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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > Leatherworking: it puts the lotion on its skin
 
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angrytech
Jun 26, 2009
 So once I burn through the starter kit, how would I actually go about ordering more leather? I see that the Tandy website has an entire "Leather" section, but it looks like they're selling whole cows in there, and I'd only be looking for something a few square feet.
Also, from reading Pagan's excellent intro, it looks like at a bare minimum I'd need a fabric scissors, swivel knife, gouger, pricking wheel, awl, needles, and thread; am I missing anything important?

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angrytech
Jun 26, 2009

Pagan posted:

You can buy an entire hide, but there are smaller pieces. If you just need a few square feet, you're looking for either a single or double shoulder.


Well, what are you trying to do... just sew, no tooling / carving? If you're just looking to sew, then you've got the list, and you can skip the swivel knife. The swivel knife is used when carving or tooling, but you'd need to combine it with stamping tools.

also, for sewing, you'll need some sort of sewing palm. It takes so much force to push a needle through the leather (even after using an awl to punch a hole) that it'll tear your skin. You can buy a palm, but I made my own out of some scraps and some spare buckles.

Carving/tooling is the process of making decorative marks on the leather right? I'm not really interested in that immediately. I just want to make things.

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