late 50s i started work in Sydney [ H. Stevens handbags ] as a junior Clicker. A very hard and demanding trade making our own blades out of small pieces of hacksaw blades . Sharp enough to shave with .
The Age of the Electron is rapidly waning. Time to start reading books again. It is hard work at first as the brain submits to the discipline of reading. Speaking from experience.
Could you possibly point me in the right direction for a beginner to purchase decent tools for leather work please. I make wallets and totes, pouches and that kind of thing.
Depends where you are based in the world. Tandy leather is a good starting point if you are based in the USA or weaver leather. If you are in the UK I highly recommend Abbey England
How would you sew 2 pieces of leather when leather is like a cloth, specially to be used in shoe upper Without the machine please ? stitches should be able withstand the beatings shoe is going to take in football
@@HandmadeByAlex i am using an awl I got ur point though, that hole needs to be so small to create friction between leather and thread so that tension will stay intact Thank you so much for clarification
Absolutely correct, when using a awl or stitching chisel we create a puncture hole in the leather, that will squeeze in tighter when it is left. When you use a hole punch and remove material the leather will not be able to tighten.
There are a few different types of leather thread. I will always recommend a waxed braided nylon thread. These are available in a few different thicknesses, get the thickness that matches your hole size. It also comes in flat and round styles, I prefer the flat.
I really should’ve learned how to sew leather properly before working with it 😂 Fortunately I only made a decoration for a keyring but I was using pliers to pull the needle through and my poor needle was much worse for wear by the end of it. I also didn’t have the proper tool to make the holes. The keyring turned out alright by some miracle!!! But I’m going to do things properly next time
Even the cheap stitching chisels sets / the leather craft kits that can be found on Amazon, eBay, wish, temu etc. are plenty good enough to give you a good start. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dt12R8Q1UiE.html
@@HandmadeByAlex Thank you! It’d definitely be much better than what I was doing before. It’s quite easy to find tools for various crafts where I live so I might even find some second hand 😊
Old manual tools like those are amazing. New manufacturing technologies are really cool but old craftsmen and the incredible things they were capable of creating were truly amazing.
Not gonna lie, I expected the video to suck because 20 seconds for a tutorial aint enough, but I was wrong. This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the video man.
Yes this is using a diamond stitching chisel, when using the correct saddle stitching technique the thread will align itself to be "slanted". As for Hermes I am not sure, but there are machines that imitate the look of a saddle stitching but not the strength of it.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aXfCx_vVAUU.htmlsi=1-XMXe8aX2mcVgVx this one shows how to star your stitching (but with 2 tone thread). There are a few other videos on my channel which cover this too.
Hi @HejMette , I think I have covered this in another video, but I can't remember which one at the moment. But the short answer is, when you punch the round holes you are removing material, which not only weakens the overall structure of the leather, but it lowers the amount of material between the 2 holes. It puts the closest internal areas of your stitching golesdirectly next to each other, so when you pull the thread tight there is a higher chance of it acting cheese wire and ripping through the sewing line. Also the nature of the diamond stitching opens holds the threads in place as the holes close up. You can get diamond stitching holes closer to the edge of your work, and of course... they just look nicer.
Not with using a saddle stitch. The strength of the stitch comes from it be an alternating weave. You could do a lock stitch (like a sewing machine would do) but you lose a lot of strength. If any part of the thread is cut on a lock stitch it will just unravel.
