troyn

Hi, Still being a new leatherworker last year I made my first half decent case for my multitool. I was quite happy with it, now that I have worn this on my belt for about a year and it has seen some regular wear and tear from use I noticed something that has happened and I'm not sure how on my next project to avoid.. When I made my case, I decided to Dye the case brown and have the edges black. Ok it turned out looking great but now I have where the flap comes down and snaps on the front of the case a black ring outline from the dye on the flap. Again I have been wearing this case for a year now, but how do I avoid that from happening in future projects, what part did I do wrong. When I made it and dyed the project I used Tan Kote as a finish and buffed the sucker well, so I'm not sure why this is happening.. Thanks, Troy

Hi, Ok I finished my very first full basketstamped belt last night as a Christmas gift for my Dad, sorry I didn't take any pictures of it, the puppy is wrapped up already to go. It turn out nice, but I had one area that was tricky to figure out that I wish I could figure out a better solution for. That is near the Buckle area, on my belt blank I put a round end on it and wanted to sew in the buckle. So I groved that area of the belt following around my half round end. The part that is tricky is in figuring out how to make my round groove line match the end when it gets folded over so that my stitches will be lined up on the front of the belt. Not to mention getting the stitching holes to line up, I already kinda figured I couldn't just run the stitching wheel in the groove as nothing would probably line up when I folded it over the buckle. consquently I landed up Awling the stitches and using my stitching wheel one hole at a time to make everything line up...but there has got to be a more efficient way to do this.. help? Thanks, Troy

I know what you guys mean, I do have a few of the better tools and drool over tons I wish I could have. An example would be these edgers, Yep I got the tandy one and I wanted a smaller one, so I have the osborne #1 I think, for lighter weight leathers, I found that 45 degree angle took alot of leather off on that tandy tool. So I've been cheating a bit to get rounded edges, until I can get the better tool. I'll edge with what I got now, then I'll sand and contour my edge using various grits of sandpaper..seems like a cheap work around for now. Troy

Hi everyone, Just found this forum and really enjoyed looking and reading the posts and learning. I'm fairly new to leathercraft and a couple weeks ago finished this case for my leatherman multitool. It turned out ok and I learned a few things that will help on the next one. Some things I noticed that could be improved are.. edges, and centering the pieces better (tricky to do without leaving marks on the leather giving away where your center line is). Anyways here it is...I'm now working on a belt for christmas as a gift for my dad and picked up a few tips on edges and so my edges are looking better now then this case.. Anyways comments suggestions would be great. Thanks, Troy