Fine Leatherworking

We’re busy working on shooting video for our next course. So today is a short post highlighting our studio’s splitter. A leather band knife splitter thins a piece of leather. In this case, I’m taking pieces that are ~1.8mm thick and reducing them to 1.4mm. This might not seem like a lot, but the thicknesses can add up quickly when you’re stacking pieces together, like for a wallet....

SFS: Leather Splitter | Fine Leatherworking We’re busy working on shooting video for our next course. So today is a short post highlighting our studio’s splitter. A leather band knife splitter thins a piece of leather. In this case, I’m taki…

Last week, I posted about a new zippered wallet. What I didn’t say was that it was actually a Mother’s Day gift for my wife. It was an opportunity to make a very nice gift and revisit the last wallet I made for her over 10 years ago. Although looking at old work often makes me wince, it reminds me how far I’ve come....

Lessons From an Old Wallet | Fine Leatherworking Last week, I posted about a new zippered wallet. What I didn’t say was that it was actually a Mother’s Day gift for my wife. It was an opportunity to make a very nice gift and revisit the last wall…

I have several machines in my studio: three sewing machines, a skiver, a splitter, and many other smaller machines. If you’re like me, you accumulate a mixture of new and used tools and equipment. You know every moment of use of the ones you get new, but the used machines could have gone through hell and back, and you’d never know the difference....

Praise the Sewing Machine Repair Person | Fine Leatherworking I have several machines in my studio: three sewing machines, a skiver, a splitter, and many other smaller machines. If you’re like me, you accumulate a mixture of new and used tools and equipment. …

Back in stock: contact and rubber cement for leather.
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