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Leathercraft for Absolute Beginners: Learn the 9 Core Techniques and Make 15 Real Projects - Step-by-Step, with Full Cutting Lists for Every Piece
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 23 2026
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.22 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Most leatherwork books assume you already own a bench full of tools and know what a saddle stitch looks like. This one starts earlier than that - with which piece of leather to buy, how to hold the knife, and why your first cut wanders.
Nine core techniques are taught one at a time, each on its own spread, each with a photograph of what the finished result should look like. Then you build fifteen projects that use them, in the order they get harder.
Inside this book:- 9 core techniques - cutting, skiving, beveling, grooving, punching, saddle stitching, burnishing, cutting long straps, and turning a corner
- 15 projects from a flat bookmark to a watch strap, each with a full cutting list, numbered steps and a troubleshooting box
- Exact sizes for every piece - no guesswork, no pattern sheets to photocopy
- The twelve tools you actually need, and the ones you can put off buying
- A practice piece before the first project, so you make your mistakes on scrap
- A finder table at the back: every technique and project with its page number
Complete beginners. Anyone who has bought a starter kit and does not know where to begin. Anyone who wants to make a wallet, a belt or a dog collar by hand and keep it for twenty years.
Every project is sized in inches, uses hardware you can buy anywhere, and takes an evening or a weekend.
Scroll up and start with the bookmark.
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