Leathercraft Techniques

Hey there !

i’m starting to experiment with thin and soft leathers like goatskin (got a few hides from Alran sully splitted down to 0,5mm).

i like how thin the items can be made but i’m having a hard time with getting a clean and consistent stitch on the back, especially on extremely thin areas (like only two layers so 1mm of soft leather).

My guesses :

- thread tension consistency sucks

- such a thin leather can‘t really be as clean as thicker / harder ones

- my tools are not the right ones (but I get great results with them - I tried with 10spI irons)

- my technique sucks - I should try to stitch differently with that leather

- I‘m just too noob to play with that wonderful stuff, go back to you heavyweight vegtan 😅

I precise i’m not casting the stitch on such thin areas.

Options that might help :

- combine with harder hand leathers (and loose the point of using that thin and soft leathers...)

- use folded edges everywhere I can to increase thickness is the areas causing trouble (good plan ?)

- change tools

- stop complaining on a forum and go back practice your stitch

Any experience with that kind of issues ? The result is not terrific but definitely could be much better.