Highlands858

Attached are pictures of my new Getaround Binder. I will be using it to keep business cards and presentation materials organized. I designed it myself. Dyes are black, walnut, and chocolate. Finished it with Tan-Kote. Comments and criticism welcome : ) https://ibb.co/dXGo1k https://ibb.co/nnsiZ5 https://ibb.co/gPU81k https://ibb.co/mUGAE5

Thanks for the responses, everyone!

Seems like every time I burnish the edges of my work they get all stained and dirtied up a different color than just raw leather before I use edge kote on them. That's all good as long as I'm using black edge kote, but what if I want to burnish my edges and clear coat them as raw leather? I don't know if it's the glue seeping out from between the layers of leather, or excess dye from somewhere, or if my belt sander or burnishing tools are just getting dirtier with time. Anyone else run into this problem?

Thanks guys!

I'm making a belt sheath for a knife with a really wide guard. What is the simplest way to attach the sheath to a belt without having that guard get in the way all the time? Thanks!

So I've been tasked with making a book cover with a ribbon bookmark attached to it. I was thinking about weaving it through the spine of the cover for some effect, but I wanted to check in and see if anyone else has any cool ideas on how they'd do it. Thanks!

Question regarding watch straps: Where can I buy one of those small metal tubes that fits inside the band on the attachment side? You can see the hole it would fit into on the right side of this band:

Hey all. I'd like to make a notebook with a rough "tree bark" look to it, but I don't have any experience tooling or carving leather. I'd like to get my leather texture to look something like the picture I attached. Any tips?

What's the difference between an inlay, and underlay, and an overlay? I thought an inlay was when the leather window sits on top of the exotic. Thanks in advance!

Comments and especially criticism welcomed. I'm a terrible photographer.

Just saw this new tutorial. Where can I find the size "seam tape" used here? Thanks, Luke

Thank you all for the sound advice. Next time I'll use scissors or shears to cut my pigskin. I like the idea of using 2-3 oz as a backing for my next belt, but the amount of stitching I'm doing on this current one is killing me. Is stitching really needed for a belt like this, or is it mostly decorative? Thanks for any and all responses.

So I had to cut some lining for my first belt. It's really thin pigskin lining, and I thought I could just cut it with a razor and metal ruler, but it seems like it works away from me the further I go from my starting point. Seems like I cut a curved piece of lining leather, and that's not what I wanted. What's the best way to cut thin lining leather?

Thanks for the advice and input. I glue the interior into place when the wallet is open, just folded enough so that the edges of the interior and the back line up. I think I'm going to experiment with the size of my interior and possibly buy some thinner lining material to see if that changes things.