3 Tips to Improve Your Leather Tooling

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Tooling leather can be a tricky process when you are first starting out. Hopefully, these 3 tips will steer you in the right direction to improve your leather tooling. As you watch the video you will find out that there are no short cuts to getting better. You have to take the time to develop your skills and build a solid foundation. Learn how to use each tool properly and then as you build confidence you can start venturing out and developing your own style. There may be a few right and wrong ways to do some things, but leather tooling is an art and at the end of the day, what you produce with your hands and how you do it is on your own imagination! Don't get caught up trying to be like everyone else and comparing your journey with leather crafting to other crafters on their own journey!
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@kolankprof 6 месяцев назад

Great comparisons with different moister contents! Thanks for sharing your expertise!

@angieshabraka7194 10 месяцев назад

Love your delivery, concise, to the point and no uhmming😂. Thanks

@Girtyleatherco 9 месяцев назад

I appreciate that! I tend to be a quiet person so making these videos is way out of my comfort zone!

@bradleylarson2986 10 месяцев назад

You should do a how to make a filigree belt.

@Girtyleatherco 10 месяцев назад

I will keep that in mind for sure! Thank you

@billybeasley5131 3 месяца назад

I really struggled with getting the casing right in the beginning. Still do sometimes, lol

@Girtyleatherco 3 месяца назад

In my opinion, there’s a magic spot for each tool I use. I prefer the leather to be a bit more cased on some tools over others, if that makes sense.

@trevorshort3841 10 месяцев назад

Hey amazing work. Literally been looking on RU-vid for the last year and can’t find any videos like this. Thank you. Make more videos

@Girtyleatherco 10 месяцев назад

I really appreciate that, I have quite a few planned out for the near future! Hopefully I can continue to be of some help!

@muddymom 10 месяцев назад

Good video with some helpful hints. I've been leather crafting for about six years now, but moved away from tooling. You've spurred me to pick it up again.

@Girtyleatherco 10 месяцев назад

That’s awesome! I’m glad you liked the video. I’m far from being an expert, but feel free to reach out anytime if you have any questions and I’d be glad to help if possible!

@sergiomeza8534 3 месяца назад

What thumbprint do you use??

@Girtyleatherco 3 месяца назад

Barry King horizontal lined mainly!

@Cycling-n-Stuff 3 месяца назад

I've embossed leather using branding methods and recently experimented with carving leather using a flathead screwdriver but I'm going to get the proper tools because I want to make custom belts for christmas gifts. Here is a video of my carving project I know it's probably not what you're used to on your channel but hopefully some will appreciate the art ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Zq0mq8dw8do.htmlsi=HgdUoNSpYk-P5ugX

@spafa9 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the helpful hints in this video. I just started learning how to tool and have been struggling I am going to try some of you hints and see if it helps!

@Girtyleatherco 10 месяцев назад

I hope they help out some! These are just a couple of things I struggled learning right off the bat and figured I’d throw out there to hopefully help others!

@walterknight3579 10 месяцев назад

Yessirrr!! Good stuff!! Keep it up!!!! - Walt (@Knight_and_Day_Leather)

@cwickgo9 10 месяцев назад

What brand of beveler is that?

@Girtyleatherco 9 месяцев назад

It is a Barry King XX Steep Checkered

@gilbertomontemayor1854 6 месяцев назад

Can do u make a video in hoy to use the veiners on the scrolls Tia great work and learning videos. Regards from Houston Texas

@Girtyleatherco 6 месяцев назад

I will add that to my list of ideas for sure! Thank you for the feedback

@markbrock8662 2 месяца назад

You do great videos man. I'm just getting back into leather and tooling. Fun.

@Girtyleatherco 2 месяца назад

I appreciate that! Thank you for taking the time to watch

@NevadaBeeMan-nq3po 9 месяцев назад

Did you apprentice under someone? I’ve tryed to self teach myself for the last two years but it is very hard

@Girtyleatherco 9 месяцев назад

I learned mainly from RU-vid and a few books. I’ve only been at it for a few years myself but I have pretty much solely focused on leather since I started, so there has been countless hours of trial and error too!

@garyblake4296 10 месяцев назад

New to your channel, loving your content.

@Girtyleatherco 10 месяцев назад

I appreciate that!

@dannymarkgraf34 8 месяцев назад

great video. very helpful for a beginner like myself. especially the casing the leather tip. based on what you said, it looks like i have not been casing my leather enough and have been tooling on it when it is too dry. i will definitely be wetting it more from now on. thank you.

@Girtyleatherco 8 месяцев назад

When the leather has just the right amount of moisture in it you will usually notice the tool impressions are more crisp and deliberate. It won’t always be perfect but once you figure out where that sweet spot is, it helps a lot in my opinion!

@MarcosAlt94 10 месяцев назад

Patience is definitely key brother, great tips, keep up the good work

@Girtyleatherco 10 месяцев назад

For sure! I appreciate you watching!

@ussgear 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing this

@jaydaschatschneider6118 7 месяцев назад

Love your work! How do you remove your Birkenstock straps?

@Girtyleatherco 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! I just use an exacto knife to cut the original straps off and then use them as templates for the new straps

@johnnymoya8541 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for another great video!

@Girtyleatherco 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@lexibbx2 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@megsssman400 5 месяцев назад

Love your explanations on all of your videos!

@Girtyleatherco 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! I try to be as clear and helpful as I can

@donaldfrye1619 5 месяцев назад

Just want to add, you'll always learn and improve, your work will always evolve for the better. No one ever reaches perfection. Some get really close though...

@donaldfrye1619 5 месяцев назад

First of all, good video and advise...you hit the nail on the head concerning water content. I myself was always in too big of a hurry to get started...then the advise to just slow down and try to take a little more time to try and get it right, then your gonna slowly but surely start to make progress that you can see, then you will enjoy it more and are more likely to keep it up....

@joseulloa4191 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the info 👍🏼👍🏼

@Girtyleatherco 9 месяцев назад

I hope it helps!

@joebonomono5078 5 месяцев назад

Good information, thank you

@Bwiggins1211 10 месяцев назад

Any classes you recommend for drawling floral designs been hungry for some knowledge

@Girtyleatherco 10 месяцев назад

I haven’t taken these classes personally, but I believe Don Gonzales and Joe Meling both have online courses. If you are looking for something in person, then there is a trade show in Arizona coming up in February that will have many different courses available!