Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Homemade Leather Tools.

With a little help from a friend. Score, cut and bevel. 1/8". A 3-in-1! Someone said the handle looks like a hot dog!
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Sheep Bones! 







14/02/2014


 28/02/2014





Shall keep updating with a new post dated Feb.26th,2009
http://asailorsleather.blogspot.sg/2009/02/birth-of-stitching-pony.html






   

24/03/2013

Extra fingers to hold leather in place.


For measuring bracelet sizes.
Dog Comb? 
23/01/2014.
In progress, a leather covered stitching pony with a leather hinge!



Changed the butterfly nut.
27/01/2014


Birth of a stitching pony.

http://asailorsleather.blogspot.sg/2009/02/birth-of-stitching-pony.html



Friend made this for me. 24/01/2014
Tapping a Perma-Lok needle!
01/03/2014

 Instead of skiving, beveling with the French skiver then glue them together and beat the hell out of it with a ball hammer just to attach the male snap, I now use a 3 mm bolt & nut.
Save me tons of times!
Expired Silicone!
01/05/2014.

 Birth of an aluminum mallet and maul.
Shall update later.







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14 comments:

  1. kelldragonMay 12, 2010 at 10:01 PM

    Opel you are a Genius!

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  2. MagnusCalebJuly 11, 2012 at 5:39 PM

    fruit fork for the edge bevelers, you are my hero now

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  3. TOp13February 24, 2014 at 6:54 AM

    Obrigado por compartilhar!!!!

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  4. UnknownJune 24, 2015 at 10:09 AM

    fantastico ingenio Opel un saludo desde Mexico luisoliveros@yahoo.com pero como le diste filo al matacantos? un abrazo

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  5. UnknownAugust 28, 2015 at 1:53 PM

    Nice Post, Really it is very helpful and informative for us. Thanks for sharing particularly Leather Craft Supplies. Leather Craft Supplies

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  6. UnknownApril 13, 2016 at 8:23 AM

    I really like this guy no wast at all and half the fun in leather tooling is making the tool.

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  7. UnknownJune 8, 2016 at 3:04 PM

    So much helpful information in one place. I agree, you are a genius! Thank you so, so much for sharing!

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  8. UnknownJune 9, 2016 at 1:02 PM

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  9. DennisJune 2, 2017 at 8:21 AM

    Excellent! I like your thinking. Nice post and thank you for sharing.

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  10. UnknownAugust 3, 2018 at 11:18 PM

    Beautiful!!! Where did you get the tool to “round” the bottle caps???? Brian

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  11. doughAugust 21, 2019 at 9:20 AM

    Terinspirasi... terimakasih bang

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  12. СтепанNovember 6, 2020 at 5:14 AM

    Excellent, very interesting and useful. I buy tools at Leatherwork shop.

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  13. AverageJoeDecember 6, 2020 at 12:49 PM

    Great work, as always Opel!

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  14. James BaileyDecember 24, 2024 at 3:04 AM

    Interesting work. Embroidery Digitising Services Good job.

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