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I had another question. A belt that is worn on the hips, does that need to be curved in order to sit right? If so, are there any patterns/templates out there?

Thanks all, so it sounds like I can get by with just the stylus and a straight edge... Awesome, I shall experiment.

I am working to make something like the photo below. While I have worked with leather before, I have never done any tooling which I suspect this is. Can anyone give me an idea of where to start with this and what tools I would need to complete the task? From what I have read, I trace my design onto some transfer paper and then with a stylus copy the design to the leather. From that point though I am not sure if I need something like a swivel tool or something to bevel the edges... Thanks!

oh yea a head sock, didn't think of that. Thanks, good idea. How would one stretch leather for something like this?

Hey thanks for your reponse, so if I am hearing you right, the cling film (is that like plastic wrap?) is used to keep the tape from sticking to the cast. Gaffa tape is like duct tape? Or is it more specific? From that I am marking where the seam pieces will be and making a pattern right? Which I can then lay flat onto the leather to make the proper sized pieces for sewing back together? Now I mentioned stretching the leather. I was told that you would want to do this so that when you wore the cowl it would not shrink under the heat and sweat. How would one go about doing that?

Got an update. Planning to do my head cast in min May. After that, I can start working on this. So any ideas?

Thanks you both for the welcome and when I get started, I will take plenty of pics :-)

Hey guys, I need to make a new cowl like the one pictured here. This cowl was made by a very talented artist, who unfortunately is not around to make a new one for me. So I figured that I would attempt it on my own. First step is getting my head cast so I can work off of that. But I remember him talking about stretching leather and what not. Anyway, any suggestions on where to start with this project would be great. Thanks in advance.

Greetings from Sunny California! I have been looking for a site like this for a long time and bam, look what I found. I have done some leather stuff, nothing too exciting but am looking to learn more. Look forward to checking out the forums.