2lb pack or scraps which was nice because it came with several thicknesses of leather but they were only about 6 or 8 in pieces. Picked up a belly from Tandy while I was there and I have to say it I will definitely be buying more of them. I have been able to make several projects with little worry of loosing money while ironing out my mistakes and learning curve. I have yet to find a better deal other than free leather donated by someone.
Thanks for another great video. Bellies are great for molding.
Hi all, I'm a beguiner, I got one shoulder from Weaver, It's an amazing piece of leather, top quality, thnks!
Thank you so much!
Thanks again for another enjoyable leather craft video. I think you may have found the right balance in far as how quickly you talk. Keep-up the good work!
Really enjoy all your videos i hope there are many more to come keep up the good work
Soo excited! Just ordered a shoulder and a belly for my Christmas gift to myself. 😊
Hope you enjoy working with it!
Thanks for this video. I've been watching all of your videos and thinking about dipping my hand into leatherworking. It seems like it should be a pretty cheap startup to give it a try but the thought of what leather to get is daunting. This video helped ease that. :)
I got a question for a potential leather element. How much leather will I need for my projects and how do I lay out patterns so I have the least amount of waste and get the most of my leather
Big thank you from probably your only viewer in Lebanon. Great videos as always.
Make that two.
Great videos !! I am new to leather craft but I have no one to talk to. Currently Im still collecting my tools and have taken your advice on a lot of what to buy. I’m wanting to make a western holster out of 8/9 oz veg tan and I have ordered from other places but there are Stretch marks indentations but when I see someone make a holster on RUclips the leather looks perfectly smooth. Are they buying a half shoulder to get that. What does good leather look like if it’s not perfectly smooth
I like how passionate you are, it honestly helps draw me to your videos. Better than a dry and boring tandy video.
Thank you, Fred!
Excellent points !
All my leather is "affordable." LOL. I buy all of it out of the bargain bins and tear into it like mad, making bags, sheaths, repairs--whatever! A house down the street was throwing away an old brown leather love seat. Before the trash man could haul it away I whipped out my pocket knife and stripped it of all useable leather and used it to make drawstring bags, small, medium and large. The remnants were saved in my stockpile. A large, ugly piece of barf green suede with water stains and twists all over it I found on the floor behind the bin in the leather & bead shop caked with dust--I got for four bucks--became a small hand clutch for my wife and tool bags for my leather tools and materials. A small piece of veg-tanned scrap leather I hesitated to throw away was cut into a small triangle, carved with my first Celtic leather design (trisquel), oiled and velcro was glued on the back for a cool patch on my favorite backpack. Chuck is right. Buy it cheap--or scavenge it for free--and get to making stuff! It's the only way you're gonna learn! Worried about making mistakes? Well, you can stop worrying because you're going to make plenty of mistakes. But the cool thing about making mistakes is that you or someone else can still use your mistakes. A tote bag with a rough or crooked edge, for example, is still a worthy item for your use. A knife sheath with a permanent clamp impression on it is still a perfectly good knife sheath. A few drawstring bags with some botched saddle stitching still look and work great. Get to it! Have fun!
Thanks for the videos.Always willing to learn more from others in the trade.And they just need to listen faster.
Hi chuck is applying edge paint an advantage when finishing edges of belts?
Leather in your country is cheap but here in Australia, it's very expensive especially online purchasing. It discouraging factor for beginners.
I actually watch the video at 1.5x speed, so I like for Chuck's motor mouth to be revved up even more.
Lol, I know what you mean. Great info presented 1.5x as fast! 😂
I love these videos,. Really helpful when trying to figure out the next buy for beginners,. Thank you
@Weaver Leather Craft Supply Thank you for making this video! I appreciate every one you've made, been watching for a few weeks, and I'm especially thankful for this one because I thought the belly cuts were much thinner (width wise) so I didn't buy any. After watching this video, I definitely will! I hope the best for you and your coworkers, and again thank you for making these wonderful educational videos!
Bellies tend to be thick, but not wide. If you're doing small projects they beat the heck out of a remnant bag from Hobby Lobby. Keep in mind that bellies do vary in thickness, but average around 1/8" or 8 oz thick. Weaver skives or splits their bellies so you get an even thickness throughout, best deal around.
Which leather should I use for a camera bag? Oil tanned? Veg tanned? Weight?
Another good video. Keep them coming.
How do you measure how much thread to use when saddle sticking small projects
with current gas prices a belly from Weaver is now half the cost to fill up my Honda civic from empty. Leather crafting is seeming very affordable right now.
Thanks chuck keep them coming.
Yep...Talk it up Chuck. They just need to stay with the pace!! Ha! Great stuff.
Good channel, I like your enthusiasm. Question, I see a lot of crafters using Feibings dye from baby food jars. The dye seems to be thinned. Do you use dye straight or thinned? At what ratio and thinned with what?
I go straight from the bottle, but you can absolutely dilute if this gets you where you want to be with the color. In my experience, diluting doesn’t lighten the color, it just makes less of the color, but diluting can be an economical way to make the dye go further if the budget is an issue (and it always is!). You can dilute down to a stain (somewhat) and it looks good, but it takes a lot of the alcohol to get it thin enough to work like a stain. I tend to use only the Pro Dye so the color stays pretty true. This helps with the choice of top coat and/or antique to get the final color where I want it. I hope this helps!
Thank you SO much. I'm just getting started, and in 2 of your videos, I've found all the answers I've been searching for days.
Thank you so much, Christian!
Hey Chuck I've go this belt that is is alittle too wide to go thru the buckle.
I know I've got reduce the leather in size how do I do it and what tools do I need?
Aloha from Oahu...
2022 calling: "Pricing your product in TANKS OF GAS has not aged well." Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Your talking awesome! your so passionate about leather! there is a function people can slow it down if they need, but you stay the same!
Maybe because I'm Australian, your speed sounds just fine👌... Thanks for the video, I'm just starting... I just can't stop over thinking every step .. it's doing my head in... once I start I'm good to go.. but I keep tearing the arse out of it... is this normal?
Thanks again.
Ngl your advice is actually 🔥
How do you get a price list for different sizes of leather????
What side you put on the outside of a holster?
And if the fuzzy side is on the inside does it need a liner?
Dadbernit, I'm so glad I sub your channel Chuck. How the heck would I learn this stuff without ya?
great video!
I bought a set of tools to start trying to explore leathercrafting a few years ago from tandy, and had such a horrible experience with the remnants I bought to experiment with that I ended up giving up, and pitching the tools out of frustration. Wompwomp.
I'm sorry you had a frustrating experience, if you ever decide to try again we've got some great how-to videos to help you get started!
Is this stuff good if I want to make work gloves
Great info. Would it be a good idea if you start working leather by buying a bag of scraps if you don't know if that's something you like?
Carson, if you're interested in a particular hide and you want to try before you buy, you can order a free sample of it. Using this leather belly as an example, If you click on this link, you'll see a button that says "Request a Sample": www.weaverleathersupply.com/catalog/item-detail/47801/001/154
We also have leather remnants for sale that you can make some great small projects with: www.weaverleathersupply.com/catalog/item-detail/51867/001/108
Great advice Chuck thanks
I'm thinking about quiting leather working because it's very exspenisive I can't afford to much with the leather without being broke what should I do
Thanks for your precious advice, as always, but two-thirds of a tank of gas? This is not helpful at all for someone out of the US. I'm struggling to find proper veg tan leather here, in Bulgaria. Since I'm new to the craft, I can't just go to a big EU site and dump hundreds of euros on a leather that I'm not sure I need. Starting to learn with crap genuine or even bonded pieces can give many wrong impressions. I even had to recall the very first and only wallet I've sold so far. I want to strive for perfection, but I'm still looking for a reliable leather supplier locally, so that I can take orders and know I can fulfill them.
Thanks, Chuck. I am just getting started. I have done a couple of projects, and see where I need help. The info about the belly leather is really helpful, since I am totally lost when it comes to choosing which part of a hide is less expensive but still appropriate for the project.
Thank you for your comment, Richard! We're glad the video was helpful!
whats the best thicknes for a holster?
I still need to figure out the differences, I bought 4-5 Oz leather Veg tan piece but it just does not shape well whilst another piece of the same weight is stiff and shaping is no problem. What to look for? How can I identify the difference between Veg tan of the same weight
Love your work. I live in NZ and for clarification I got the leather from a local source but I just can't get the knowledge locally
Hi Paul,
It may just be that you got a bad tannage on the one piece of leather. You'll also want to look out for the words milled or tumbled, that means the leather will be softer and won't wet mold well. Hope that helps!
@@WeaverLeatherSupply thanks Chuck, Do you post to New Zealand?
Hello, I'm having trouble keeping my basket weave pattern tooling lines straight, any tips?
I'm sorry to hear that - it's definitely a learning process! See if this video helps: www.weaverleathersupply.com/learn/how-to-videos/tools/stamping-leather-with-a-basketweave-stamping-tool
I would like to make some moccasins so this is very helpful
Great info as always .
I love watching you work, you make beautiful things. I am just about to start my first ever project so watching this video was very informative as I was wondering about thicknesses. My grandson has asked if I could make him a tool belt of leather. So would a belly piece be suitable. He works in construction so it would have to be sturdy and hard wearing. Also, have you made a video on this sort of item please. One other question is, do you have any info about supplies here in the UK please. I'll keep watching and learning. Thank you.
Hi Elaine,
Thank you so much for watching and following along from the UK!
A belly may work but the problem you could run into is the length, they don't always have much length to them. You could check into a double shoulder or v-cut double shoulder, that would give you plenty of length and you would have extra leather to make more products. We have not done a tool belt video but we do have several regular belt videos that may help.
Unfortunately, I don't know very much about supplies in the UK but I hope this helps!
Man... I can tell that you're a great teacher. Nice and logic explanation so far. 😉
Thanks so much, that means a lot!
I'm new to leather and your videos have helped a lot. My first 2 pounds of leather are just scraps from a local leather supply i picked up for 20 bucks.
That's the best way to go is get some scraps and start practicing! So glad the videos have been helpful!
What can be done with upholstery scrap leather?
What is the difference between dying the edges of leather with regular dye or edge coat
Hi James,
Edge coat is usually more like thick flexible paint and it lays on top of the edge vs. soaking in like dye. It's really up to personal preference, one is not necessarily better than the other. Edge coat is also good for edges that can't be slicked such as chrome tanned leather. Hope that helps!
What is the best weight of leather for making custom custom Bible covers with a leather liner as well?
We would recommend around 4-5 oz. if you are adding a liner.
I have that same lil' gargoyle dude...
Not a leather question but I've been very curious as to what kind of knife you're carrying on your side. Thank you!
Retractable utility knife. Simple, very neat, very clean. =)
Do you ship to Australia?
Yes, we ship worldwide
I'm noodle ever haven't started my to collection yet but like on eBay you can find used leather hand tools very high-quality I mean like stuff you don't find in catalogs like at Weaver leather So are these a good value for the dollar?
And can you name and speak slowly and put it in the links below can you name high quality leather tools so that we can mix and match what we buy off Weaver leather and also what we can find and other leather craft forums and alike....
Thanks
Hi Clay,
I'm sorry but I don't have a good answer for you on this. It depends on what shape the tool is in or if its a collectors piece. I would say if you find a tool you like, see if it's still being made and if so what price it's selling for new and then go from there. You can also research product reviews for that specific item and use those to make your decision but ultimately you'll have to make the decision if that's a tool you want to purchase or not.