What are some tools that changed your leatherwork?

[chuck123wapati]

1 hour ago, Mablung said:

Books are always tools, in a different sense.  Intellectual tools, which are the best kind.  To paraphrase another saying, the mind is the final tool.

yup all the tool answers above need special knowledge to use them and care for them correctly, and it can all be found in a book. Also, the saddler will have a different answer than the shoemaker or the guy who makes watch straps lol. What each of us envisions as leather work usually is diferent.

And I'll add this forum as a great tool also.😁 You can see those who take the critiques and advice seriously improve as time goes on, while those who blow off the help or ignore helpful tips and good advice just don't improve as fast or as well. It's not the tool in the hand, it's the hand that drives the tool. A knowledgeable craftsman with mediocre tools can outperform the ignorant man with the best tools.

[fredk]

Besides books, especially by Al Stohlman my other things are;

A Tandy Pro-Press. I use it a lot, for pressing stamps, as a clicker press, for making sewing holes with chisels

Sets of sewing chisels with different spacing; 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm and my stitching pliers and lacing pliers

A couple of sewing clamps; a light-weight one for taking out to places and a larger heavier one for use at home base

My special stamping table 

Which is adaptable for various jobs

[AlZilla]

Is leatherworker.net a tool? It's been a great learning resource for me.