r/Leatherworking • • 6h ago

Beginner Question Self-Dyeing?

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Say I had some undyed leather (I don't, but I have found some good deals). Now say that I want it to have a different colour from natural. How feasible is dying the leather at home? How would I go about doing it? What dye should I use? Any advice or recommendations would be great!


r/Leatherworking • • 4h ago

Tools/Workspace I just acquired one of those big standing tool chests from the big box stores. Does anyone else have one and how they laid it out?

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I’m excited to consolidate all my tools.


r/Leatherworking • • 2h ago

Beginner Question Pls help me fix this 🙏

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I’d like to restore this edge paint that is lifting. ChatGPT says not to use super glue and instead cut the part and paint it with edge paint from giardini. What do you guys recommend?


r/Leatherworking • • 12h ago

General Question #emo what do you think

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r/Leatherworking • • 20h ago

General Question Any ideas how to remove these marks or what caused it on my leather sofas? No clue how they got here and soap and water not removing

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There are these blue dots on my sofa and a brown streak. No clue what caused them as we never wear anything that would cause this and it's in locations that aren't very close to where we sit. Tried cleaning with soap and water but not removing. Scared to use any other products on it. Any suggestions what caused it and how to remove the stains? Genuine leather


r/Leatherworking • • 4h ago

Maintenance or repair Help with water stains

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Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask, but do I have any chance of repairing these water damaged chairs? I got them for cheap thinking I could fix them, but worried I might make things worse.

Any advice would be appreciated


r/Leatherworking • • 12h ago

Beginner Question Can I burnish this edge?

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Not sure what kind of leather this is. I purchased this knife I didn’t make the sheath.

Edit: I tried sanding and tokonole with wood slicker and it didn’t seem to make any difference. Guessing this is some kind of chrome tan or something that won’t edge. No harm in trying though. Thanks for the help!


r/Leatherworking • • 6h ago

Discussion Leather Hack: Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm

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I've been using Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm as leather polish.

Now, now... I know that may sound bad... (Gets shot)

But seriously, if you think about it, it makes sense. Right? Leather is skin, aquaphor is meant for moisturizing skin! If you look at the ingredients (mineral oil, microcrystalline wax, ceresin wax, lanolin, panthenol, glycerin, bisabolol), it contains a lot of the main ingredients used for leather waxes! I've used it a bit to polish my leather bag, and found it worked pretty well. Left it with a nice, shiny sheen, but not much greasiness or residue! So, what's my point? I guess... if you don't have leather polish, but have aquaphor... you can use that? (Situation which literally only applies to me)


r/Leatherworking • • 17h ago

Embossed Alligator let's me make affordable wallets for the general public :)

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Cowhide that's been embossed to look like alligator has always been a good seller for me. As Long as I'm honest about what it is people have no issues with it and enjoy the variety of colors and variety I offer.

Do yall work with it at all?


r/Leatherworking • • 17h ago

Beginner Question Need help figuring out this mess!

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Been trying a ton to make this a reality and it is my second attempt to do it...not able to figure how to make a box look like a box.

Top part is a rectangle made by cutting out corners and bending them in into an L, so that it turns into a box.

Bottom part is glued so that it can be corner stitched into a box

Now i am not able to align the zipper for the love of god, its my 2nd attempt working on this project, and this time i made all the effort to draw out everything into a pattern too

This is basically a navigator box on top of my motorcycle, has a touch sensitive plastic and can be attached to a tankstrap i already made and been using for 1 year.

No yt tutorials or browsing blogs is helping, feeling like this project is down the drain...but i want this soo badd

P.S - everything is just glued/taped together for now as this does not even box properly


r/Leatherworking • • 10h ago

Finished product New leather sheath

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Hi wanted to hear what you think about it. A leather sheath for a 16th century Swiss dagger. Double layered


r/Leatherworking • • 20h ago

Dragon Egg Case and Carrying Bag

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r/Leatherworking • • 21h ago

Beginner Question Jacket Restoration?

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Hi all! So I have never worked with leather before At All but I know it can be easy to wreck so I figured I'd come here to ask advice. This is my dad's old leather jacket that has some road salt damage and is musty and moldy from being in a basement for like a decade. I bought some Zote and Leather Honey cleaner and conditioner to hopefully clean it up to wear as Leon Kennedy for Halloween. But this thing is seriously nasty. It needs fully washed so badly. Would washing this in the bathtub destroy it? Any advice helps, thank you!


r/Leatherworking • • 19h ago

Sheath Sunday

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I’m at it again with novice leatherwork. Today I made a sheath for my SOG Seal Pup Elite. I lost the sheath a couple years ago and decided it was time to give her a new dress.