thevisualworld

I currently make jewelry and want to incorporate more leather into my pieces. So these would become parts of pendants. Thank you for your advice. I'm going to try with my utility knife this weekend (not dampening the leather) and then perhaps an exacto knife.

Hi, I am new to leather work and new to this forum, so please bear with me if my question is hopelessly amateur! I am looking to cut multiples of one shape and I was wondering what the best tool to purchase would be for this. The shape is part straight lines and part curved and would be about three inches tall (below is a rough sketch). I also don't want to buy a bunch of tools when one would suffice. Would leather scissors be sufficient for this task or would they compromise uniformity (even if I'm using a template)? Should I just dampen the leather and use a utility knife? Thanks in advance for helping a newbie out! Susan