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I have a voucher to buy some books on Amazon so I thought I might some leatherwork books. I already have several book shelves full of many of the common and not so common books What are the collective's opinions on this book from Tony & Kay Laier? https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1497203465/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_8?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1 or this one (not via Amazon tho) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-Leather-Craft-Handbook-by-Tony-and-Kay-Laier/353112101104 or suggestions for other books? I find that so many books have between 1/3rd and 2/3rd of the book devoted to tools and types of leather and so little about any work or of 'projects'. I have enough of those books. I want books which assume I know all that and just get right to the working

I would wash it out carefully using a dog / animal friendly shampoo. Shampoo for humans has additives which are not good for animal hair. Then hang it out to dry where there is plenty of air blowing and comb or brush it down as it dries

If at first you don't succeed, try again, . . . . then give up

There's a 'eck of a lot of double terminology in leatherwork. Not only in the tools. After over 20 years at this lark I still need to check what some people are talking about It all can have various reasons; regional names or terms, mis-naming long ago which is now accepted as correct, new names made up, misspelling of old names et cetera, et cetera - as Yul Byrnner once said

Ok. I voted. Always willing to back a leatherworker. Don't want a smelly candles maker or someone winning Very strange that there are no limits on who can vote or how often

So far I've only seen that set currently available in 19mm - 3/4 inch. It might be easier to down size your letter alphabet to match the numbers

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Which set do you call 'standard' ? a picture of some of them will help us

afair you can get edge creaser heads which fit into standard soldering irons which use replaceable tips

When I use 1 / 1.1mm thread I sew thru 0.8mm holes with a 1mm needle, but thats a punched hole which doesn't remove leather. On your holes I'd be using 1.5mm or even 2mm lace I'm sure it would be. I reckon Tandy's scouts' kits have been around since Baden-Powell's first scout troop

I'll come back to this, but in the meantime 1. those sewing holes look awfully big. can you reduce them, a lot? 2. how about some simple and cheap kits for scouts? I believe the scouts in the US are big on doing leatherwork. The only real competitor for you I know of who makes kits is Tandy and imo they really over-charge for what you get

This Its surprising what you can find. Often you can get leatherwork tools cheap cos the seller doesn't know what they are and for

One tool I'd advise getting is wing-dividers or the screw adjusted version. Most useful in my instances Your #5 - I hope you mean a skiving knife. A skinning knife is a very different tool and would not be much use to you Buy high quality hole punches, don't skimp on them. You'll also need a range of item such as files, whetstones etc for making sharp things sharp and keeping them that way

I'm the odd one out. I use one of those punches, have done for about 5 years now, with no problems. In fact I reckon they're one of the best I've ever had. Previous ones by other makers broke after a short time, even very expensive ones.

yeah, and it wants me to download somat. I don't download unknowns. If the OP can't be bothered to post photos on this site then I'm not going to chase

On second look, second thoughts. . . . . . . . Nice, I like it Without being rude, there are few things out of alignment, eg the double line about 1/2 way down doesn't match the edge, but for all that, its still nice

Pictures? I don't see no pichurs

Nice

Dye first then paint the letters. Use 'Mop & Glo' floor polish for a sealant

No chaps, those are not what he is looking for, Imagine a Chicago Screw assembled, but in one piece. A flat head on each side. Some old fashioned military equipment used to attach to belts and straps using them

Thanks for these For others, to educate them; in many English towns and especially so London, trades were grouped in certain areas, all workers in one type of trade were in one district, eg the leatherworkers in one area, butchers in another, goldsmiths in another, and this is reflected today in the street names still existing

Sharp hole punch, Sharpen it and it will cut cleaner. A blunt punch is not cutting the leather cleanly

yup, you got it

ohhh, that is just sooooo nice!