How Do I Make A Men's Leather Ring?

[mag246]

What about gluing and compressing layers of leather together like when making a knife handle? After gluing, sanding and polishing you would have a surface as hard as wood and nice and shiny and you could simply drill the hole in the center to what ever size you need. And I imagine it wouldn't stretch much if at all due to being "impregnated" with glue.

[Sylvia]

Noah

Here is a ring that was presented during the 10 minute time trial a couple months ago that uses the wet form technique with two round punches.

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=37399&view=findpost&p=231459

[Noah4]

Mag246, possibly a good idea, but I don't quite understand. Maybe do a drawing and post it.

Thanks.

What about gluing and compressing layers of leather together like when making a knife handle? After gluing, sanding and polishing you would have a surface as hard as wood and nice and shiny and you could simply drill the hole in the center to what ever size you need. And I imagine it wouldn't stretch much if at all due to being "impregnated" with glue.

[mag246]

Here's an instructional page on how to do it.

https://www.brisa.fi/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=15&limit=1&limitstart=1

[Noah4]

Thanks for the tips guys! I am mostly doing machine embroidery right now. But I do work some leather into it now and then.

[Glendon]

This thread gave me a great idea that I think I'll have to try. This is what I came up with. Use the folding and wet forming technique to make two seamless leather rings. Make one slightly larger then the other, just enough to take into account the leather thickness of the first ring. Make the larger band flesh side in, and the smaller one flesh side out. Glue the bands flesh to flesh so that the ring is grain showing inside and out. Then stitch if desired,, bevel, stain, and burnish.

Depending on what kind of stamping, stitching, and additions made, I could see these being very interesting. I'll have to play with this one and see if it works well.

Edited March 13, 2012 by Glendon

[jus10]

I did this today then impregnated it with wax so its hard