#leatherwork

[ramshacklegear]

Stainless steel stirrup collar

With removable rubber pad for cleaning

I have some for pre-order on my website

[vincentbriggs]

Finished another pair of gloves last week, this time in dark brown leather from ItalianSkins and sewn up with some olive green silk thread that was a very lucky thrift store find. (It was in a mixed baggie and I didn't know it was silk until I got home!)

In my glove video I mentioned wanting to re-draw my pattern so the fingers are angled in more tightly, and so the thumb piece is longer, and I did that for these. The thumb fits much better, and the bases of the fingers are no longer too loose.

I also tried the straighter style of fourchettes, but didn't like them as much as the V shaped ones. I think the curved edges put a bit too much material onto the backs of the fingers and made them wrinklier. (Though this particular leather is not the stretchiest, so it may be better with a stretchier one.)

I did 3 rows of feather stitch on the back of the hand, since I'd seen that on an extant pair and thought it looked nice. I used a regular needle for that part because I was worried a leather needle would damage the thread.

[honeybeeofficial]

CRAB! CRAB! CRAB!

The Horseshoe Crab pattern is now available!

Available on ko-fi for $35 USD or pay-what-you-want!

I’ve been completely blown away by the response to my horseshoe crab! Since a bunch of people have expressed interest in making their own, I've put together a pattern and instructions so anyone who wants to can make their very own sea puppy to love and to hold. 

This is a digital download which includes instructions and the pattern, printable either on a standard home printer or on a wide-format architectural printer. 

The instructions are for leather; however, the pattern pieces should work in other materials as well– you may just have to adjust slightly for any different medium you use. (For example, for fabric, you would need to add seam allowance.) Stiff, non-stretch materials are recommended for the best results.

If you make a horseshoe crab of your own, please tag me in any photos you post– I’d love to see them! I’m excited to see different takes on it. 

Go forth and make a creature!

https://ko-fi.com/s/f0197da98e

[artschoolglasses]

Case for a Book, possibly belonging to a bishop, French (?), 15th Century

From the Met Museum

[sabretoothleather]

Bondage bracelets, spike bracelets and whatnot

[upennmanuscripts]

Ms. Codex 1280 is a ledger of debtors and creditors of the Medici family for the years 1537-1539, written on paper in Italy ca. 1539. The binding is contemporary parchment and leather. The lower cover wraps around upper cover with leather strap, and there is a metal buckle on upper cover and decorative leatherwork on spine.

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Why aren't we wearing gloves? Check out our pinned post to find out!

[paletapessoal]

High four-strap shoes with cutwork, c. 1913.

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

I need a leather strap pattern

okay so i have this bag i call the bag of theseus, right?

I've replaced two broken buckles

replaced one leather strap attachment entirely

by opening up one side to install it and resealing the thing with invis stitch (that i honestly need to shore up as you can see here)

and countless small stitch jobs for the lining.

I have had this bag for over 10 years and i am not about to give up on the thing

BUT

the front pocket strap has been busted and unable to ACTUALLY clip the pocket closed for YEARS.

I have a BUNCH of leather scrap at various weightages. I've got a leather punch, awls, thread, leather needles, and edge-kote.

This is such a specific type of strap so google/duckduckgo is useless, does ANYONE have a pattern for a bag-strap (preferably with snap fasteners) that I can make from scratch? I could probably reuse this buckle if need be but I just want to be able to hold the front pocket closed while I'm riding a bike or smth

thanks folks!

[t0talbra1nd3ath]

The harness I made <3 I think I did a really good job dyeing the leather, it’s a perfect color match to my hair :3

[dbkcustomscabbards]

A recently completed scabbard commission for the Albion Laird.

[ramshacklegear]

Black and brass

Solid brass spikes & buckle hardware

[vincentbriggs]

And another pair of gloves. I'm quite pleased with these ones.

Back to the 1760's Diderot pattern cuff shape this time, and I wanted to try adding some decoration, so I painted art nouveau swirlies around the cuffs using leather dye. (Which is of course not historically accurate, but art nouveau and mid 18th century menswear go together so, so well.) My inspiration was a motif from an 1898 book, which I found on pinterest, and I re-drew it a few times until I had a version that I liked and that fit the glove.

I wasn't sure how to go about transferring the design accurately to the leather, so I ended up making a stencil and tracing it using a very fine tipped pen, then colouring it in with the dye. The dye was very easy to paint with, but putting it in a little dish made it dry out and thicken extremely fast, which was not so good. For the second glove I put the dye in a porcelain thimble, which was better, but next time I'll try to find something even smaller with even less exposed surface area to put the dye in. Or I could perhaps try leather paint instead. I'll have to hold off on wearing these until I've gotten some sort of finishing coating to protect the dye, because it's unfortunately smudged a bit from handling. I did do a sample specifically to test for this and it didn't smudge, but in the sewing up process the gloves got touched quite a bit more than the sample, alas. And it may be partly due to the aforementioned drying out and thickening, which left more dye on the surface.

The leather is lambskin from ItalianSkins on etsy, and they're sewn up using silk yarn that my mother gave me. (With a regular needle again, because the only leather needles I have are too big.)

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Starting the carving, which is a pastiche of Albrecht Dürer's Apocalypse series.

The two chest plates will feature vengeful angels, and the lames will be people having a Bad Time.

I don't plan to carve the back for Dragoncon, as I still need to assemble the gorget and skirt, and the con is little over a week away. 😅

[cat-cosplay]

"Wind's meowing..."

[sabretoothleather]

Booth stuff from 2/2020

[lankyorangutan]

Recently made a corset belt with plenty for D-rings for attachment (the pentagram harness, choker, and cuffs are also made by me)