I like your long videos, it helps to show every detail, very helpful. thank you for sharing.

I hope you know everything I've learned about leather working is from you, THANKS!!!

just finished the video - now ready to jump in. 7 years ago I started making bookmarks - now I'm ready to tackle a briefcase/mesenger bag! yahoo! Thanks for the good stuff, Ian!

thank you so much Ian! I started to make small leather products after watching your video, and I tried to made a cardholder for my mom. It turns out she loves that so much and really happy with it!! big thank you for your hard work!!!

This channel is impressive!, you are such a skilled man, thank you for taking the time to share all your knowledge.

Once again, GREAT VIDEO!! Thank you for sharing you talent!

Ian, if you do this for a living I hope you charge enough for the brilliant work you do. I'm well impressed !

the finish work and the level of detail is so great. you need to get back into more videos Ian. Thanks!

Beautiful work as always. Just a bit of a tip for anyone making load bearing straps and tabs. Layer a piece of polyester reinforcement ribbon 1/2" is pretty easy to find at sewing and sundry supply shops. As leather is very prone to stretching, the poly ribbon has almost no bulk, can be hidden easily, and will keep these points from stretching.

You know you are watching a great video when you try to hit the "like" button every couple of minutes. Great work!

Many thanks for sharing your talent and craft. It's been extremely helpful for me to get started.

Just brilliant. Thanks for all the effort you put in. Look forward to the next one

This is seriously awesome. I am beginning in leatherworks, and your videos have been extremely useful to me. Thank you for doing these awesome tutorials and so thoroughly explaining the many processes involved. I really really appreciate that!

Another great video. It is long, but it is so exceptional, it is interesting and enjoyable all the way through. Thanks again for this one.

A beginner in leatherworking, I have watched a whole lot of videos and how-tos here and elsewhere. I am very happy to say that your instructions beat them all, hands down. You are clear, concise (even in a long video), take time to explain why, as well as demonstrating your own considerable skills. I have a few finishing licks to put to a current project and then will start on this one...that I have actually watched twice now and likely will refer to while making. Thanks for superior instruction and great patterns!

Ian, Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge in making this video. You have inspired me more than you can imagine. Your videos were the first ones I watched on leather work and that was a couple weeks ago. I just completed my first ever project and my friends and family are blown away by the look of it. Thanks again! Cheers

I have only just discovered these videos and I love them its so therapeutic watching you work

@Mendezfarriercompany306

5 жыл бұрын

Molly Shepherd yes I agree. I'm a truck driver and I must say listening to the videos makes the hours go by easy

Great build along Ian, purchased the pattern yesterday, will make a nice gift for the fiance when it is done. Keep up the great work and great videos.

Your a great teacher. And an expert craftsman! Ive been wanting to get into leather work sooooo bad. Its expensive to start out though. Ive just been watching videos to learn as much as I can. Thank you for your time!

Just a huge thank you for your care, precision, articulate and patient explanations, and quality build along package. I purchased your build-along and am so grateful. It puts making a real quality bag of my own within reach!

Hello Ian,this was the perfect Length, I did this one as a total beginner and my bag came out pretty good. Your instructions are perfect!!! Thanks again for sharing!!!! Your the best!!!

You are eally great teacher, I learned so much and found your video easy to understand and very clear, love the accent!

I love watching you and Bedos leatherworks videos - so soothing!

I love your videos. Your very good at what you do. Thank you for sharing.

Just got my pattern pack and it is as high a quality as everything you do. Top notch.

Your videos and especially this one are so interesting that they do not feel long. I was mesmerized for the entire length of it and I just wanted to express my gratitude to you for teaching us leather work. Keep on going.

Beautiful bag! Thanks for making this video. Will order the etsy plans.

I just made this bag. The pattern works, the instructions work and the build along video is spot on. If you want to build a lifetime bag build this one. Just give yourself enough time to do it right and it comes together just as you would hope. Great work Ian.

Hi Ian, thank you for the videos. They are most comprehensive of all. Will be good if you can do a tutorial on backpacks and supply the patterns as well. Thank you once again.

I wish I had all your knowledge, thank you for sharing it!

Great tutorial can't wait to get some more leather in order to learn new techniques from making this bag. Best leather tutorials and great attention to detail. Thanks and will be purchasing the plans!!!

Hey Ian. Greetings from Canada. That's fanfreakingtastic work. I put off watching this build for a few too many years due to the length, but I am happy I found time to finally get it done. You are trouble-shooting both the gigantic and the little things all the way through like a champ. It's nice to see that there are others out in the world that still love to challenge themselves by using their old-world skill sets mixed and twisted in a modern mind framed era with the spontaneous invisible porthole labyrinth of April stew hardware and still pull off a beautiful and conventional work of art as you did here. A true artisan with a humble point of view. I hope that whoever has that Messenger Bag realizes just what they have when they think about it, and the other leather crafters think about how long it takes to learn what to do to make it look planned and finished in every little situation when you create a build like this. You can righteously feel that you have earned a pat on the back from yourself on this one for your attention to detail alone. Sköl

I am new to leather crafting and have been trying to design a handbag for my wife. I had been brainstorming on how to build the gusset and attach it to the front and back panels and i saw this! i'm not building something exactly like what you have built here but your video gave me an idea of how to attach. Thanks Ian! another great video and piece of art created!

Top quality work, sir! Excellent!!

Very nice work. I'll be buying this pattern and giving it a go. I'm fairly new to leather work but with a bit of work I think i'm ready to start making stuff worth selling, Thank you for helping me get to this point. Your videos have really improved my leather work. Cheers from Canada

thank you for sharing your knowledge, and for giving newcomers to leathercraft like me inspiration and guidance

Your explanations are just amazing and your talent is just mind blowing! Think this is a little challenging for a beginner like me but when I get a bit more confident I will definitely be purchasing your pattern. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into this. Really incredible and you really know your stuff! Also massively jealous of your tool store!!!You should run classes - not many people can teach so well just awesome x

Love your videos. Great stuff. Thanks for uploading

A very enjoyable and interesting video. Thanks for making this!

awesome bag, absolutely magnificent !

Love your videos very very helpful thank you for all the work you put in

WOW Ian you rock. Thank You for the time you spent on this bag. This is one of the best videos on DIY I have seen on KZread. You leave me wanting more. I also love the long video builds. Hope your family is doing well and God Bless from across the waters.

I love the Christmas apron. Top draw :-)

You got grandma's apron on hehehe. Loved the video keep em coming

Dude you do awesome work and you offer a great resource for budding leather workers everywhere. I find you easier to understand than most books and more in depth which personally helps me a lot. If people have issues with your video being to long and they don't have the attention span it's on them. Seriously you're offering a free service and accepting donations there's no need to apologize. Thank you so much for sharing and helping others realize what we can do:-))

Wow this is great! This is a craft that I am definitely going to pursue thanks to your videos!

Nice! Sounds like a fun project for the summer, I might get the patterns^^

You are to be commended. The attention to detail. The bag, yes. But additionally, the detail on the follow-through with timestamps as a companion piece to the patterns that you are selling. How considerate. You obviously understand the mindset of the maker community. Ya Done Good.

Fantastic work 👍.

Your work is so nice that if I were ever fortunate enough to own one of your originals I think I would be tempted to keep it in a glass case in my library for display purposes only. Elegantly simple, not at all ostentatious, but absolutely beautiful work!!!

Great craftsmanship!! Thank you!

Thanks again ian for another vid so detailed and well explained.

Hi Ian, great video!!! I bough the pattern pack and it's really great. Clear instructions and well written. Anyway I wanted to provide a tip about gluing the front of the bag to the gusset as well as the back to the gusset. Instead of being careful not to glue it all together, I used wax paper (or baking paper) so that the 2 pieces won't glue to each other before I intend to glue them. Just my 2 cents...

your works are always very great

Just bought the pattern from etsy! Looking forward to adapting the pattern and using your tips towards making my first satchel-like bag. Cheers!

@rammalammadingdong1

2 жыл бұрын

How it turn out?

thank you so much, its very helpful

Came here for expert advice, wasn't disappointed. Got more than i bargained for with "Chewbacca's pocket". I had to pause to finish laughing. Thanks for the video and thanks for all your effort!

I have never worked with leather and I don't plan on it, but these videos are dope

I learned some very useful techniques. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video, I bought the pattern and I am trying this at home!

I just got the pattern and dyed up my leather today.

It took you saying it about 4 times before I realized you were saying “pattern pack” through your accent! 😂 Beautiful bag! Great build along!

An inside that doesn’t look like Chubaka’s pocket made me laugh really hard. Thank you for sharing.

Stellar absolutely beautiful.

Stunning bag!

Nice! I don't think I'd have patience to do it all by saddle stitch.

i love your work!!

Thank you for sharing your skill and work on this video, it is an immense pleasure to be able to see true craftsmanship in play. Also by showing these videos and the craftsmanship that's involved further justifies why the cost of such goods are so high and boutique shops. That does not always mean that what is made by hand are the best but certainly there is a lot of time and effort that is required to create these items. Sadly in this Advent of globalism obviously there are individuals that have the same talents but get paid slave wages but do not reap the rewards and this is quite sad!

What a great job, this video is amazing.

Love the video, very informative. I'm wondering if anyone has made this bag and if so how long it took them to complete it.

Thank you for your videos. They are much appreciated. I just thought I'd leave a tip for approx the 1:37:xx time stamp. Some strips of paper or toothpicks or any similar small object that can be easily removed might well serve as the extra hands needed to prevent the other side from sticking too early. Hopefully this will help some people who don't have a willing volunteer to assist them.

Many thanks Ian. What I thought were 924 snaps are actually LINE 24 Snaps from Tandy. Prob solved. Love your vids.

i see all the video, it's a very good job.

Hey Ian- Thanks buddy. Last week I bought the 2 other patterns you have on ETSY and sent you a message to see if I could buy this pattern from you. I was stoked to see this video in my feed. Going to buy the pattern today. Cheers! Jason

Another great video! Keep up the good work!

Really impressive work Ian. Wondering if it would be possible to use parchment or wax paper between the gusset and front / back pieces when gluing - peeling it away as you join things together (if that makes sense). Not sure how that would behave with the contact cement but it might make the process more manageable (if you mentioned something like that and I missed it I apologize). Just purchased a beautiful piece of Wicket and Craig Bridle as well as your template (your stuff is always super clean and informative) Going to be increasing the size to make a briefcase. Can't wait to start working on it.

Thank you for all your Efforts. You are amazing and very clever on giving instructions and tips. You make it seem so easy. Grate awsome video brother keep it up.

@Leodis.Leather

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, please make sure you have purchased the pattern if you have watched the video

Хорошая работа.

Thank you

Brilliant , thank you.

Bad ass Chanel learn a lot from you thanks 🙏

👍 = there is nothing left to say! Everything perfect!

Great job.

Just an idea for you when needing to heat, and keep the leather at temp, try a heat mat. They're typically used in reptile enclosures and keep a warm to the touch range. Reckon it would work well for this. :)

thank you kindly

Realy nice video. i have bought the pattern on etzy to try to build it :) I realy like all you videos here on youtube

AMAZING!!!!!!! Thanks

Thanks... Nice work.

I like the long videos. Anyone who cannot cope with "long", probably will struggle with the time involved in the "making". I bet more peeps will watch it twice than fall by the wayside :o) Have you any comments regarding the use of the leather softener/ preserver called "Mink oil" as used a lot for keeping high end shoes supple? I have some from a London based shoe designer, sold under his "The Shoe Snob" brand. The smell it gives the leather cannot be beaten, (unless you know different), and I use it on my shoes and the seats of my car just for the smell alone. Oh, and as I am from Birmingham, I had no trouble with your accent!!!! By far the most interesting vid I have seen on KZread, although the "Girl burying her Goldfish" vid from a couple of years ago is close contender....

So great, thank you for the help :)

By chance I bought a bottle of the pro oil dye, have to say it is levels above the other fiebings range I've been using - most of what I thought was the result of my inexperience didn't happen, it just came out really nice.

Hey, amazing video. I absolutely love your style in your leather crafting. I don't know if you still read the comments considering the age of this video, but incase you do, I have an idea for a video for you. I was wondering if you could design and fabricate a portfolio. I know it's a simple suggestion but the way you explain how and why you do what you do is a great help to becoming a leather crafter as a hobby. thanks and love from the US.

you are so good thank you

this is a grat job!!

Gracias, maestro.

Awesome stuff bro, have been starting to get really interested in making my own leather goods. You make it look easy! I'm sure it's not. How much material is in this in terms of cost out of interest?

Realllllyy amazing video!

Lan, thank you for the video I really enjoy watching and learning how to make this bag, my grandson is wanting a bag like this for school. You said in the video you needed three different weights of leather so, what is the weights of the leather that I would need to purchase and what type of leather is it that your using? I live in the U.S and usually get my leather from Tandy Leather or Springfield Leather Company. Thanks for the information. Tammy

@Leodis.Leather

8 жыл бұрын

+Tammy Altic all the info is in the pattern pack.

Hi Ian just bought the majority of the tools I think I will need and a side of horween. I spent a small fortune. Starting out I'm going to make a wallet, some belts, and I'll try to make some sandals. It's all your fault I'm doing this. lol just kidding.