How to Make a Leather Fire Helmet Shield with Velcro Patches 

You're very welcome. That means a lot and im glad that I was able to inspire. Cant wait to see your work.

Absolutely

Thank you

I absolutely agree. Just need to buckle down and get one haha

Yes there are size differences as far as holes go and also shield sizes. I make my templates based off the helmets i come in contact with

Thank you. Just personal preference. Because kew tips are my tool of choice to apply dye, i find that a finished edge doesnt tare up the fuzz as does the rough edge.

@@AttackLineLeather thanks man I was just making sure I wasn’t missing something to make it easier,I’ve done everything buy hand for a long time and I’m all about easier.lol

What's paints are you using? If you are using lighter colors such as white, yellow, orange, etc youll need to apply several layers. You can dilute and build up layers but this takes a while. You can also lightly sand the area you are going to paint so that leather accepts the paint better. Hope this helps

Very true. I have made several of these and the brothers have caught muliple burners in them. Soo far soo good. You can also try a snap system

@@AttackLineLeather snaps might be interesting

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Nope just bonded nylon. I believe it was a size 207

I dont

Very cool. I always tell folks to buy your tools for what you want to first make in leathercraft. What are you wanting to make initially?

@@AttackLineLeather Exactly this stuff here. I'm a firefighter in the USAF and volunteer in the town I live in. Fire shields, radio straps and everything else's associated.

@@jordanboulanger5597 you can find most tools at either hobby lobby or tandy leather. These shops will facilitate your cheaper tools. For most fire related leather projects id get the following: Box cutter Swivel knife Mallet/maul Medium beveler #2 edge beveler Stich groover Stiching hole punches Rotary hole punch Hand sewing needles Hand stiching thread This would be a great start. If you get into tooling youll just have to try out different stamps. They also sell many different alphabet stamp sets

Yes i am.

Barry King tools

You can do it either way.

207 most of the time

I use a dauber to apply it and wipe the leather down till it is evenly applied. It will naturally dry and not be so gunky

@@AttackLineLeather what do you wipe it down with, I’ve been using a magic eraser, but if there are any lines dues to stamps it’s seems hard to get the tan kote evenly apply there, thank you for your response!

@@Swirlydread730 if there are tooled areas that need tan kote i apply it pretty thick in those areas to get good coverage. I dont wipe anything down. I let it sit till it totally dries. Then apply antique if you wish. I wipe that away with paper towels. Wait till the antique totally dries then i do another layer of tan kote. Ill then wioe some off with a paper towel and let dry

Oh yes tons. It will take me a bit to go through and edit it all.

Yes. Please email me attacklineleather@gmail.com

In my opinion the best tooling leather out there. Very high quality stuff.