Category: Leather Working

When you own knives you need to keep them sharp. For that purpose I made this simple double sided paddle strop. It has top grain leather on one side, suede on the other side. That makes this paddle strop very versatile and perfect for honing the blades of your wood carving knives, pocked knives or

A while ago I made a leather strap cutter on this channel. Since then many people have asked me how the blade is installed exactly, since this wasn’t clear from the video. I hope this video shows better how to install the blade in the handmade leather strap cutter. Be sure to also check out

In this video I will show you how to make a beautiful hand tooled and carved bifold wallet. The wallet will get a Western floral pattern carved and tooled into it. Even with limited leather carving and tooling experience I’m pretty confident you can make a similar wallet too. Just get yourself some vegetable tanned

This time I’m making a sheath for a Leatherman Wave multitool. This wet molded leather sheath has two pouches: one for the Leatherman multitool and another one for the bit kit you can get for it. The video will show you the entire process how this sheath is made, so you can make one yourself

A few weeks ago I made a razor sharp kiridashi knife. Since it is so sharp, I need a safe way to store the knife. So… In this video I am going to make a leather sheath for the kiridashi blade. The Japanese marking knife will get a beautiful sheath, since I am going to

Make a Movember donation to support all kinds of men’s health related research via this link:https://movember.com/m/14593086?mc=1 This month it’s already Movember again so I am growing a mustache and try to raise some funds for prostate cancer research and other men’s health related topics. But that can’t be the main topic of this video, so

I love coffee and leather, so why not combine the two? In this video I am going to try leather carving and tooling for the very first time. In order to be able to stamp and tool I need a good working surface. The best natural stone for that purpose is either marble or granite.

For beginners it is difficult to start making shoes in traditional ways, using either the Goodyear construction or Blake stitch method. That’s where SneakerKit comes in play. SneakerKit was on Kickstarter some time ago. The shoe making process that they developed enables everyone to make their own sneakers by simply following the steps. If I

Every video should contain a project. Since I was very busy with preparing some projects and upgrading my workshop, the project in this video is a super simple one. I am going to make a leather mouse pad that gives your desk a luxurious feeling. I will also update about the three next videos: Making

This easy to make leather valet tray is a simple leatherworking project that can be made in under an hour. Since I didn’t have that much time lately, it easily fit in my schedule and is a lot of fun to make. This veg tan leather catchall can hold a lot of every day carry