The Phillips screwdriver makes a really nice cross. And with the crosshatch pattern, it looks fantastic.

@lavinleitrim44

3 жыл бұрын

lol, I literally just wrote that down in my notes (researching for college) when I saw him do it, then scrolled down to the comments and yours was the first I saw.

@carstenwjensen

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a cool little tip. I combined it with a torcs screw driver to get a cross and star pattern

Oh, so that's why my grandpa used to have a scalpel in his heavy duty sewing set, another ancient mystery solved by Todd :D

@sergeantbigmac

3 жыл бұрын

Well in a way, leather is just skin after all...

For the american viewer, 2.2 millimeters is about 0.000024 american football fields thick.

@zakku1304

4 жыл бұрын

carl culleton you monster

@SuperAWaC

4 жыл бұрын

how thick is an american football field?

@34566454332

4 жыл бұрын

@@SuperAWaC About 37 times wider than a pick up truck

@rohypnotist6263

4 жыл бұрын

@@34566454332 lol

@SuperAWaC

4 жыл бұрын

@@34566454332 there are several types of pickup truck

Totally agree with you Tod, regarding making things. The satisfaction is immeasurable, I make all sorts of things from wine and cider to coracles to seats and benches and currently Shepherds Huts (as my main job). Next on my list is a leather sheath for my bushcraft knife, especially after watching this. As always another quality Video Sir!

I finished my first pair of turn shoes two days ago & it was super fulfilling. I’ve never so much as touched an awl or leather working tool & I’ve never sewn before but I went & made myself a pair of shoes & they’re not nearly perfect but they’re not too bad. I wish I’d seen this video beforehand. I’m a total amateur but I accomplished something by simply trying. Just go & do. Take the leap of faith.

Very nice idea with the Phillips Screwdriver. I also use Torx screwdrivers to punch little stars on leather.

After widening the groove, but before stitching, you can hit it with a good strong fork and mallet to make little holes so it’s easier and way more accurate for stitching.

That was excellent. I have a perfectly good and effective bracer - and I'm still feeling the urge to have a go. There are films on youtube showing the most amazing decorative leather work but I have never seen one showing how much can be accomplished with simple tools. Bravo! And thanks for the links!

Thanks Todd I really learnt a lot from watching this video, cheers from South Africa 🇿🇦

I've made a few of these before but the way you put a back on it is new to me. I'm definitely going to give it a try. I also took the lesson of using other tools or items as punches like that screwdriver. Awesome stuff. Glad to be subscribed.

As a visual learner I applaud your presentation! Especially how you show how a magnificent decorative result can come from the repetition of simple design elements. I am heading to the basement today for that piece of leather I think I have and having a go, as you say!

I've been doing leatherwork for some years now but I didn't know a lot of the tips you showed here. Thank you!

Very Helpful! Great Tutorial for all levels of skill. The dense foam trick is very practical and new to me, thanks! Love your approach to tooling and punching, and decorating. I'm inspired to do more leatherwork! I enjoy your quote: "It really is straightforward to do something, some of you will have more skill, some less. But you can do something convincingly (medieval). Insert anything into the bracket and you have a phrase that motivates sir!

What a lovely video from a lovely man. Thank you.

That's a great piece Tod thank you so much for showing it.

Wow! Very impressive work. Thank you for taking the time to really show and break down the entire process.

I love your videos Tod. Your passion for what you do just bleeds out of every second of your videos. I really like how all your videos are straight to the point without really any fluff no need to skip 2 minutes ahead before the real video starts here.

Love your work. One of my favorite channels. I've always wanted to see the processes for making the hemp bowstrings. I live near an industrial hemp farm. And I would love to learn the correct way to fashion them.

I’ve just made this last week because of this video, and I am soooo happy I did it. Not only did it turn out very nice looking, but it was also so much fun to make. Thanks for this video Tod

Thanks for sharing your techniques!

Love love love your stuff man. Please keep sharing. Wonderful, simple, excellent execution. Marvelous Sir.

Thats very nice job Tod! Looks like top quality

Ideal, I've been looking for a traditional bracer for a while now and haven't seen any designs that really catch my eye. I'm going to give making one similar to this a go. Thanks for the inspiration

Yep next project. Love your work.

Well done Todd, you are very talented.

Beautiful piece!

love these instructional videos. ive made one of your knife kits, and will be making lots more soon

This tutorial is amazing！More videos like this would be great!

In Queensland, Australia, you can get veg-tanned leather from Packer Leather on the Sunshine Coast.

Very nice Todd, great tutorial :-) looking forward to seeing more

Your channel is so cool Every time I watch it no matter what video it's always good

Great Video ! Very interesting , Thank you for sharing .

Getting in to the groove and rubbing one out ... Nice medieval technical terms Tod !

This is awesome! I'd love to see more how to videos

Great video! Love the medieval pointer, a crossbow bolt! Cheers 🍻

Love this channel.

That was a really cool video! It was really surprising how easy you made it look, and with a bit of practice how easy with the handiwork it could be

That is some very cool leather work.

Brilliant thank you so much Tod

Really enjoyed that. Thank you!

That looks relaxing. I always imagined working with leather to be extremely difficult but I might give that a go.

Congrats on 100k subs. Your work is amazing.

great stuff Todd. More how to please.

I recently made a couple of garters, and wanted to stamp them. The workshop only had a one stamp I liked, a rose I a sorta medieval stile, so the rest of the stamps were made with a Phillips and a torcs screwdriver

Congrats for the 100k!

obrigado por mostrar como se faz, espero outros videos assim. parabéns

In my opinion, little imperfections (if we are to give them a name) are what makes an artifact its character. Whenever I see something that looks like it's been made by hand, like for example carving marks in wood, I know it has a different value, one I very much apreciate!

Jolly Good Stuff..!

VERY interesting! Next time I make a knife sheath - I'll be using these tips Thank you very much! :)

Thanks for making the video

I love it, this is so cool!!!😁😁

Nice work Todd. 👍 I’m surprised you haven’t picked up an old saddle makers trick, of melting the wax and making an 8:1 mix of wax to pine pitch. This mix makes the thread wax a bit tacky and is even better of preventing a broken thread of loosening and also keeps the wax moths etc from chewing your hard work. I picked this up from a saddler years ago and I was amazed at the difference it made to the quality of my leatherwork. 👏👏👏

I had never thought of using a screwdriver as a leather punch. Brilliant.

Thank you Tod. I've been thinking about making a bracer or three one day, for different people, now I am much better informed and prepared. Think I'll take advantage of getting some leather from the UK as I'm not sure how leather is prepared in Finland.

Yes ! Tutorials !! More please!

@TheWaylandern

4 жыл бұрын

@@tods_workshop Amazing. Right at the end of this video i thought that a tutorial for a decorated knife sheath would be nice

Perfect timing! Just got a piece of leather for this exact purpose! Any suggestions for the handguard?

Very interesting👍

we watch your presentations with our undivided attention. we think you skills are tops. we noticed your awl we have not seen a small shaft in our area ,we would like to have one . cheers ; ]

Thanks for the idea with the screw driver! (i have to try out how Torx and safety Torx look...)

Saddle making shops or horse and tack shops likely have bags of scrap cuts for fairly cheap, and usually there's a few good sized pieces in there that would cover this project twice over.

Will you consider doing a second part to this video showing the dyeing process? Would the buckle need to come off during it?

I'm rather glad I ran across this channel tonight-the other videos were entertaining and informative, but nothing I could use. This one makes me glad my father died. I inherited all of his leatherworking gear, and a bit of leather...most of which, for some reason, a bit mildewed and stinky. I never saw anything that he made that wasn't crude as hell... Fortunately for me, one fairly large piece of veg tanned leather is nice and fresh (compared to the other). I'd been planning to make an archery bracer, but hadn't gotten around to it. I'm glad I hadn't-it wouldn't have been much better than the crap my father turned out. Some of what I learned here will also be very helpful when making knife sheaths, too. Thanks for making this video!

Enjoyed and gave a Thumbs Up also

Maybe it's just me, but do the many small decorations help to blur everything a bit together, so the eye can't spot the "imperfections" compared to fever bigger ones?

I'm surprised that you didn't decorate the straps; Very Fine Job, you did !

wow thats impressive buteful work

Great video. Makes it look so easy. What do you use to harden the leather afterwards?

Tod, there's a misspelling in the description, in the traditional materials link. Great video, as always.

Bought a dirk from you recently Tod and gotta say I love it, working on a frog and matching sheath for it as is (love the one you sent but well I'm a growing leather worker so practice practice practice). Couple questions if you don't mind. Do you always use the wooden mallet, and if so why? I found that the wooden mallet had a bad habit of bouncing, hence my use of a rawhide mallet for punching and setting and my use of a maul for tooling. I am curious about your stance on these tools. Also when it comes to dying: which would be more period, oil based dyes or water? What about treating, same question, what would be more appropriate for treating and sealing the leather?

So nice! I'm not sure if you are near the GAP or C&O trails, but I'm headed that way Pitt to DC. Would love to get some pic or dinner. Hit me up before my trail ride.

i like these sort of videos from you making stuff :)

I share a small two bedroom flat with a room mate. So, crafting this type of thing is just not practical any longer as it was in my father's shop growing up. The design you featured today will be perfect for every day shooting and I'll be picking one up very soon. Yet, I would love to have a matched pair of leather lace up bracers for their appearance sake if nothing else. Do you make those for sale as well? Thanks for all these awesome videos, Tod! :)

I love that screwdriver trick. Never would have thought of that. By chance I wonder if you have any historical references or links you could share of a bracer from the 9th to 11th centuries at all if they even used them then? I know yours are more 14th 15th c. But I'm looking to reenactment late 10th early 11th century german man at arms and love the idea of reenactment bushcrafting and hunting and would love to have a period accurate and regionally accurate if possible archers bracer, again if they even used them back then.

Great video and channel! I already subscriber to your channel :)

I got a slightly bigger than A4 sized off cut of veg tanned leather for not alot of money from ebay. The leather is also useful for making archery finger tabs.

Tod,I found your video VERY informative and will be making a similar bracer for myself.What i'd like to ask you is,What finger guard did they use? was it a finger tab,or glove of some sort?

.... I don't use braces - regardless of draw weight. I've found they can trap the string between the brace and your arm instead of deflecting away. In fact the only time a string hurt me I was wearing a brace. So I focus on my form and I haven't had any problems since. Although my bows only 80 lbs, I might change my tune if it were a war bow.

I love to watch real craftsman working.

Hey Todd beautiful piece, would archery bow string wax work as a replacement than the ball of beeswax? I know the base of string wax is bees wax but i am sure it has other things too. So i wonder if that could still work?

A lot of US viewers should know leather by millimeters now. It's fairly common to get leather by that measure now vs ounce weight. But 2.2mm is about 5 to 6oz weight for those who want the conversion.

@MrRobbi373

4 жыл бұрын

As a non-American, I thought the "I don't know the conversion from millimeters to ounces" was a joke on the imperial system. 😅

How about a video about a medieval arrow bag? :)

I think you hit your forearm the same reason why I hit mine all the time (except with a thumb drawn bow). You are a craftsman, doing a lot of work with your hands and therefore you have bigger forearms ( I am a mechanic and my left forearm has a 14" circumference) and they just natrually get in the way.

Those times I attempted to make slots for buckle pins I always got them too small...

Could I use Thegn Thrand's cheese glue recipe?

Can you put cotton or some wool in between the layers to make it a bit more cushiony? Or would that be bad in case it would get wet?

Tandy have a shop in the UK but are a bit expensive. There are a quite a few places in the UK for buying leather, related tools and hardware. Just a comment on leather thickness / weight. 2.5mm = 1oz hence 2.2mm = 5.5oz ; 3.5mm = 8.75oz and 1.6mm = 4oz.

Watched this while planning a new belt. Need something stout for when I'm hanging a bunch of things from Tod on it... That's an awful lot of blank space that I'll have to be filling in.

I wonder why the bracers are placed on top of the bow-arm (as it can be seen in historical Sources), not on the side?

Would the Head of a Nail work as a stamp?

Do you have a site where requwsts for work can be taken?

Very cool. Did they ever use lettering in their leather work decoration?

@TimberGeek

4 жыл бұрын

@@tods_workshop Good, I'm leaning towards "nyd hyder ond bwa"

It sounded like you said "if it's structural work, like saddles...". Just a side-note: saddles (western saddles in particlar) are in fact very frequently decorated with these types of techniques (and apart from the straps, it's not structural, it cover the 'tree' that makes up the foundation). Great video though! 👍

How did you cut so close to the stitches with such speed and confidence without cutting them? Just skill? :)

@sststr

4 жыл бұрын

Presumably lots of experience.

I can't imagine how my mother would look at me if I suddenly said: "Hey, I want to make a leather bracer!" XD

@sergeantbigmac

3 жыл бұрын

Well youll never truly know until you ask. I was talking to my Dad about leatherworking and making a knife sheath (who had no idea how and didnt give a shit either lol) and my Mom overheard and said she was big into leatherworking/tooling when she was a kid. Had a whole Tandy leather set and everything. I had absolutely no idea, she didnt seem like the kind of person to be into that kinda thing. TL;DR People can surprise you!

What book was that at the beginning?

Hey, would you consider selling just blades for swords, knives and daggers with the Todcutler brand? Many of us (me included) would like to make our own pieces, but making a blade requires great investments of time and money before one can even start - making a handle on the other hand could be accomplished with hand tools ore common power tools. I enjoyed this video by the way

@blex5579

4 жыл бұрын

you can buy steel, which only needs grinding and sharpening- tools cost about 50 bucks, if you go cheap...

@ThiLI0n

4 жыл бұрын

@@blex5579 I know I can cut out the basic shape of a blade and maybe even do a diamond section, if I spend hours upon hours on it... but tapering? A straight edge? Add more and more time and effort that I cannot expend right now or in roughly the next decade. A handle on the other hand would be more possible for me

@ThiLI0n

4 жыл бұрын

@@blex5579 but if you did this, then kudos to you :-)

@Aeglos88

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThiLI0n Filing a blade into shape with stock that is close to the dimensions you need doesn't take that much time, but you would have to heat treat it which sorta defeats the purpose if you're trying to do this without much investment. Albion sells bare blades when they have em, and for an extra fee they will do the heat treating for you (mind you, the heat treating is done when they have the time, it can add weeks to the delivery). I got a longsword blade from them, but still haven't finished the hilt fittings. Just google "albion bare blades" and you'll find it, their site is a bit of a mess and haven't found a way to that page without googling it.

@ThiLI0n

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aeglos88 Yes, exactly. I'd have to send the blade to a heat treating service and hope they manage it. I've seen Albion's offerings, but I'm wary of importing from the US to continental Europe - there are no restrictions on owning blades in my country, but at least SBG has given a warning about importing from the US...

why does the linen thread not need to be tied off somehow. All you do it cut it, Todd. Why does it not start slipping, in reverse, out all the holes you just threaded it through. Does the beeswax act like a glue?

@jacobnion2525

4 жыл бұрын

Friction. The thread overlaps itself and pushes itself down. And once the two pieces of leather are glued the end of the thread is glued down anyway.

@MrBottlecapBill

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not an expert but there are proper ways to tie it off a little more securely. I wouldn't leave it open ended like this if you don't have the second glued liner. KZread has plenty of great leather working videos, just check out some stitching videos.

@hallobre

4 жыл бұрын

This is meant to be easy and diy at home. The thread will not get loose.

a cool simple pattern to work with to add d rings to replace the buckle may give the piece medieval look to lol nothing you can do to make it your own archery bracer

Nothing feels so dandy as a bowstring scraping the inner side of the forearm.

Well it might be a silly question,but as a man who lives in a Greek city i don't know. Where does one go to buy leather and can i buy just a small piece like 20x20 cm or are they selling wholesale and i have to buy a pelt? All advice is appreciated!

@michaelfurgessons2896

4 жыл бұрын

@@tods_workshop Thanks a lot for the answer Tod. Also excellent job on those new longbow and armor films!