My First Few Projects

[FISTfullaLEATHER]

Wow. Well, I think it came out beautiful! Way to go!

Thanks!

Fistfulla, you don't need anything fancy for burnishing just a piece of hardwood dowel with a groove in it will work. If you want a little more speed for burnishing chuck the dowel in a drill press or even a hand held drill. There is nothing wrong with using a spoon for molding and or modeling. I use all kinds of things to get the leather pressed in to where I want it when molding.

That's what I learned later. I went to tandy and bought the burnisher and after I bought it, the guy working told me the same thing. Well great to know after I bought it, haha. But it fits well in my cheap ryobi hand drill. Works well on curves and such. Doing it by hand results in a smoother finish on the long edges though.

[humperdingle]

I tend to find the inside flesh side of an unlined belt almost burnish themselves through natural wear. Some Aussie Conditioner rubbed-in to the flesh seems to help, though.

[charles canillas]

Hi I'm a newbie here. Only been working with leather for 3 or 4 months, but love it. Here are some of the things I have made. Most of them for family, but I'm starting to sell some.

[Renoir]

+1 like for the R2 unit

Nice start!