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Martha Stewart does leather - richsc - 08-26-2015 You've been doing it all wrong! Not to mention setting your tables. http://www.marthastewart.com/1125947/how-sew-leather-hand Martha Stewart does leather - Crispvs - 08-26-2015 Gosh - and for all these years I've fooled myself into thinking all I needed was some linen thread, two needles, beeswax, an awl and a bit of an old pine plank to push the awl down into. How could I have gone on for so long without the aid of a 'stitching groover' or an 'overstitch wheel'? Why have I never found the need to use rubber cement or (wait for it) - a 'stitching pony' so I too could push holes in leather as it slid away from me across the table on its 'pony', instead of pushing down through the leather onto a stationary pine plank in such a utilitarian fashion? Oh how I have clearly erred -to have been using such second rate techniques for all these years and thus shaming myself. Would that I could do so much better in the future than those poultry and untutored efforts which until now have been my lot. :oops: Oh, look below and witness my shame. If only I had known how to sew leather properly ... [attachment=12690]Comacchiobag1.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=12691]Comacchiobag2.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=12692]Caveoflettersclosed.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=12693]Scabbardstuckcut.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=12694]Scaleunderconstruction14July11.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=12695]Loculusdetail.jpg[/attachment] Crispvs Martha Stewart does leather - richsc - 08-26-2015 Let's see you set a table. Martha Stewart does leather - Crispianus - 08-27-2015 Well the Romans do seem to have used a serrated marking tool, it just wasn't a wheel but rather a semi circular tool which looks like a small half moon knife with a serrated edge (occasionally used for decoration)...... though personally I've never found it necessary for stitching although it could be used for such.... Probably because a lot of the time I don't do equal stitching... one side of a seam is often a larger spacing, this is required for shaping or pulling in material to create a three dimensional shape...... Its basically an add for selling modern tools for modern leather working techniques.... the wrong way to go for ancient leather working I think.... |