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For a couple of years the art of making shoes has been on my mind. Making shoes with the Goodyear construction of Blake stitch method is too difficult for a beginner. On Kickstarter I found a kit to make sneakers: SneakerKit. After thinking about buying this for 1 minute, I ordered one of these shoe

Lately I have gained interest in film photography. On the online marketplaces I found a Canon EOS 650 that I bought and used to expose two rolls of Ilford HP5 Plus 400 black and white film. In this video I will explain to you and show you how to develop film so you can take

My old strop needs a replacement, so in this video I will make a brand new double sided paddle strop using basic woodworking techniques. Both sides will have vegetable tanned leather attached to it: top grain up on one side, suede side up on the other side. This paddle strop takes a coarse and fine

When you need to cut leather straps, you need a strap cutter. I like to build my own leather working tools, so in this video I will show you how to make a leather strap cutter. It is an easy woodworking project, for my leatherworking hobby. The result is a wonderfully working strap cutter that

Making lard by rendering pork fat is not difficult and lard is very versatile in its uses. That’s why in this first short instructional video I am going to demonstrate to you how to make lard from leaf fat. I am going to use the leaf fat from a pasture raised pig because that makes

For over 10 years I have been home brewing beer. In this video I will be brewing an amazing New England style IPA. To home brew this NEIPA I will use a lot of hops, including Cascade, Citra and Galena. Never have I used this many hops in one brew before. In addition I try

After some instructions and experiments I managed to make an awesome acrylic pour painting using the open cup technique. If you follow me along in this video, I will show you how I did it and give you some helpful tips on stuff including amount of paint and oil for the best cells. It’s very

Check out this video to see if you won the soap giveaway and will receive 4 bars of natural homemade soap. Next giveaway of another handmade product will be at 250 subscribers…

To celebrate the fact that this channel has reached 100 subscribers, I am going to give stuff away! in this video I am going to make a batch of pure lard soap out of freshly rendered lard. To participate in the giveaway, leave me some constructive feedback or a positive comment in the comment section

This time I am learning a new leatherworking technique: wet molding leather. With wooden molds I make sheaths for three of my Victorinox Swiss Army knives out of veg tan leather.