What to do with scrap?

[AndyL1]

Hello! I need some help with ideas! I make belts out of 10/12 ounce bridle but when I buy a side I always cut it down to about 55 inches in length. I'm left with a good portion of the hide which I use to make small strap items. My problem is the leftovers are starting to stack up and don't know what to make out of these larger panels. I can only make so many key fobs. In short, what else could I make? I need ideas! Thanks in advance.

[YinTx]

You should be able to cut off the shoulder and have enough for the belts.  Then, anything that you can make with shoulders:  note books, note pads, wallets, eyeglasses cases, phone sleeves, valet trays.. list goes on!

YinTx

[AndyL1]

  On 9/28/2021 at 3:47 PM, YinTx said:

You should be able to cut off the shoulder and have enough for the belts.  Then, anything that you can make with shoulders:  note books, note pads, wallets, eyeglasses cases, phone sleeves, valet trays.. list goes on!

YinTx

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Thank for the reply! What I'm left with is basically the shoulder size panel. It's thick stuff so not suited for what you've listed. I cut a bunch of it for coasters but I have SOOO much it's kind of a burden. lol It's Wicket & Craig bridle leather (good stuff!)

[PastorBob]

  On 9/28/2021 at 4:23 PM, AndyL1 said:

Thank for the reply! What I'm left with is basically the shoulder size panel. It's thick stuff so not suited for what you've listed. I cut a bunch of it for coasters but I have SOOO much it's kind of a burden. lol It's Wicket & Craig bridle leather (good stuff!)

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If your leather products are priced to include the scraps, you could make dog / cat collars and sell them for cheap, donating the extra cash to an animal shelter.  Charge enough to cover the hardware and a little for your time, plus whatever you want to donate.  You could also make (along the same lines with donations) some of the cancer ribbons...I am thinking ones that are 6-8 inches tall.

[chuck123wapati]

sell it on the forum. 

[Klara]

I was going to suggest dog collars as well. The leather might work for valet trays (but I only have 3 mm leather, so I can't be sure) if you cut a grooce where it needs to bend. Also bags, if you have thinner leather for the gusset (see picture).

Dice cups, or desk organizer cups. Boxes of all sorts. Heavy-duty bracelets. Bondage gear.

Edited September 28, 2021 by Klara

[tsunkasapa]

Holsters and knife/axe sheaths.

[chuck123wapati]

practice with it, use it for mockups or new pattern making 

[fredk]

There be a quadzillion things you can make

Question 1; what size pieces are we talking about?

As well as the good suggestions; you could glue small odd shaped bits on a piece of canvas or heavy cotton and make bags, or glue them on to indoor-flower pots, or glue on to small/medium sized wood boxes

Cut into equal sized rectangles and make dominoes

[YinTx]

  On 9/28/2021 at 4:23 PM, AndyL1 said:

Thank for the reply! What I'm left with is basically the shoulder size panel. It's thick stuff so not suited for what you've listed. I cut a bunch of it for coasters but I have SOOO much it's kind of a burden. lol It's Wicket & Craig bridle leather (good stuff!)

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Yeah, I missed the 10-12oz detail, that is pretty heavy.  I've been making round knife sheaths from 9 oz, but knife sheaths from 10 oz would work nicely, I think Don Gonzales does his from 10 oz.  A splitter will help you if you want to be making other things out of it.  Alternatively, if they are shoulders, there is a market for them, even I'd buy several!

YinTx