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003 Leather Wristband
My sisters friends birthday was coming up and my sister needed a gift.
She saw this nice leather armband online, but I mentioned that with the leatherworking tools I bought half a year ago and wanting to get into leatherworking I could make one for waaaay less.
She agreed, so I visitied three leather shops and got my hands on some real nice scraps of vegetable-tanned leather for next to nothing.
I used a strap cutter tu cut a ~1.3cm wide strip of leather and rounded the ends with rounded end punches, then proceeded to smooth the edges with a nylon edge slicker. After deciding on what text to put where I marked the positions with chalk and used revolver hole punch pliers to make holes for the rivets and pushbuttons. Alphabet punches/stamps were used for the letters.
I dyed the leather with Tandy Leather Eco-Flo Timber Brown, buffed the leather, then applied Fiebing's Mink Oil twice to soften and waterproof the leather. I buffed after each oil application. The oil darkened up the leather a bit more.
Next I sealed the leather with Tandy Leather Eco-Flo Super Shene, applying 4 layers and buffing after each application has dried.
Finally, I set all the rivets and pushbuttons.
I'm pretty pleased with the result, especially since I had no prior experience in leatherworking beyond a couple hours worth of youtube instruction videos on leatherworking.
The text says "You can count on me honey" and "K & N", which are the given name initials of my sister and her friend.
003 Leather Wristband
My sisters friends birthday was coming up and my sister needed a gift.
She saw this nice leather armband online, but I mentioned that with the leatherworking tools I bought half a year ago and wanting to get into leatherworking I could make one for waaaay less.
She agreed, so I visitied three leather shops and got my hands on some real nice scraps of vegetable-tanned leather for next to nothing.
I used a strap cutter tu cut a ~1.3cm wide strip of leather and rounded the ends with rounded end punches, then proceeded to smooth the edges with a nylon edge slicker. After deciding on what text to put where I marked the positions with chalk and used revolver hole punch pliers to make holes for the rivets and pushbuttons. Alphabet punches/stamps were used for the letters.
I dyed the leather with Tandy Leather Eco-Flo Timber Brown, buffed the leather, then applied Fiebing's Mink Oil twice to soften and waterproof the leather. I buffed after each oil application. The oil darkened up the leather a bit more.
Next I sealed the leather with Tandy Leather Eco-Flo Super Shene, applying 4 layers and buffing after each application has dried.
Finally, I set all the rivets and pushbuttons.
I'm pretty pleased with the result, especially since I had no prior experience in leatherworking beyond a couple hours worth of youtube instruction videos on leatherworking.
The text says "You can count on me honey" and "K & N", which are the given name initials of my sister and her friend.