Tony Needs Hobbies

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

Homemade mead is delicious and in this video I am going to drink two varieties of mead. The first one was bottled over a year ago, the second one has been made a year ago and will be bottled in this video. The difference between these two varieties of mead is in the amount of

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

Today it’s time to make a leather NATO strap for my beautiful Hamilton Khaki Pilot Day Date automatic watch. The history of both Hamilton watches and NATO straps is quite interesting so this watch deserves a stunning leather NATO strap. The specific leather I am going to use for this project is dark brown pull

In this video I will be showing you how to make a soap cutter for soap making. This device will combine a soap cutter and soap mold in one. This interesting woodworking project will yield a very nice working soap cutter that can be used for cutting homemade soap, as demonstrated in this video on

In this video I am going to make leather pull up grips to be used for another more active hobby of mine: CrossFit. The hand grips protect your hands while doing pull ups or holding a barbell. If there is not enough callus built up on your hands, then these leather pull up grips are

What can you do with leftover pig parts? Turn them into a beautiful meat jelly. In the region in the Netherlands where I come from this is called Zult. In French Fromage de Tête and in good old English Head Cheese, specifically if it is made from the head of a pig. But don’t worry,

Check out this video to see if you won the leather giveaway and will receive an extensive package of pieces of leather, cut to size to develop your leather breading skills. If you won, you will receive a piece of leather large enough to make your own bracelet, but also a braided example and three

In this video I will explain to you how I make jam from gooseberries. This wonderful gooseberry jam is made without pectin. That is not necessary because gooseberries naturally contain a lot of pectin. The homemade jam recipe that I use in this video can be used for any fruit with high levels of natural

In this video I will demonstrate how the mystery braiding technique for leather works. For the demonstration I am going to make bracelets out of brown dyed veg tan leather and black nubuck. The video will clearly show how to braid leather in the so called mystery braid. Since I am very proud that my