How To Keep Edges Of Straps From Getting Wavy Due To Tooling?

[The Grizzly]

On this wrist band I just completed, I noticed that after I was done beveling the edges around the stars that my leather had gotten wavy on the edges from being moved around. How do I remedy this? Should I cut my straps a shade oversize, do my tooling, then reestablish a straight edge, cutting off the wavy parts?

[terrymac]

You might try some 3M Packing tape and stick it to the back of the leather, probably should put on a couple of layers. If you have some plexiglass, you could get then glue the whole thing to the plexiglass with some rubber cement. It really help leather from bulging and stretching.

Terry