How to Start Leather Crafting

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How to Start Leather Crafting
This is a simple, budget friendly tutorial on how to try out leather crafting. It's also a look into how you can practice the fundamentals of leather work to get better at your craft!
In this video we give you a leather-specific tool rundown and then a separate tool list of things you might have around the house to use in the beginning of your leather crafting journey. As a beginner, it's less stressful to learn when you don't have a lot of money on the line - that's why we suggest starting small! When you are ready to upgrade your leather tools to lots of leather-specific tools, we always suggest our sponsor Weaver Leather because they've been our go-to supplier for tools and materials for a decade now.
Happy Crafting :)
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@mattstorero3472 Жыл бұрын

Another good tip is that u can go to a thrift store and find things that are made of leather like bags and like brief cases, they sell them for like 3 dollars and it comes with a ton of leather, I’m still a beginner and I just made my first wallet and honestly it looks horrible but it brings confidence in the way the leather works

@tcmr5775 11 ай бұрын

great tip!

@t33lossin 9 ай бұрын

Killer tip!

@stefanhoffmann807 9 ай бұрын

the best part would be it’s naturally worn leather… great call

@JS-fh4xm 9 ай бұрын

Excellent tip. Thanks!

@LuzDeMariposita 9 ай бұрын

That is an amazing tip. I’ll add there are many second hand shops online as well, also fb marketplace and such:)

@kirrahmae6650 3 ай бұрын

“You’re paying for your education in material costs” I think that cured my 20 years of mental blocks feeling like I was wasting material

@ianallen1819 3 жыл бұрын

By far the most informative and realistic intro to leatherworking video on KZfaq. No gate keeping, no flashy unrealistic expectations, simple and clear instructions. Fantastic.

@johnnyregs2378 4 жыл бұрын

Holy cow I was literally searching for starter guides and kits today and then my favorite leather work channel releases a video. Thank you!

@AMINE-yy3zb 4 жыл бұрын

John Regan Exactly the same feeling. You are desperate in skillshare and blueprint for courses with a limited budget in your pocket and then suddenly your best guys release one for free. Very happy

@tsbda 3 жыл бұрын

Holy cow me too, thats so weird lol holy cow

@riosd0905 2 жыл бұрын

Add me to that list

@diojibarker9892 2 жыл бұрын

@@tsbda FUN FACT: The Pope’s red shoes are made from top-grain, holy cow leather.

@SM-qo5qn Жыл бұрын

@Johnny Regs Thank you Sir 🙂

@christopherengland7245 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow a blockbuster card?! The small amount of nostalgia I got from seeing that both made me happy and a little sad.

@chimera91977 3 жыл бұрын

I plan on travelling to Bend, OR to visit the last blockbuster

@calebelkins217 4 жыл бұрын

The best beginner video I have seen so far. You stuck to the tools you said you were gonna use and showed how to use them without bringing other tools into it. Every other video I watched I it felt like there was another thing I didn’t have.

@ResoluteGryphon 2 жыл бұрын

I've been looking everywhere for a leatherworking tutorial to make a Blockbuster Video membership card holder. Thanks!

@bananapotatonaaa 3 жыл бұрын

I love your approach how you're recommending alternative tools for when starting out. As someone who wants to start on leathercraft, it's overwhelming how many kind of tools and products there are. I do want quality tools but the cost can get steep when you buy them all at once. Also love your recommendation on practicing the very basics first. You're a great teacher. Thank you for this :)

@forrestthroughdatrees Жыл бұрын

Did you ever start? I just bought a crossbody bag and I’m like.. I want to make these! So, pondering it and I usually invest in hobbies! Exciting stuff! I like the handcrafted work.

@Ameylynn 7 ай бұрын

I am so grateful for your video! I want to sew myself a Birkin style bag, but hahahahahahaaaaaaaaa, it will be taking forever!

@DestinysFa11en 2 жыл бұрын

This video legit just made me so relaxed and happy. Just the "no pressure" to it kinda thing is amazing.

@timsquires4705 3 жыл бұрын

I’m amazed by the quality of both the video and audio found in this ancient recording from the Blockbuster Era. Hands down the best to date.

@kyleespinoza3369 Жыл бұрын

This video was truly enjoyable to watch. As I was watching I started saying to myself "This guys approach to teaching a new skill is exactly how any intro to a hobby should be." Thank you so much for all the thought and effort you put into this 🙏

@bradarcher5324 Жыл бұрын

Bud, you were born to be an instructor! Thank you for your help.

@BBsheepy 3 жыл бұрын

This is a true legit "how to start leather working video" the other video I saw told you to get 50+ amount of things

@ZakWinter 4 жыл бұрын

1:28 can we get a petition to change stitching chisels name to "stitchels"

@hideteak9098 3 жыл бұрын

Or fitching storks?

@louishart2135 3 жыл бұрын

oooooh that what they're called i thought they were called "bang,rattle issles"

@TinCole 3 жыл бұрын

@VioletsOnMars 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds German. 🤣

@Koffent 2 жыл бұрын

I've wanted to get into leather work for quite some time but money has been tight. This tutorial was exactly what I was looking for. You break down the bare necessities and how to use them. I'm also amazed by the condition of that blockbuster card. I haven't seen one in 20 years and that thing looks brand new. Thanks for the info.

@coreywilson3479 Жыл бұрын

You can still get Blockbuster cards from the last remaining blockbuster in Oregon

@psode27 Жыл бұрын

I have no clue why this video was prompted. I've never wanted to work leather in my life. After watching, I'm looking at tools and thinking of a project! Thanks!

@cititattoo 2 ай бұрын

Can't tell you how generous and kind and useful that video is! Can't thank you enough!😊

@coltonyoung9932 Жыл бұрын

For people starting out on veg tan, the "finger" on a cap of BIC pens, makes a really solid impression. It's a cheap and available alternative. But Corter Learher has a great guide, I've been doing it for years and still check in. Best of luck, make great things!

@joemartin6536 2 жыл бұрын

This is a perfect starter video for learning about leather tooling. I looked at a couple of others and they were over my head in the first couple of minutes. This is straight forward and actually starts with the beginning and completes a project at the end using the lessons learned. Thank you. A+

@PoppaKev19 4 жыл бұрын

I just order some basic tools to get started with leather making and this video is amazing. Thank you for taking the out to show us beginners the simple tools and best practice.

@georgewolf7063 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! I really enjoy your tone and attitude towards learning leather working! My first boss who trained me in traditional jewelry work won me over with a similar approach. If nothing more, this has helped motivate me to get a little more serious about learning leather crafting! Thank you!

@localdummy3768 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so so so much for making this video. I've never seen such a perfect, concise beginners video for any kind of craft in my life! You teach the essential tools, the basics, and all the optional steps, and I love it! I'm so excited to get started with the leather crafting set I got for my birthday!

@AndreasSippus 2 жыл бұрын

This is may be one of the best tutorial / teaching video on entirety of KZfaq. Love how you tell the essentials, show how you do it but also proceed forward in a fast enough pace. And neither do you repeat yourself. Thanks for making this video 🙌

@AineTaiki 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the simple, clear and straightforward explanation. It’s really useful for someone that has never worked with leather before

@honestlydontknowwhatimdoin8405 3 жыл бұрын

This channel got me interested in leather crafting and now it’s teaching me how to. Awesome videos.

@shhtormie 2 жыл бұрын

This video is what made me dip my toes into leather working. I'm an art student doing 3D work and I found all of the tools I needed to get started already in my tool boxes(other than the leather needle and thread). Some of them are substitutions for leather specific tools and they make the process a bit longer but it gives me the opportunity to practice without as many start up costs.

@sanpedro5018 4 жыл бұрын

I love your channel. Your work is very inspiring. I think this one is the kind of videos beginners need and never find to learn the basics. Thank you for this.

@summerisawesomeness 4 жыл бұрын

This is really well made. Thank you so much! I've been doing so much research and haven't found a perfect video like this one!

@wooferjr169 4 жыл бұрын

This is a very much needed video from you. In your How-To videos you make it seem easy lol

@davidchivatero4306 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video, thank you for taking the time to share.

@handygote 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched a number of 'intro to leather craft' videos. Yours really strips it down to the minimal basics. Very helpful! Thank you!

@clarencechua8346 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Really appreciate your effort to be patient and show us the step by step basis on leather making!

@CombrinkPierre 6 ай бұрын

You are a great teacher. Please make more teaching videos. Thanks

@waji9566 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, I am really glad that someone has a quality channel and good detailed videos for beginners, a few years ago I couldn't find any that made it this simple so I never got into it, but because of this I ordered the basic tools, and scrap leather. Thanks so much.

@CorporalAnarchy 4 жыл бұрын

Getting the new Corter video alert always makes the day better!

@Terry-7 2 жыл бұрын

I am looking to get into leatherworking as a small hobby right now. This is a wonderful video and has answered several of my newbie questions. Thank you for taking the time to put this video together, it's a tremendous help. You have helped give me more confidence to try the craft and feel like I can be successful at it.

@allfusionx Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this. Your style and approach is spot on. Very logical and sequential. Great work!

@rico6445 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, your channel inspired me. I found my new hobby. I made 4 wallets and 2 handbags for my family. This channel is the best!

@dwarvinicus Жыл бұрын

So, this is the best guide that i would have loved a couple years ago. I am now gonna start over with these items. Cheap leather; Old school bags. The nerdy ones. They are cheap and have pretty big panels.

@thomas-xo4vz 4 жыл бұрын

loving these new narrated videos mate solid stuff

@Sparklespit666 2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy I found this video it was super helpful and even the wallet you made was so simple I even have confidence in making it after I am done messing with the medium… but thank you! your awesome!❤️

@dannyonsaturn5458 Жыл бұрын

I really love how you went about this, its 100% for beginners and that's perfect! I'm looking to get into leatherwork for cosplay and I'm not looking to do anything complex and it feels a lot more achievable now.

@stephenbrown3395 5 ай бұрын

I love how you talk about failure. I’ve been woodworking most of my adult life, I came to you to prepare for a tool vest project, I am tired of things that don’t work for my tools and how I use them. Thanks for reminding me I’m probably going to suck before I get good at something.

@jeffpharr2752 7 ай бұрын

As someone who has wanted to try my hand at this for awhile now, this is a perfect introduction/how-to video. I've been looking for alternatives for starting tools. Thank you for this video 🙏

@scottschallock9403 3 жыл бұрын

I am just beginning. I will do these exercises this weekend and make the card holder! Woohoo!

@Gunn4u 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You for a great tutorial on basic leather work. Your emphasis on the structure of learning basics is spot on and has been very helpful to me as a beginner.😊😊

@marvareynolds7380 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I've been wanting to take a class for years. So glad I found you. I work with vinyls and wanted to give leather a shot.

@assadn5082 Жыл бұрын

Love your teaching philosophy. I haven't started yet and this was my first video. I've been obsessing over leather goods - shoes, boots, bags, wallets, watch straps, etc - for so long and I finally wanted to see if I could just make my own. I'm glad that this was my first video and looking forward to learning from you. Thank you!

@aprilenchanted 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so satisfying to watch. I have crates of leather from some old client projects (machine sewn clutch bags) but now I really want to try at some of these handmade items. Thanks for your gorgeous videos!

@genecarden780 Жыл бұрын

After watching your video on buckleguys wet forms, I bought the pill shaped form and immediately realized that I suck at trimming the curved end. I came back to this video, followed your simple instructions for practicing cutting curves and improved immediately. I bought my first leather crafting tools probably fourty years ago and learned through books. (KZfaq videos didn’t exist) life got in the way and I stopped leathercrafting for 20 years. I just started again recently. My point is even if you are not just dipping your toe in leathercraft this is an excellent video and the concept of learning and practicing the basics is very effective. Thank you

@SwapneelGhosh95 6 ай бұрын

This is undoubtedly one of the most essential videos on Leathercraft for beginners like me. Thank you!

@happygitana 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect video! I'm a Jill of all hobbies, I got the urge to try crafting with leather and bought a purse from the thrift store to experiment with. Thank you for helping with what to do next😁

@jamespool4751 Жыл бұрын

This was a well made video, I started some years ago. Got busy and had no time for it. I am now getting back into it and needed a refresher course. This one did it for me. Thank you for your work and I'm looking forward to watching the next video.

@tatts4life838 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Blockbusters card. My grandpa gave me a bunch of his Craftool stamp tools and Tandy leather working tools and I inherited the rest when his passed away. When I was younger he helped me make my first wallet which I still have. I’ve been looking through all of his old patterns and catalogs dating back to the 60’s and 70’s and it’s all cowboy western crap. I have ideas for crafts I want to make just stuck on what designs I want to make on the leather.

@TheMarionetteKitty 2 жыл бұрын

A perfect holder for the blockbuster video card. Preserve that antique!

@brownieboy8405 3 жыл бұрын

I just started leatherworking, and this video was by far the most helpful! thanks for the great video!!

@btroupe4371 4 жыл бұрын

Made my first bag ever using techniques from you and weaver leather.

@pattiepepper6217 7 ай бұрын

AMAZING video! This is how Illustrators begin as well. First, drawing lines, then circles, then 3D shapes. Then, we translate the shapes to forms like body parts, buildings, etc. Thank you so much for your time and sharing your expertise of leather work.

@aidarondilla1784 4 ай бұрын

This is the only video that did not discourage me from doing a leather project because of his practical tips and simple tools. No need to buy all those expensive tools that others are requiring yet the quality of product is produced. Thank you!

@jafowler85 8 ай бұрын

This video is such a big help. I just finished making my first card wallet from watching this out of simple piece of scrap leather I got in a bundle

@vext01 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. It's really great that you put emphasis on equipment for people who are not sure if it's the hobby for them.

@-42-47 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, I never thought I would get interested in leather work, but this looks kinda fun. Thanks for getting yet another good starting guide on KZfaq!

@jaykayrose577 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! This is exactly what I needed!!

@roony1402 Жыл бұрын

thank you. you are the bob ross of leather work

@sookiekat987 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely. Thank you for helping me get started! There are so many trade skills I want to learn but sometimes it can be hard to just know where to even start. You got right to the point and made it easy. I'll be doing some more searching into your other videos!

@thegiantratthatmakesalloft9415 2 жыл бұрын

@kenzieparkins Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this video. I have no idea about leather or crafting and you made everything so simple to understand. thank you xx

@rexromana Жыл бұрын

Omg the block buster card, I love it

@caseyoldham5764 Жыл бұрын

I'm just getting into the leather crafting world and this video was so helpful and reassuring for a beginner. Thank you so much!

@red58impala 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informative video. I just recently thought about learning about working with leather and was trying to formulate my plan before I started any projects. I had thought about some of the things you touched on - inexpensive leather, practicing stitching, punching holes, but practicing cutting, cutting curves, punching holes around curves, I had not thought about. Thanks for filling in the holes in my plan for me. 🙂

@diana.isidore 7 ай бұрын

This has to be the best tutorial to leather I’ve come across. Been looking to start making handmade bags and couldn’t find any channel talk about the basics. Kudos

@abolsley1 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I just love watching you all....

@phuzzygreene 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate your approach. Reminds me of one of my favorite middle school teachers. He spent most of the first grading period teaching how to study, how to learn. THEN, he taught us what to learn. Great reminder to put first things first,

@mobileandhostile7895 3 жыл бұрын

⭐️ really helpful and measured approach with just the right amount of information to help someone get started without being overpowered by information ⭐️ thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge 😎👍

@soliec3543 3 жыл бұрын

Very clear and good instructions. Thank you for taking your time to teach us!

@reneap9049 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the specific information, great stuff!

@johnbaker3082 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks great video, it was everything I needed to know to make a few leather guards for my wood carving knives.

@vinnycostanzo7019 3 жыл бұрын

You are an Awesome teacher! Like in all things in life the small details are the most important and thank you for teaching that to us!

@annagizziatlas62 9 ай бұрын

I’ve been sewing for years but want to add leather to my craft. This is the perfect introduction. Thank you!

@maxblast6014 3 жыл бұрын

Made my first keychain last night! Thank you for the help!

@CurtEdwards86 4 жыл бұрын

I have all the tools I need to start. I practiced a few times on scrap leather. I just got my first piece of real 2-3oz leather in the other day after Weaver has been sold out for several weeks. I think this video is exactly what I needed to get started! Thank you!

@GoldieJoRv 11 ай бұрын

Trying to find tools to start do you have any suggestions?

@phyllismiller8097 23 күн бұрын

This is exactly the intro video i have been looking for!! Thank you so much!!!! I cannot wait to practise!!!

@kevinmonceaux2101 3 жыл бұрын

I like your approach on getting started. KZfaq keeps trying to find more hobbies for me than I could possibly have time for. I tend to cycle through them, focusing on one or two at a time. Often with a new hobby I watch a lot of videos, collect some tools and/or supplies, then get sidetracked on another hobby before actually getting started. Such was the case with leather. This year I'm trying to at least get started on hobbies I've already collected tools and/or supplies for. Hopefully I can find some hobbies I really enjoy that inspire me to make more time for then, and weed out others that aren't a good fit. I have a beginner kit from Tandy with pre-cut pre-punched pieces. But knowing I wouldn't do those pieces justice was a big reason I got side tracked onto other hobbies. I think your approach might help me actually get started this time.

@santoshpv321 3 жыл бұрын

Super...this video has kindled an interest in me to do something as a hobby especially in this pandemic when the mind is going crazy. I see this as a good beginning to divert my mind to do a more productive work. Really appreciate your videos.

@speshedtv 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!! Greetings from GHANA 🇬🇭 (West Africa)

@guitarsz 3 жыл бұрын

Woah, was that a Blockbuster card? Cool. Old skool.

@InspiredByEverything 4 ай бұрын

This was EXACTLY the video I needed. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us. You’re awesome!

@theresewalters1696 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea for beginning. Exactly what I need.

@andrewgold7494 3 жыл бұрын

Saw your goods on Pinterest about seven years ago and purchased two iPhone cases and cardholders they no longer fit new phones but now they are in daily use as glasses cases and have all improved with age.

@dominique9934 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I was thinking about trying to do this myself.

@alinsyd8099 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful way of teaching

@gerardolramos 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. I've started buying some basic tools and materials for leather crafting. Your informative and instructional videos are helping me a lot to understand leather crafting. You have a very pleasant voice which makes it easier to listen to. Thank you so much.