lightningad

i didn't mean to infer that. However, filming probably took a day, and rather have the film crew sit around and wait for each process to complete, they probably just examples of each technique. The finished case is probably made from correctly completed pieces, and behind the camera is probably a pile of pieces with a bit of edge dyeing, a few stitches, etc. Never trust what you see on screen - the camera ALWAYS lies. regards Adam

i think this is one reason that the Round Knife is used by many leatherworkers. I have exactly the same problem, and i think its caused by the leather stretching as the knife blade is dragged through it. The round knife can be rocked across the leather so it cuts by pushing perpendicularly through the skin, thereby cutting without the drag and stretch. I am gonna have to buy myself one of those knives as soon as i can afford one!

i have heard of soldiers softening new boots with urine and wondered if throwing up on your leather was an alternate way of giving it some fancy designer surface treatment.

thats a much more pleasant mental image - thank you.

"spew"??? surely not !! in the UK spew means vomit, so i hope it has another meaning across the pond.

one of the first images you see is the edge being sanded!! Having shown it once, there is no reason to show it again. They are showing some of the processes involved - not the entire process.

the change in colour could quite likely be down to how the video was shot / edited / compressed for web distribution. Speaking with my professional hat on (I'm a video editor!) - a slight change of camera angle can change the light reflected off a surface, or over 10-15 minutes, daylight can change its colour - imperceptible to the naked eye, but edit those minutes out and the colour change can be quite noticeable. The editor might not have been quite as vigilant in correcting the colour shift, or when it was compressed for the web, vast amounts of image data will have been averaged out and discarded - often leading to inaccuracies in color fidelity. adam

thank you.