One minute into your video and I am SUBSCRIBED!! Thank you!! Less than one minute in, I have already learned! Thank you!!

@BenOrford

2 жыл бұрын

Well that’s great to hear. Many thanks for the sub 👍 cheers Ben and Lois

Well I'll be damned. I am Greek and have been working with leather for years, and it never crossed my mind that Tragacanth is actually a Greek word. And it is indeed, and it took a very smart English lady to explain it to me. Good on you Lois, I am impressed.

Lois I am 66 years old, been in 29 different countries, never seen anyone could hold a candle to you, Dear Lady you are 5 - STAR........ATB

Beautiful work, so clean and very professional

Thank you so much . I needed to see this !! Take care and stay safe my friend!

Such great quality 👍🏼 thanks for sharing 🙏

I got so many tips from just this video. Can't wait to see more of your videos. And if you ever do an online leather craft course, I would love to join.

This is awesome! I did a whole video on why it’s good to have a drill press in the leather workshop!

Many thanks for that, it's always good to see how someone else does thing, most interesting

Thanks! That looks amazing!

instant follow! i like your approach to basics

What a relaxing and educational video.

Beautiful, You and the sheath.

Great work!

I love your leather work, very beautiful !!

I'm having trouble punching through two thick pieces of leather for my saddle stitch. was hoping you show how you go through such thick pieces all at once.

Well done now more leather stories .HAPPY TRAILS

Nice work 👏 👌 👍

Gracias

Beautiful lois I'll be purchasing one if not two of them axe sheaths next time I see you & ben 👌 oh and don't forget to pack your leather stamp 😉

I've always used a skiving knife but this looks like a much quicker way to do it. Atb Steve

Well done !!! 😃 i use the same things for my leather work, too! But i do sanding by hand .. unfortunately i dont own a mechanic grinder .. 😄

Wonderful, looks an amazing finish. Wanting to start home leather working, mainly for personalised bush craft items. Thanks for sharing 😊👍

@grarglejobber7941

2 жыл бұрын

Hi dean, did you take the plunge?

Very interesting 👌 👍 .

Just a tip the vacuum nose should be on the side that theshaving are being thrown it will double if not more finer particles of dust

Τραγάκανθος = Male goat + thorn. A thorny bush, from which they used to extract Lanolin. Lanolin is also an oil that goat wool and skin has. That's why the goat part of the word appears.

Think I would use a French edger for the cutting.

I watch Tony See over at DieselPunkRO a lot and he once used Nivia hand cream to slick his edges. So I got one and tried it. Works pretty good, is not to expensive, and can be bought at any Big Box Store. I figured if I didn't like it at lease my wife would use it, so it was a no lose situation.

@brianwball40

3 жыл бұрын

That's so weird! I use Tokonole around my eyes to get rid of the wrinkles. Works like a charm!

Hi. Those are some great tips and tix. Do you think Gum arabicum would work for edge finishing? That is the binder for aquarelle paints. Maybe mnix it with some bees wax or linseed oil?

What do you paint the edges with? Thank you.

Curious how you made the stitching holes? Did you drill them in? If so, what size bit did you use? Thanks! : )

@BenOrford

3 жыл бұрын

I use an awl - it's a tool that pierces the hole, it's a diamond shape in profile. It parts the fibres rather than removing them like a drill would. :)

Is the knife you are using at 0:50 a wood carving knife? I have usually used a Swan Morton for my detailed cutting but I find the blades dull quickly and are not that easy to resharpen, I thought I might try a wood carving detail knife

I do all your steps including one coat of gumtrag and burnish and finish it of with one coat of beeswax and burnish.

Really enjoy the videos by yourself and Ben. Curious to know what it was in the drill when you were slicking the edges it looked like a bar with something wrapped around it?

@BenOrford

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly right - it's just a bar with some canvas wrapped around it, which makes a great buffer :)

@JayJay-sf2wn

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same thing!

Hi Lois, have you given any thought to doing a course in leather work ?

@BenOrford

3 жыл бұрын

I have been thinking about it and maybe next year :)

I'm new in leather crafting. I would like to know do you provide any courses in leathet craft work. Plz reply 🙏

@BenOrford

2 жыл бұрын

At the moment we don’t run classes but thinking of doing some maybe at the end of the year 👍

What do you use on your drill press to burnish your edges?

@jamescook-xploringcapetown3728

2 жыл бұрын

I would also like to know please

Nice vid, but it would be better to stitch first and lock the leather in place before sanding. If you do it afterwards the leather will move while you sand, and swell when you stitch!

Where do you get your leather from please ?

@grantcook5376

4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully you will get a reply,it was a question I wanted to ask to.

@BenOrford

3 жыл бұрын

I use UK free range leather from Sedgewicks but have in the past got leather from Le Prevo :)

Nice to see a woman doing leatherwork. All the videos I have seen so far have been men.

@geoffreyboyling615

3 жыл бұрын

Search for videos by J H Leather, she is excellent!

Ah Pillar drill huh ? Ok I mean I guess after all your speaking queens I’m just west coast yank but we say drill press love

You are a shoe repairer, aren’t you?

@BenOrford

3 жыл бұрын

Lois does repair shoes but lots of the skills are transferable for sure 👍

@stanhegeman8751

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenOrford I,m an old school shoeman and Tandy store manager and saw that stuff right away. I will add, however that I did learn from this vid and subbed. I look forward to more lessons.

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