MilitaryCollector Report post Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) What would I need to start making leather items? Right now I have a hard surface for stamping, 3 stamps, dye (light brown), and antique (dark brown). Edited January 19, 2019 by MilitaryCollector Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJole Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Check out Ian Atkinson's videos-- he does a great job of addressing this question: Beginners’ Videos Top 25 Recommended Leatherwork Tools (45 mins) The Tools You Need for Leatherwork (15 mins) The Hardware You Need for Leatherwork (30 mins) Information About Dyeing Leather (45 mins) Choosing the right type, weight and quality of leather for your projects (35 mins) Hand Stitching Leather (1 hour 35 mins) Videos here===> <http://ianatkinson.net/leather/videos.htm> Now, if you're looking at learning tooling, that's a different set of skills. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisash Report post Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) You can spend about £30-40.00 on ebay and buy a chinese starter set of all the tools you need to get working, they will naturally not be first class tools but they will do the job until you have built up some experience and then understand exactly what tools you would like to buy to replace them with better tools Some you may never use, others you may keep a long time as usable, and just do the job I guess every one starting mechanics, wants to start with Snap-on Tools, but end up buying a selection of cheap tools and then upgrade as required If you watch the nigel armitage youtube video's on tools tests you will be amazed how he often is amazed with the quality of low cost tools when compared with very expensive ones To me you need experience so you can judge whats a good tool and whats just hype or marketing Edited January 19, 2019 by chrisash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tugadude Report post Posted January 19, 2019 As I said in another post of yours, search this forum, it has been asked and answered dozens of times. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tugadude Report post Posted January 19, 2019 I suggest you spend some time in the Getting Started forum I quickly found this post that lists tools and discussion on them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tugadude Report post Posted January 19, 2019 See the list of videos in DJOLE's post in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MilitaryCollector Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Ok, I'll go check there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
