First Leather Project worth showing

[PastorBob]

2 hours ago, MtlBiker said:

Thank you again for your kind and patient advice.  I really appreciate it.

I just watched a YouTube video by Hahns Atelier and he did something I'd never seen before...  It looked like he used Tokonole on the edges and after burnishing them, he applied Fiebings Edge Kote.  Do you have any opinion about that?

I have done it for affect.  I normally just slick 'em.  Less work and I like the look of a nice slicked edge.

[AndrewWR]

On 3/22/2022 at 12:56 PM, MtlBiker said:

I forgot to mention that I was very skeptical that this particular technique would work, but it did.  That is, I stitched it all together without first having formed the leather.  Only then did I wet the leather and try to open up the inside by forcing it with my fingers.  I was surprised that I was able to stretch out the leather enough for the AirPods to fit inside.

I'm a big fan of wet forming leather after assembly. For the very best fit, I put whatever the case is for (in this case Airpods) in a reasonably heavy duty self-seal plastic bag and leave it in the case until dry. When the plastic bag is removed, it leaves a very small amount of clearance so you can get the contents in and our without having to 'break-in' the case further but its a close enough fit to be rattle-free.

[MtlBiker]

16 minutes ago, AndrewWR said:

I'm a big fan of wet forming leather after assembly. For the very best fit, I put whatever the case is for (in this case Airpods) in a reasonably heavy duty self-seal plastic bag and leave it in the case until dry. When the plastic bag is removed, it leaves a very small amount of clearance so you can get the contents in and our without having to 'break-in' the case further but its a close enough fit to be rattle-free.

This is the first time I've done that (after assembly) and I think in some (many?) cases it might be impossible to get the item inside to wet form after stitching.  For this little case, I had to work and work with my fingers to get the leather open enough to slip the case inside. And I was surprised that it actually worked so well.