Members Mr Gaunt Posted September 9, 2019 Members Report Posted September 9, 2019 If this is your first attempt at making anything out of leather, I hate you a lot! This is beautiful work. I love Tony's patterns. I have been drooling over the Motoko 3, but I am too broke to buy enough leather. I'll have to wait until someone wants to buy something from me. Quote
toxo Posted September 9, 2019 Author Report Posted September 9, 2019 Thank you Mr Gaunt but it really wasn't difficult. Extremely time consuming yes but I don't even like to think about punching all those holes and hand stitching. Once I get over the trauma and think about doing another I'll think about doing it lighter like beige and tan with dark edges. I'll also use much thinner leather on the full width pockets but most of all I'll think about where I can machine rather than hand stitch which will save a bunch of time. Talking about using less leather, Now that I have the pattern pieces cut out they've sort of become templates so I won't waste so much leather by having to cut oversize and taping before the final cuts. I should add that I printed the patterns on card. Quote
RockyAussie Posted September 10, 2019 Report Posted September 10, 2019 Marvellous looking bag there @toxo and looking at your work I think and hope to be seeing more in the future. A few more of the steps shown would be great to see as well. Quote Wild Harry - Australian made leather goodsYouTube Channel Instagram
toxo Posted September 10, 2019 Author Report Posted September 10, 2019 39 minutes ago, RockyAussie said: Marvellous looking bag there @toxo and looking at your work I think and hope to be seeing more in the future. A few more of the steps shown would be great to see as well. Thanks Rocky, or is it Harry? There isn't much more to say really. Tonys (Dieselpunk.Ro or Nitekore) designs are easy to follow. I printed out the patterns on card. Some have to be joined because of the constraints of A4. There is some wastage because you cut them oversize, tape them down and cut/punch to get the finished pieces. Not sure if I will print them out again for the next one or use the old ones because they are now essentially templates so avoiding some wastage. I went with this design because it looks good and is practical whilst being doable for a newbie. No skiving for example. The holes were 1.5mm and I used John James 002 needles with 1.2mm flat waxed poly from Tandy because it's much cheaper than many of the alternatives. I struggled a bit with the needle/hole size and I noticed in Tonys video that he was using an oval punch the crafty sod. Mind you, if you go with an oval punch it's obviously critical that you line it up properly every time. Most of it I could get in a horse so not too bad but the hardest part was stitching the back panel to the front flap because you have to keep moving the flap back and forth. No glue was used in any of it. I was told the leather was pull up but I think it's oil tanned. It was expensive at any rate. Just neatsfoot and resolene on top IIRC. Here's a pick of the start. ( for someone with not much more to say, I said a mouthful didn't I.) Quote
RockyAussie Posted September 10, 2019 Report Posted September 10, 2019 Good stuff there toxo, that gives an idea of the amount of leather$ one would need for such a project. Quote Wild Harry - Australian made leather goodsYouTube Channel Instagram
Members Rolandranch Posted September 13, 2019 Members Report Posted September 13, 2019 Wow very nice! Quote
toxo Posted September 13, 2019 Author Report Posted September 13, 2019 36 minutes ago, Rolandranch said: Wow very nice! Thank you Roland. Quote
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