ShadowShaman

Hi guys, Not sure if anyone can help with this but does anyone know what brand of water based dyes and finish that the Japanese company Yuhaku use, they produce exactly the kind of gradient dye and finish that I would like to achieve.

Thanks again for your advice and encouragement guys, here my second attempt seems to have much better stitching, I will continue to practice stitching then when I am more consistent I intend to try a couple of wallets and belts.

Thanks for the comments and advice guys, @Bodean I did case the leather but I think I needed to wait a little longer for the water to properly dampen, and I also needed more force, I think I was too gentle trying to avoid stuttering with the stamp.

Hi Guys, This is my first attempt at making anything in leather, it is only a basic key fob (without the hole cut for the keyring yet) but I though I would put it out there for you guys to take a look, I know I messed up the reverse side stamp with not enough force and I burnished the edge with a wooden spoon! (I have to order a burnisher/slicker yet) this was just to get to grips with the basic technique of saddlestitch (which went a little off in places), cutting and burnishing it took me about an hour or so, it's far from perfect I know, but I am reasonably pleased with it. I hope you guys like it.