Aulus Report post Posted October 4, 2011 Hi Folks, I have a question: Somtimes I´ve read about pre streching leather for Belts, Fenders ect.. Is this useful? Do you pre strech your leather? And when you do, at what stage of your project you will do (I think after carving?)?. Have a good Time! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
genewshipp Report post Posted February 5, 2016 I would also like to learn about when and how to pre-stretch. My first project was a holster. It was lined so I'm not sure that it needed stretching before or after bonding the liner or not. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Colt W Knight Report post Posted February 5, 2016 The process is extremely useful on saddle stirrups. If the leather isn't pretty stretched, the left stirrup ends up being a lot longer than the rightraditional pretty quickly. Sometimes, if I am tooling an item the is being stitched together in a complex pattern, I stretch the leather from the back with a glass slicker so I can cut it to the proper size and it won't stretch out from tooling. Belts made from vegtan leather can stretch a lot, several inches when wet. And as it stretches, tooling looses definition. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
