Members KGV Posted April 18, 2014 Members Report Posted April 18, 2014 Hi all, I'm looking for some Japanese leather craft books, preferably used or discounted, most of the ones i've found are upwards of $50 and are hardcover, I don't hardcover, and don't care if the book is a little scratched up. Specifically this is the book i'm looking for, but anything pertaining to wallets, bags, or small leather goods would do! Hand Sewing Leather Vol. 1 Leathercraft Book For Stitching & Making Leatherwork (P.S. I know goodsjapan has this for sale, I'm just trying to find one that isn't $60 if i can help it) Thanks!
Members DavidL Posted April 18, 2014 Members Report Posted April 18, 2014 I believe there are a few japanese proxy sites that buy the product and ship it out to you for a small fee. It would be interesting to see if they can locate this book for you. In Japan they have a few leather craft stores that would stock these type of books (probably for 20 USD). Heck, maybe for 15 dollars they can translate it to english for you. If they are able to get you a copy leave a link here I'd also like to pick up these a copy.
electrathon Posted April 18, 2014 Report Posted April 18, 2014 I have that book (not for sale). It is a good book, just a little hard to read.
Members KGV Posted April 18, 2014 Author Members Report Posted April 18, 2014 @electrathon worth $60? Im looking for guidance when it comes to making long wallets and mid wallets, let me know if its helpful with patterns, cutting and deisgning. Thanks!
King's X Posted April 18, 2014 Report Posted April 18, 2014 I have the entire collection minus a few here and there. I have a source on eBay where I get my books. They are not in Japanese, but printed in Chinese and they are shipped from Washington state. The eBay store is called Charming Babe. She lists them for around $30 and ships for about $6. Good luck. Greetings from Central Texas! The Grain Side Up blog #TheGrainSideUp
Members KGV Posted April 18, 2014 Author Members Report Posted April 18, 2014 @kingsx thanks so much! What a coincidence, I can read chinese so this well be much better than trying to guess what the directions say. I'll check out her shop right now! Much appreciated brother
electrathon Posted April 19, 2014 Report Posted April 19, 2014 If someone is selling them for $36 I would likely buy the rest of the set. For $60 it does make my bottom pucker up some.
Members WyomingSlick Posted April 19, 2014 Members Report Posted April 19, 2014 I have the entire collection minus a few here and there. I have a source on eBay where I get my books. They are not in Japanese, but printed in Chinese and they are shipped from Washington state. The eBay store is called Charming Babe. She lists them for around $30 and ships for about $6. Good luck. LOL All right you guys......keep it up......and the next thing you know "them guys" will be swamping eBay with them like they are doing with all that other leathercraft stuff. Seriously. as you guys may know by now. I am a great believer in the power of the printed word, and most of what I have learned outside of direct experiance, has been from books. I keep thinking maybe somebody in Japan would get their act together and get those books translated into "good english" and market them over here. It seems to me like Japanese companies, or any other language companies would make a sincere effort to translate better than they do. I am thinking a two step process would help a lot. Have a bilingual native translate it to english........and then have a native English speaker who is fluent in whatever the original language is, do further work and refine the syntax, and meaning to make it readily understandable to english speakers. Till that happens, if it happens.........are the books worth the money ?, (John 8:32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (KJV) And the truth is that religion is nothing more than the lame attempt by largely ignorant people to bring sense and order to a world that was beyond their comprehension. Once you see religion for the delusional and superstitious artifact it is............... you will be free !
electrathon Posted April 19, 2014 Report Posted April 19, 2014 There are a lot of pictures. More then there are words that I can not read.
Members LTC Posted May 7, 2014 Members Report Posted May 7, 2014 i bought a couple of these books (the japanese version) and they are really nicely done. the patterns are all in the back for each wallet shown also. the steps are relatively easy to follow along if you have some experience in leatherworking already. though there are some things they do that i don't understand because i haven't seen it done. one thing that i thought was interesting was it looks like they smear either gum tragacanth or something like it onto the flesh side of the wallets and then burnish it with a glass burnisher. i hadn't thought about doing that before. i generally line the wallets i make, but...i'm not sure how well that gum trag on there would work. anyway, there are a ton of pictures. but i do wish i could read japanese or knew someone that could read parts of it so i can understand what they're doing better.
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