JethroLeatherMan Report post Posted yesterday at 05:18 PM I'm new to leatherwork so I was wanting to get some advice on a belt that I am working on. First off, when cutting my rawhide which I am doing while it is dry, I am also using a Hercules HRC-100 which is a powered fabric cutter but it is also more than capable of cutting up to 1" leather. Is this something that would be considered taboo? Also, when clamping my leather end where the buckle rests, I am just using a simple hand-clamp instead of leather clips. Again, is this adequate or another practice that is not suited for leatherwork? My thought is that using tools that were not necessarily designed for leatherwork but achieve the same result is perfectly fine but I wanted to see what experts in the space thought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted 1 hour ago On 8/14/2024 at 11:18 AM, JethroLeatherMan said: First off, when cutting my rawhide Are you actually using rawhide or are you calling it rawhide as you haven't done anything to it yet? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawhide_(material) for a little info on rawhide. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites