How To Fill A Gap Between 2 Pieces Of Leather Cemented Together

[leathervan]

When I cement two pieces of leather together to make it like one piece there is sometimes an indentation where the leather pieces don't meet to form a smooth edge. A place where it is like the leather is cut out to form a small canyon. I think you know what I mean. I suppose that when it is cut the knife isn't at a perfect vertical position sometimes. But is there a way to fill that gap with something where I can still get a good smooth edge using the usual techniques of sanding the edge and then buffing it using edge dye etc.

Edited November 15, 2011 by leathervan

[dirtclod]

You can sand it out. But you will need to go on either side of the dip so you don't have a bigger dip. What i do when i need to glue two pieces togeather espically if their stamped or tooled is take the piece that had the design and put it face down ( flesh side up ) on your side or what ever your cutting from and mark the other piece with grain side up and cut it out and glue. Then sand, stitch and burnish.