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I stumbled upon this web site that has free d/l of leather books, most of them are old book with lots of patterns. Leathercraft has patterns for billfold, cigarette case, key container, tobacco pouch, book cover, belts and so on. I provide a few books that you can download in .pdf format and there is other formats which can be d/l to. There is also videos and audio on "leather" as well, here is the link to the site with the word leather is already searched. http://archive.org/s...p?query=leather Hope you guy enjoys this, Thanks for looking.

LEATHERCRAFT FOR AMATEYRS - ELEONORE E. BANG

http://ia700302.us.a...ra006855mbp.pdf

HISTORICAL CARVINGS IN LEATHER - DR. WILLIAM ALLEN MADDOX

http://ia700308.us.a...in007170mbp.pdf

Leather Hides Skin Tanning Material - E C Snow

http://ia700508.us.a...in003965mbp.pdf

The application of Oils and Grease to Leather - J R Blockey

http://ia700300.us.a...il017193mbp.pdf

Leather work - Wilson, Winifred H

http://ia600704.us.a...rwork00wils.pdf

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Thanks for the information, definately worth a look.

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I took a quick look at LEATHERCRAFT FOR AMATEYRS and it had some interesting ideas for patterns and things that could be done, as well as stitching instructions. It is definately worth the price :) Thanks for sharing, and the link to archive.org

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Yes. Many thanks. I'm always on the lookout for free media that might just have another idea (or cause one)

Michael

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THANKS!

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Thank you! Interesting with oldtimers' instructions!

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Thank you. Very helpfull.

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thanks

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I read through the entire 137 page Eleonore Bang amateur file. Lots of interesting stuff. My wife may disagree that leather craft is "nearly silent and non-irritating" as a tap and mallet away...

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Thanks for the links. They are very helpful.

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I know this is an older topic but wanted to say thanks!! I'm totally new to leather working and Eleonore Bang's book has been so helpful! The information is great and I love that it was written so long ago but still applies. Several things she explains were terms/techniques I wasn't 100% sure I understood. Can't wait to check out the other links.

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I've updated all the links to the current links at ARCHIVE.org   http://archive.org  It's a great site with tons of info on tons of things. More about that at the bottom.

The links posted take you to a virtual book view but from that view there are links to various formats including PDF and plain text. Obviously no images/graphics in the plain text but it will allow you to search for desired terms easier.

Since the links go to virtual books, if you "flip" too far back to the left, you may have to flip several pages to the right to get back to the actual content.

LEATHERCRAFT FOR AMATEURS - ELEONORE E. BANG

https://archive.org/details/leathercraftfora006855mbp/page/n7

HISTORICAL CARVINGS IN LEATHER - DR. WILLIAM ALLEN MADDOX

https://archive.org/details/historicalcarvin007170mbp/page/n5

Leather Hides Skin Tanning Material - E C Snow

https://archive.org/details/leatherhidesskin003965mbp/page/n1

The application of Oils and Grease to Leather - J R Blockey

https://archive.org/details/applicationofoil017193mbp/page/n3

Leather work - Wilson, Winifred H

https://archive.org/details/leatherwork00wils/page/n3

 

To kill some time in the Internet rabbit hole:

https://archive.org/search.php?query=leatherwork

https://archive.org/search.php?query=leather work

https://archive.org/search.php?query=leathercraft

https://archive.org/search.php?query=leather craft

Not all content at this link is safe for work...or kids...or anyone that hasn't figured out how to be an adult.  ----->    https://archive.org/search.php?query=leather

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FWIW, the original site seems to have moved - the links might work at archive.org

 

For example - the first link is broken:

http://ia700302.us.archive.org/16/items/leathercraftfora006855mbp/leathercraftfora006855mbp.pdf

but this link works. So far I've been able to get all the books this way.

https://archive.org/details/leathercraftfora006855mbp

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Considering that this post originated over 5 and a half years ago that is no surprise.  Should kind of expect such things to happen.

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