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Got another question. i saw a video on youtube.com of a women who made a butterfly mask. Prior to carving the design she submerged the entire piece of leather in water till the bubbles stopped coming from this. Is this a common practice among leather workers? Also once you moisten the leather how long B4 you can start to work on it? Thanks again RRR

I work as a firefighter for a living and recently decided to take part in this craft. I was interested in creating custom leather shields that mount to the front of the firefighters helmet. I was planning on doing some that are fully stamped and some that will have numbers and letters sewn to the shield. My questions are as follows. 1. What is the best way to cut out a number or letter arrox 1.5in to 2in to get the smoothest edges? 2. What tool would work best? 3. Havent seen flames done on any piece of work yet, Are there some tools that would work good in creating flames or is free hand the best way to go? :flame: 4. Also ive been searching high and low for how to videos ( not VHS )on any area of leathercrafting such as sewing, dying, stamping, etc. Is there a site that has these types of videos either for purchase or free? Well thanks for the help, and im sure these wont be the last of my questions RRR PS ive added two files/pics of examples of fire dept. shields