VinceOuel

I'm new to leathercrafting, how would condition the hinge areas? Simply by folding back and forth?

Yes I know I skived the wrong side, my error haha. I was just using the piece to test the strength of my magnets. I'm going to take a look at the Art of Making Cases. I would like to eventually make deckboxes completely out of leather so this could be useful. You both have good ideas to mold the leather. I might give it a shot eventually for another project. However, maybe I overlooked a detail in my initial questions. I want the leather cover to act as a flap to easily open and close (see pictures below). Forming the cover is therefore not an option since the whole thing will be too ridged. Ok I'll try a French edger. I've seen them mainly used on the edge of a piece so I wasn't sure if they would work as well in the middle of piece thanks. For the sewed miter joint, do you think the joint remains flexible? I guess the goal is to keep it at 90 degrees right?

Hello everyone, New on the forum and I need your help. I build wooden boxes to carry and store collectible cards. I want the cover of those boxes to be made of leather. However, I have a lot of difficulty folding the leather correctly over the box. I tried using a V groover and/or a stitch groover with a ruler as a guide but the final result is poor. Note that I will glue two pieces of leather together to form the cover, I'll explain a little further below. Do you have any suggestions on how I could fold the leather perfectly over the box? Or the tools I should use to be more efficient and precise? Also, I want to dig in the leather to add magnets. I am going to fit magnets that are 1/16" thick on a piece of leather and glue another piece over it to hide the magnets. Same issue, what would be the best tool and technic to use in order to be precise and efficient? Could I use a rectangle stamp and emboss it 1/32" deep on both pieces of leather, would it work? Thanks