Show us your leather

Geeman · February 1, 2020

Oh ok, not what I was thinking

discwork · February 1, 2020

Orion Harness natural tan leather belt after 1.5-2 years of almost daily wear. Nothing fancy, but it did its job and it was fun to see how the belt aged. I didn't take care of the leather all and it shows lol

julian-wolf · February 2, 2020

Why past tense? Looks like it’s got another decade in it, easy

discwork · February 2, 2020

For sure. I've just been focusing on another belt so the natural one only sees wear every now and then.

Edited February 2, 2020 by discwork

dylanbooth78 · February 8, 2020

One star leather horizontal wallet in bourbon shell cordovan...

IMG_20200208_125646 by Ian Spry-Shute, on Flickr

IMG_20200208_125702 by Ian Spry-Shute, on Flickr

IMG_20200208_125715 by Ian Spry-Shute, on Flickr

IMG_20200208_125800 by Ian Spry-Shute, on Flickr

IMG_20200208_125816 by Ian Spry-Shute, on Flickr

Thanks_M8 · February 9, 2020

Got into this whole leathercrafting thing lately.

Made a wallet for myself and a bag for my leatherworking tools.

lance · February 21, 2020

I thought this might be interesting to some. I asked Charlie from Equus leather on Styleforum why the holes for his stitches were slot shaped and oriented diagonally rather than simply round holes. He gave me this reply which turns out to be the anatomy of a saddle stitch.

“This is really the heart of saddle stitch. You use a pricking iron with flat diagonal teeth to mark the leather and then when you're stitching a diamond shaped awl to actually make a hole in the leather, following exactly through the mark you've made. The small, flat hole allows space for the two half stitches that inhabit each hole and the offset nature of the line makes the stitch line far less likely to tear, a la a postage stamp. Two of the many reasons handstitching is stronger than machine stitching. Heres a couple more photos, both from the last case we made, you can see really clearly on the handle photo that the stitching is clearly angled, with the thread going from the top of one stitch mark to the bottom of the next, repeating consistently down the stitch line. A round hole for the prick mark and a round awl produces a totally different look, a slightly untidy straight line that's more inclined to tear under stress”

Thanks_M8 · March 8, 2020

Made a belt lately, two bracelets and another wallet, similar to the one above, but completely made of the dark brown leather (no pics unfortunately).

Leather on belt and bracelets is natural vegtan buffalo 5mm thick, pitas to punch holes through.

lance · March 8, 2020

Your leatherwork is improving in leaps and bounds,Thanks_M8, really nice stitching and belt design!

Thanks_M8 · March 8, 2020

Thank you very much lance! Live and learn, as with everything else. Practice makes perfect, one day maybe

Geeman · April 25, 2020

Leather care day for my Obbi Goods Label wallet. 8 years of wear and still going strong but some threads starting to break. Any UK guys able to suggest a leather worker who could restitch it?

Before and after cleaning and treating

Geeman · April 25, 2020