Hi. I've done some samples. It's a trial of the first few videos. I used beeswax with my fixed 2mm creasing tool. I used a few different types of thread. I only have 3mm spi french pricking irons...
Overall I'm happy with my work. It's really cheep leather (on purpose it IS skill building)
Would anyone like so share some pointers.
A few things I see, 1 -a few stitches look askewish. 2- the edge crease doesn't look verry defined. Btw 8 ran 9ut of thread on sample 2... whatever, I wasn't going to fix it on a sample.
A great first start Steve, I like how you're going for it and getting your practice in.
I agree, it's a good idea to use lower cost leather to practice on, however I would recommend a more suitable style of leather to get going. Vegetable tanned hide in 2.5mm to 3mm will be ideal (two laters of your 1.5mm hide glued together).
Thin and/or soft leathers are not good at guiding the thread to lay in a consistent manner if there are minor variations in your technique or tensioning. In essence, you have chosen a very unforgiving leather to begin practicing on.
If you have a decent sized hide, try practicing on pieces cut from the less desirable sections such as the flanks, neck and belly. These parts are not usually the choice cuts for projects anyway.
Lastly, burnishing and waxing edges are really meant for veg-tan hide, by the sounds of it you are using chrome tanned kangaroo which won't give you the desired result. For this kiind of leather, turned edges, bound edges or the use of edge paint will give you a cleaner finish.
If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.
Hello
Before giving you my thoughts would you mind answering one question for me:
what thickness leather did you use? :)