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  1. Dun
    if I'm seeing it correctly, if not, feel free to ignore any inner corners(90* or more acute angles) should be made with a sharp round punch. I'll look for a pic to demonstrate. edit: here is a tandy example
  2. Dun
    I used couch leather I skinned to line the inside layer of this bifold. It's wrapped around rfid blocking paper. But I had to find other leathers for outside and pockets. I would suggest do some edge tests. I was not happy with my edges on this but without a better plan just had to keep going
  3. Dun
    This is a project I probably need to try. I need to learn a lot of the skills involved. Great job!
  4. Dun
    Thanks. I guess I'll have to see how well a lining will stay without being stitched in place.
  5. Dun
    Huh, so basically they staple it. Not what I was expecting. Still, there must be a way to use regular saddle stitches.
  6. Dun
    Thanks. Machine stitching is fine rubbing against skin but I'm having trouble finding examples of how other sandals hide hand made details
  7. Dun
    I'm really impressed with the gusset corners!
  8. Dun
    That image does not show how the buckle is held in place on the leather that is against the skin. Is it a loop stitched or riveted across the buckle's center post?
  9. Dun
    But how does birkenstock attach the buckles?
  10. Dun
    Oh yeah! Lots of lessons. Technically this is my second pair but the first ones were actually wearable. These are, but I want to do better.
  11. Dun
    When do you use the various cutting surfaces? I usually just have a poly something cutting board, add a piece of scrap leather if I'm cutting something with the top(grain?) side facing down. When are you supposed to use: granite? marble? plate glass? that other stone that the name escapes me? end grain up wood? poly cutting boards?
  12. Dun
    Tried a pair of sandals but the ankle strap connection points kept breaking the skin on my foot no matter how much I grooved the stitchline. I ended up just covering the unused stitch holes with rivets. Any suggestions for that kind of connection point?
  13. Dun
    Not something I've ever really considered before. Partially from just having bad habits (will mention that below cause some people find it extremely revolting) but what do you like to do? Do I just treat them edge work and file/sand in the same direction that you cut? What about some gum trag?(joking) *Feel free to skip this over explaining* All I've done my whole life is shampoo my hair well and it gets all the dirt out from under my fingernails without extra effort. I have very soft pliable finger nails so I would just peel the edges down shorter when they got to a certain length using my other nails. No clippers were ever involved. Because of this I have never actually learned what I'm supposed to be doing to appear like a normal human.
  14. Dun
    Thanks! Still so new I hadn't seen that subforum yet. Hmm, norco isn't too far and that is a horse town...thanks, I need to take a look. I'm honestly wondering if there are enough SoCal people on here that a bulk order could be done with a meet up?
  15. Dun
    If you don't mind, what did you do to your edges? Paint and heat and repeat?
  16. Dun

    Saw your post in "what leather will you not use" but I am curious what leathers, and finished products, does get used in more humid tropical climates?

    When I first started paying more attention to what others use, I was looking around in hawaii, and mostly saw canvas or waterproof nylons.

    1. AdamGadut

      AdamGadut

      most leathers are ok.. some waterproofing is good. i observe leather and moisture dont really mix very well. So some chrome tanned leathers typically have some water proof top layers - specially the ones with some glossy artificial finish.

      The Vegetable tanned ones are ok too as long as you seal them well. Like several coats of whatever dressing you use because the water proofing layer on those coatings eventually wear out. You'll know when the water proofing of a dressing has worn out when it looses its "glossiness" and turns to matte - it means it'll accept what the environment throws at it..

      about raw vegetable tanned leathers (no dyes yet), pick the fresh ones, they accept the dyes a whole lot better than the ones produced several weeks earlier. You'll know its fresh leather if the color is very pale off white. the whiter it is, the fresher it is. eventually over time it slowly darkens until its color is close to cream. i believe its the moisture in the air that causes this coloration. 

      I noticed when i apply Dyes to leathers that are weeks old, the light colored dyes don't absorb as well as the fresh leathers. 

      i hope this helps :)

    2. Dun

      Dun

      Thanks!

       

  17. Dun
    Looks great! I've seen some rough edged stuff burnish itself over a couple years worth of use.
  18. Dun
    Also new so I don't have any recommendations yet, but it seems like for our price range, beginners on a budget might need to go in together on a group buy?
  19. Dun
    Makes sense. This strip of test leather was very dark before casing, so I wasn't really sure when to start tooling since I was trying to use the "the leather is ready for tooling when it is close to original color" Unless you mean my use of the word "smoosh" earlier? I didn't want to use the phrase "pound into the leather" in case there was confusion on what leather "carving" "tooling" meant. It seamed a better example for how little force is needed. If someone had told me "hit tool with mallet" before I saw it done I would have punched all the way through.
  20. Dun
    This is also what I'm trying to learn. I haven't seen much leather tooling where you actually remove leather. It's more about smooshing a design into wet(cased) leather. The cutting is just to provide hard lines for the different depths created by tapping different shaped tools into the wet leather. Here is a practice piece, maybe my 3rd attempt? This would be up to step 5 listed above.
  21. Dun
    Does it also dye and burnish like regular veg tan?
  22. Dun
    Interesting, I like it.
  23. Dun
    Thanks! It all makes sense, I'm just in awe at the idea of saddle stitching with elbows deep inside a bag
  24. Dun
    Thanks! Do you find that connection points like that want to bend the bag around you?
  25. Dun
    It looks really good so far! Can I ask what your stitching process here is? -punch holes in 1 layer or all layers? -stitching awl to open up the holes a bit more or to actually pierce a new hole(same process in the zipper material)? -saddle stitching the fabric to the leather? also using a saddle stitch on the zipper?
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