Members afdfirefighter Posted February 5, 2019 Members Report Posted February 5, 2019 Am i bending the leather too tight or what am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance. Quote
Members billybopp Posted February 5, 2019 Members Report Posted February 5, 2019 Skive it down a bit thinner and wet before bending should help. Some leathers are just difficult tho. Bill Quote
Members Grumpymann Posted February 5, 2019 Members Report Posted February 5, 2019 Are you wetting the leather before you bend it? Looks like that may be the issue. Quote
Members chiefjason Posted February 6, 2019 Members Report Posted February 6, 2019 Oil it. Wet it before hand. Worse case, you have bad leather and don't use it in that capacity. I bought a strap a while back and every thing I made from it broke. Some leather just gets brittle. Quote
Members afdfirefighter Posted February 11, 2019 Author Members Report Posted February 11, 2019 Thank you all for the replies. I have now started wetting before bending and added pure neatsfoot oil to my process. I was not doing either of those. New leatherworker problems... Quote
Members kiwican Posted February 11, 2019 Members Report Posted February 11, 2019 4 hours ago, afdfirefighter said: Thank you all for the replies. I have now started wetting before bending and added pure neatsfoot oil to my process. I was not doing either of those. New leatherworker problems... Let us know how that goes for you! Quote
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