I don't know whether they are lacquer coated or not but if you like raw brass I have had success removing it by letting it sit in acetone for a few minutes and then wiping it off.

1:45 mark - 6oz Wickett & Craig.

water, gum tragacanth, or beeswax

I was wondering the same thing.

In other videos they have been the more expensive Weaver ones. They are sponsored by buckleguy now so probably theirs now 😎

I only went to camp twice in my life. Never made anything like this.

Almost like this channel is meant to provide instructions and help to beginners.

Yawn. You’ve made a couple of comments on this channel and they have only been negative. These movies are must watch for a huge amount of people starting up in the trade myself included. Eric is a huge inspiration and devotes an enormous amount of time to promoting leathercraft. It’s negative people like you that turn people off from trying and then everyone suffers.

reviewing a new piece of hardware that's hit the market for more advanced crafters, showing the nuanced litle steps to making a properly laid out keychain for beginners. Gotta straddle that line in some videos, we've got almost 300 tutorials ranging from beginner to expert if you'd like to search our back catalogue :)

@@Corter Let me try it this way. As a seasoned leather crafter and seller you only have so many hours in a week to work. What can you earn as a business person per hour making small inexpensive leather goods, such as key chains and wallets? I can make a pair of custom cowboy boots in 40 hours that sell for $2000.00, in 80 hours I can build a custom western saddle for $6000.00. You are experienced enough to start learning how to make more complicated, expensive, and valuable leather goods. Expand your business. Leave it to your apprentices to make the small stuff. Now, I’m not a KZfaq creator, maybe you make decent money teaching leather craft in these videos, I don’t know. But in between beginner videos make something difficult, stretch yourself, show us your talent. As far as criticism, I can only think of two other comments I’ve made on this channel, one was about your choice to export your mailing to a third party. Ok, your business model. But, I like your work. Take care.