A Leather Craft trick that will help you tool thin veg-tanned leather better 

Woohoo Hi Don, it really nice to see you back doing tutorials. I must admit that you lost me for awile there when you went to your Monday shop updates, I was quite disappointed when your teaching videos stopped. I going to go back and watch the ones that I missed, can't wait. I like your style of instructional vids where you help us uninformed learn. Thankyou. You are good at it. This video's tips were good. Please keep at it.

Nice tip! Thank you 🙏. I have discovered recently a carpet gripper tape the helps hold small objects in place on the stone. It has a very light tack which eliminates the need for a weight to help hold things in place while tooling.

Excellent I do them a lot! And use that 5 oz leather as well thanks for sharing your skills and how you go about don.

My first stone was sold as a "Granite Chopping Board." It was quite thin, I didn't support it correctly and eventually it broke. The stone I now have is a white Marble that I purchased from a gravestone maker, locally. The stone is an off cut and about six inches thick and sixteen inches wide and twelve inches tall. It's the offcut from a cross and I could have bought both sides of offcuts for a fraction of the price that a commercial stone company were selling them for. Just a quick tip! 😁👍

I actually like the photo matting. Aaron put that out in one of his videos. Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge. I have learned so much from you

Thank you for this! I didn’t understand what I was doing wrong, totally makes sense now!

You can use a damp cloth and an iron to take dents out of wood. Not sure it works on cardboard, but since it's basically wood pulp, it might be worth a try.

Coincidentally very relevant today, thank you as always for sharing.

Awesome tip. I never knew. And was getting so frustrated why my tooling looked so flat on the thinner veg tan. Thank you so much!

I use 30 point (.03 ") chip board for permanent patterns and tooling thin leathers as well. Probably a bit more expensive ($1.12 for 11"x17 " ) but for me the estra thickness is worth it(I find it last longer and easier to trace/ cut off of). Excellent video DG as usual.

Great tips! I've seen the mat board used, but never the self-healing cutting mat. I tool mostly on thin leather so this is a very valuable tip! Thank you!

They make those rubber cutting mats in smaller sizes for people who have a space issue. Fabric shops also carry them. Great tip.

Thank you ! this will really help on my money clip wallets .

great idea!!! thanks don

Tooling thin leather has ALWAYS been my downfall! Can't wait to try this, see how my ham-fisted tooling may improve. Thanks, Don!

Cool. Standard casing?

Hey Don, where did you get your logo stamp from?