Phil maybe you missed your artist calling haha

Thanks everyone, I wanted to make sure I did as much homework as possible before quoting the project. The leather aspect always is intimidating given so much unknown.

Hey, I personally use 600 and 1000 grit plates followed by leather strop

Hey Ivo, What size pieces of wood did you use for this? I want to take a stab at making one. Likely not as polished as yours haha

Hey Doug, This knife is beautiful. I wanted to pick your brain on the type of knife you recommend for skiving. I want to get this style but was interested in what material is best for keeping sharp the longest. To this point I have been trying to work with cheap ones that I keep sharpening on diamond plates and it feels like I get less than one skive out of them before I need to sharpen again. I plan to buy one but want to make the right choice because these 10 dollar ones are driving me nuts. Also I should note I’m a novice at sharpening unlike you and Phil.

@Leathercraft Masterclass Do you think it would work for the De Havilland? I was planning on making one out of cowhide first before trying the crocodile.

Welcome James, first person I’ve come across from Massachusetts like myself.

Hey, One thing I noticed on Fil Au Chinois was while it’s a nice thread, it tangles very often and quite a lot at the stitching hole leading to knots I couldn’t get out or ripped thread. Now I’m not sure if this is common or not. I’ve tried waxing it and not waxing and got similar results.

I plan to do the bag video you have to work on the skills then eventually build my crocodile duffle. But I’m going to crocodile sale American Tanning is having and plan to buy and save the skin until I’m ready. The sale is tomorrow and they are having up to 90% off of some skins so it seemed too good to pass up those prices.

Me too would love a pair of those!!

I can second Julie’s point. The site and iPads don’t get along very well. I mainly use my iPad on my workbench and often have issues.

Hey Rob, OA leather is in Canada and they have a great selection and good customer service. I've bought from them a few times. I also believe seymour leather is in Canada as well, I haven't bought from them but hear good things.

Amazing work Troy. Where did you buy the leather? Love the look of it

I see that often on sneakers that are stored for years and never touched. It's more about the oxidation I think

That tool wall is amazing, I just looked at Olena’s page and was instantly jealous

Looks fantastic, awesome work.

I personally love either my Barry King 32oz Maul and Sinabroks stitching punch. Maul is around 80-90 and sinabroks is around 110-140 depending on how many punches

Hey Phil, I had just finished watching it and got lost in the eBay and Amazon rabbit whole of which plates to buy and figured I'd ask around if anyone had any particular luck. The link for the ones in the class list were sold out sadly.

Awesome wallet, so clean looking.

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