stampingdelight

what is everyones thoughts on the nylon hammer for leather working? I have been using a rubber mallet & wanted to upgrade so thought to ask for feed back,

ok thought to ask all of you since many of you have been tooling for some time. what is better to use when beveler tooling the checkered/textured or smooth? would checked be totaly different to textured when tooling? does the checked or textured hold the dye better to giving more deepth when you dye not matter the kind of dye? testured tools would be like pebbler or matted style & checked tools would be more one with many dots or linesl & has the roughness? I have use all the tools I just never learned all the proper names or what to use them best for & such. thanks again everyone for being so helpful.

@Hags never used double sided tape, will have to try. now would the double sided tape like you use with fabric would that be the same. and thanks to everyon for the help.

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@BlackDragon photo of hole item

does anyone use glue with leather working if so, what type of glue has everyone found works best when gluing leather together? or is it not good to use glue with leather?

helle I am trying to find item in photo looks to be 1" I have looked under conchos thinking that is what it is with no luck, anything I find close to it does not have the hole in the middle & is half the size. any help would be wonderful & where to find to buy would be appreciated.

@fredk k worth trying if need more help will ask encase did something wrong or could of done better. last time I dyed I started on the edges, so starting in center might be better will give it a try.

what kind of airbrush

hello everyone, what is the best way everyone found when dyeing a large piece of leather. think is little over 1 foot and half to 2 feet? other item looking to dye would be 3 to 4 feet long once get made. has anyone dipped leather into the dye, if so what is best to use like a plastic bucket?

hello I have some undyed vegetable leather, got cut and tooled, to me feels stiffer now. my questiion is what can I use to soften before i dye? I read can use mix of rubbing alcohol with vaseline, mink oil or neatsfoot? what does everone use or find works best, for hoping not to darken leather.

@DieselTech thank you very much

great work

made a leather card holder for a friend for christmas, different to what was going to do. leather did not want to allow me to transfer image, even when I tried cutting into leather was hard to see the lines with the fuzz part so just make outline stincel traced out before adding all the detailing in by hand.

hello all tryed my hand at a making a freind a leather birthday card, along with a home made box. any thougts how to make better? after seeing some peoples work thought maybe should of matted around the letters but, only after was fully done, not sure if would damage the letters if I did matting.