Tag: Leatherworking

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

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

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 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