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field notes leather cover, leather craft tutorial, leather work tutorial, note book cover - November 08, 2017

Making a Field Notes book cover

If you are like me you love carrying around with you note book everywhere you go to note down ideas, sketch your next leather project or simply write things you need to remember. My favorite size for note books is 5.5" x 3.5" as it is not too big and not to small, it can fit in a pocket and is easy to carry in a bag without adding unwanted weight... Since I am always using this size for my books, I thought it would worth it to make a leather cover with something to hold the pen and a few...

Making a tubular leather handle, free pdf pattern included.

Hi guys, I am showing you in the video below how to make tubular leather handle. Hope you will enjoy the video, please leave a comment down below if you need some extra advice. Download the free pdf pattern here:

Making a passport holder

I did a pattern a while ago about this passport and card holder and realized I never filmed a video showing how to make it. In addition to the pdf pattern an acrylic template is also available now in the shop. Pdf pattern: https://am-leathercraft.com/collections/card-holders/products/passport-holder-patterns Acrylic templates: https://am-leathercraft.com/collections/acrylic-patterns/products/passport-holder-acrylic-patterns-free-shipping

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October 02, 2017

Restoring an old briefcase

I made this video showing the steps I followed to restore this briefcase owned by a friend of a friend. This case means a lot to the owner as he received it from his parents when he got his first job. I didn't think to spend the time I spent on the restoration but it really needed it, a lot of hand stitching plus a lot of edge finishing on this... The leather of course was very dry and scratched so I also had to recondition it as much as I could. Unfortunately the corner were badly damaged and I could...

A brand new stitching clam!

How to prep a brand new stitching clam I have just this brand new clam from the carpenter, I have given him an original Blanchard clam and asked him to copy it. I am showing you in the video below how to prep it, it always feels better to handle tools that you have personalized to your taste rather than the new ones straight from the store. Support me on PatreonList of tools and material used in this video: • Linseed oil• Some veg tanned leather• NT utility knife (these are great!)• 600 grit sand paper