Leatherwork for beginners on a budget
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- Опубликовано: 11 янв 2023
- You can start leatherworking for $30. Really. I'm including a description of the tools and materials you need to get started right away. Links and images of the exact tools I reference are included so you don't think I'm a liar or have special access to deals.
I have no relationship with any of the stores I talked about except that I like them. Here's who I mentioned:
tandyleather.com/
www.weaverleathersupply.com/
www.springfieldleather.com/
Oh, and shoutout to pymatuningdeerpark.com/ who appears on my sweatshirt
Screenshots of tools current as of this video posting date and credit given in the pic where it's from. You're welcome for the free advert Amazon, no need to sue me. 
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Thanks for making a video that isn't just an amazon cart. Those of us that like to buy tools at auctions/garage sales/retiring tradesmen probably have most of these things, or could make them, or have something that would do the job instead of buying more cheap crap that you probably already had. I love the sacrificial-make-your-own-tool bin!
Some call me a cheapskate. Some call me an upcylcler. Some call me the gangster of love. All I know is that nothing is out of your reach if you're willing to do a little extra work and think a little creatively.
I got a crash course in it! I ended up in the SCA and needed a hard leather gauntlet for my fighter gear. How do I get it, I innocently asked. You make it, the knight marshall said, and proceeded to teach me about leather prickers, leather sewing, and in about 15 minutes I was pricking away, another 20 I was sewing away. I learned more in that crash course than many people ever learn because the gauntlet was circular; I had to use prickers in the circle, had to sew in the circle, had to cut the pattern-had to do everything, but luckily a good teacher who was letting learn for free.
So blacksmithing next?
Haha ! Quick and sweet video! Thanks
Mission accomplished! I can be...vebose.
the rabbit hole! Love it....been down that how with woodcraft....now leathercraft.... Here we go! DIVE DIVE DIVE!
Ahahahaha. Gator navy here but I still appreciate you bubbleheads. Dive in shipmate.
Great video!! Just got a few tools together and hopefully I can get a few small projects out the door soon. Thanks for the great advice!
Just keep after it. And keep all your failed attempts to show how far you've progressed.
Thank you, this is exactly the info I was looking for.
Mission accomplished. Just made my day, thank You.
Leather thimble. Freaking ingenious.
Ha! I think they whacked my comment (promoting self harm). Let's try this: yeah I got tired of sabbing myself with the dull end so I armored up. Pretty much the opposite of self harm.
Very cool thanks for the vid I've been bit by the knife bugs and now I really wanna learn leather work and how to make a sheath! Since I'm left handed I wanna make my own instead of special order some synthetic fake leather
Thank you. We are 10%ers! Go lefties!
Leather jackets and purses ( hardware ) from Goodwill for practice.
Great suggestion, thank you!
I am of that age where friends parents are passing away. Got a lot of hard ware from hand bags of the dead. In fact I have so much now I am “not allowed” to bring home more hand bags.
This was great advice and well presented, ty.
Thank you. I hope it works to introduce more folks to the hobby.
Thank you for this nice simple explanation, appreciate it.
Excellent! Hope it starts a new journey for you.
"Every leather worker person has *that* box full of scrap" Sir, I feel so seen. That's so real. You didn't even got into leather carving, which is another Rabbit hole on it's own.
I started with a cheap kit from Amazon, now I am doing like 6 different projects for Christmas
Ugh, I'm a terrible carver and a worse shader. I'll leave that to the real artists.
Very helpful! Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Great video. Sound advice. I just need a basement..
Ahahahaha! Throw a log in the kitchen as a "workbench" and skip the flooding, mice, and spiders.
Awesome video! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Liked your video. I just started goofing around a couple of months ago and wish I'd seen this before making a couple of typical newbie mistakes. (Plenty more to come too). Good content and points made along with your pleasant personality made this a delight to watch. Thanks from a new subscriber.
Thanks! Your feedback keeps me doing it. At least you caught it earli..er before buying too much you may not need...I hope.
Thanks! It helped me!
Super! Glad you found something useful.
Thank you bear for all that information it was very great information know and I'm just getting into it and I'm liking it thank you sir
Thank you, sir! So, what's the next project?
@@brokenbearleather673 I am currently working on a leather pick guard and tremolo cover for Epiphone style Stratocaster solid body Guitar. I could not find anyone in the world that had a template or could make a plastic pick guard and they wanted a lot of money for it so I said what the heck. I'll make my own and do my own stamping so right now I have the outline cut I have cavities I have to punch out for pickups and volume controls and once after I get that all done I'm done at Black and I'm going to stamp it with stamping kit that I just recently bought. I just recently retired and I work on guitars and this will be a great opportunity.
Very nice video!
Thank you. It means a lot.
Great video. Thank you
Thank you for watching. Thought I was talking to myself for a minute there.
Looking into this as a way to make some historical items for my Viking kit, for SCA, where all the emphasis is on the history.
I dunno, Grace. All the SCA knights I know just love hitting each other with sticks. Well done on the gauntlet! I did one and didn't have the patience to go back for a match. Armor is not my niche.
Thank You!
Very welcome. Thanks for subscribing. It's a beautiful vote of confidence.
Those cheapo pricking irons are where I started, but using them on a piece of cutting board kept bending the tines.
If you're going to Tandy for a scrap bag, then I'd recommend picking up a 6×6 Poundo punch pad for like $12. Much safer for the punches, and you can always throw it under a wobbly table leg or something.
Poundo pad is surely the way to go...great call out. When I looked, I only found the $100+ specialty zen models so I grabbed a chunk of 1x6 soft white pine from the barn and went to work. It needs replacing frequently but scrap is free.
@@brokenbearleather673 weaver's poundo pad is under 17 dollars and (works great for me)
I'm going to do this.
You damn right you are! And you'll find your groove and your niche. Get after it!! I'm cheering for you.
What about adding the rubber from a scrap bike innertube on your board u use to save your workbench when poking your holes?
Ooooo, good one. Old stall mats are hard to cut but make great poundo boards. I've been using 6" cutoffs of 1x4 pine and they are better than you'd think.
Thank you for the vid, earned my sub 😊
Aw shucks. Thank you. I'll try to push more content that's meaningful to our specific, but enthusiastic niche.
Great video I should have watched this when I got started I am sitting on over $5,000 worth of stuff and I barely use cuz of declining health
I'm sorry about your decline but there is certainly a market for it out there if you find yourself in dire straight.
Did this. Am I crazy to imagine a leather apron for my blacksmithing as a beginner leather worker?
I haven't yet. Sooo much material and I hand stitch so....
Consider your future, I suppose. If you want to get into garments, that would be an awesome first step.
An apron is one of the simplest projects. Only problem is its a large piece of leather to purchase and space to make the appron. Otherwise its VERY basic requiring minimal tools and skill 🤙
Great advice. But be warned, it can get very pricey. You can do a lot with a little.
Very true. I have mitigated that through my purpose, niche, and customer base. If I want to compete in the high end handbag market, my costs skyrocket. I like my rural hunters and housewives. Simple. Functional. Durable. And, for the love of all that's holy, stay away from horse gear.
Oh crap I’m gonna need space, I’m running out of that already, to many projects in progress none completed.
Bruh...I feel you. Next up: how to build heated/cooled pole barns with bench, office, recording, and sleeping space..
Hi, just looking in to this as a hobby , sound advice , thanks.
You got it! I mean, buy a dozen eggs or pick up a new skill, your choice.
"Once you discover the joys of dieing"
I was saving up some cash...aaaaand it's gone. Because I tried tried oil based Pro dye and now I'm spoiled. Ugh.
I work at a leather retailer/wholesale,etc. but I didn't always. Lol
You latched on for the employee perks, didn't you? Genius.
Such a deep deep deep hole to fall into. 💰💸🤑
It sure does help a person define a "need" against a "want".
nice ... chipo and chipo i have aroun $300 in leather tools 😂 working leather i feel a little times of peace
Most of the time, I use the same five tools so I've been able to dodge much of the expense. But I agree, settling in and focusing on a single project can be peaceful.
@@brokenbearleather673 @cholonoidpty
oh the barn was too hot too cold too wet or too dry?
in all seriousness 30 is a bit too cheap to scrape by with, especially because you forgot the most important part, the leather itself! leather is pretty pricy and 30 bucks is about the smallest pieces you can get
You're not lying! But small scrap or a $10 belly will give most folks the taste to see if they are willing to invest.
@@brokenbearleather673 hopefully they get some soft belly piece, think it's a pain and leave less competition for the rest of us. 🤣
@@escapetherace1943why
😂 your funny❤
I'm screenshotting this and making it my wallpaper! Thank you.
I'm screenshotting this and making it my wallpaper! Thank you.
No Instagram model here. Just practical advice, funny, irreverent, friendly.
Thanks for writing my new Tinder profile! Spot on.
When making videos for RUclips, please rotate the phone 90 degrees 🤪
Ayup, learned that lesson immediately and all the others since have displayed correctly.