Turning the 1965 Mystery Skater into a Leather Wrapped Skateboard Deck! 

Hey guys - I’m Ethan Carter and I like to make and wrap iconic items in leather and I’ve wanted to wrap a skateboard deck in leather for a long time but just never found the right idea or inspiration. That is until I was recently watching two of my idols, Dan of The Danocracy and Tony Hawk’s latest search for who they refer to as the Icon of Style, Mystery Skater pictured in this 1965 picture from a Life Magazine’s story about skateboarding in central park. The second I saw it I had an image in my head of what I wanted the skate deck artwork to look like, but I have zero experience in creating my own digital artwork, so I went to RU-vid University real quick to see if I could figure out how to make the image in my head a reality and then made a leather wrapped skateboard deck using it! @TonyHawk - I made you a set of Penny Board versions like I did for Dan fyi!
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Leather:
• District Leather Supply - districtleathe...
Tools
• Inexpensive Leather Working Starter Tool Kit - amzn.to/3Plttnq
• Ethan Carter Designs Leather Wrapped X-Acto -www.ethancarte...
• Olfa Rotary Cutter - amzn.to/3wT9E0p
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• Inexpensive Mallet - amzn.to/3IFp6Qz
• Leather Marking Pen - amzn.to/3PpUTZr
• Sewing Scissors Thread Cutter - amzn.to/4cfsqzr
• Variety Shape Punch Set - amzn.to/3vdaBAg
High End Tools (for when you become obsessed and want to upgrade):
• Pricking Irons - sinabroks.com/...
• Brass Carbide Scribe www.highcalibe...
• Leather Stack Mallet - www.sailrite.c...
Materials/Supplies:
• EcoWeld Adhesive - tandyleather.c...
• Tokonole Edge Burnishing Gum - amzn.to/3TCyz1h
• Thread - amzn.to/3vAeQ9v
• Needles - amzn.to/48RGuME
• Disposable Foam Brushes - amzn.to/3VrsuWC
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