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Good tutorial, I'll get a message off the the owner and see if we can make it a permanent link. There's a few things I do differently that I'd like to add:

1. I always seal the leather to prevent rub-off of the dye

2. I "set" the leather by heat drying it. You'll get different numbers from different people, but I use a convection oven set at about 140(F) and just get the leather hot. Then I remove it and let it finish air drying. When heated like this, the leather takes the molding and really holds the shape...IMO, a lot better than just air drying.

That would be great and thanks for the additional tips Im gonna need all the help I can get. I also just noticed I am or I was a first time poster so greetings to all of you sorry for not introducing myself ealier. I have always wanted to get into leathercrafting going back to my days as a young boy on my uncles ranch out in Elsinore CA. he was a Leathercrafter/Silversmith and I always looked forward to my visits to the ranch.

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