Course curriculum

  • 1

    Getting Started

    • Welcome to the Leather Shop

    • Workspace set-up

    • Common Hitting Tools

    • Tools & Materials Resource List (with links)

    • Organizing Your Tools
  • 2

    Leather Overview

    • Types of leather

    • Parts of a hide

    • Measures of Leather Thickness
  • 3

    The Sharp Stuff

    • Knives & Cutting Leather

    • Cutting a straight line

    • Skiving

    • Punching holes

    • End Punches

    • Keeping Things Sharp
  • 4

    Make it Pretty

    • Basic Stamping

    • Adding Color & Finish Products 101
  • 5

    Get It To Stay

    • Leather Glue

    • Hand Sewing

    • Machine Sewing

    • Buck Stitch Basics
  • 6

    Wow That Looks Better

    • Rounding Edges

    • Sanding & Slicking
  • 7

    What About The Metal?

    • Cap Rivets

    • Copper Rivets

    • Setting Snaps

    • Buckles
  • 8

    Random Helpful Skills

    • Making a Pattern

    • Marking A Pattern On Leather

    • Using a Strap Cutter & Straight Edging a Hide
  • 9

    What's Next?

    • Now What?