I have this years-old leather glasses case whose edges are now apparently bleeding its dye. The edges appear shiny and even simply pressing on them will stain me or any fabric.

Is there anything I can do to stop/set the dye properly? And are there any suggestions on cleaning out fabrics that have already been affected?

This was an early bag that I did. Please ignore the sewing… i was learning some new things about my machine. What I’m wondering is… Is there a way to finish the inside diameter of this handle? Ordinarily I would burnish something like this, but the cloth lining sits in between the two layers of leather and it’s fighting me on burnishing anything… I’m thinking about doing a binding, but I’m not sure if that will look worse. Any thoughts? The inside lining is canvas.

This my first project with leather, I’ve been trying to stitch this but this keeps happening and the needles keeps getting stuck in between and I have to use pliers to pull it ( one of my needles broke because of this ) also in the beginning when I did a backstitch to secure it I made sure both sides were the same length but when I pulled them to make the stitch, the left thread became shorter than the right

I only managed to do a couple of stitches before the needle broke.

How can I undo this knot in the first pic? Should I just cut it or?

Any tips would be helpful

Thank you

Looking for some gold plated buckles for straps on my engineer boots but am having a hard time finding somewhere that stocks higher quality ones. The picture attached is what I’m using as reference. Any help is appreciated thank you

Not really sure what I’m doing. I just started, but I bought half of a freaking cowhide and I’m gonna start practicing like a motherfucker.

Normally a black leather kind of guy, but bought some olmo Pueblo and decided to put it to use. I’ll be making a black one so I’ll most likely give this to someone I know. BTW, didn’t think there’d be much of a difference between 4mm and 5mm until I started stitching. Ooof.

Trying to mix purple using water dyes help would be great .

Is there anyway to possibly darken this pouch to get close to matching the belt?

I’ve got a bunch of 90s Levy’s leather guitar straps, they are brand new old stock (pic is only a small amount of them).. Problem is, most of these have been sitting in bins coiled up for 20-30+ years.

Looking to try to get them straightened out, so far just hanging them and letting gravity do the work. Any recommendations for how I could speed up the process? TIA 🙏

Hand made 3 matching 440c stainless steel knife and 6 sheaths. Did all the work from grinding to tempering and all the leather work. And pursed the resin grips. I can’t wait to never see these things again.

Belts I made from calf leather, goat leather and rust dyed elaphe skin.

I started making belts this month, so feedback is welcome! I’m still figuring out the best settings for my sewing machine for this type of leather, so I’m not entirely happy with the stitching.

I cut the stitches out of an old handbag for practicing on. How do I best get rid of mishaped leather? Is there something faster than laying a flat board over it for awhile?

Looking to install rivets through corduroy/canvas and a home cut through leather for an accent piece on a hat.

I have a leatherworking mallet, and eyelet tools (hand tools + 4mm grommet pliers, but no interchangeable dies)

Wondering how I could install tiny rivets for accent details without any special tools

i'd love to study leatherworking in europe. i have saved up some money and am looking for a 1-2 year course/ programme. apart from my mother tongue i unfortunately only speak english. so it would be nice if the programme would be in english. any recommendations/ experiences are welcome🫶🫶

I want to make a knife/tool case out of nubuck for a chef friend. I want to give it structure so it doesn't flop around i when he's trying to use it. (Im also a chef, so I know the annoyance of having a big floppy knife roll or case and tryibg to get something out of it when it's busy and there is no space.)

So I've designed something that should make everything accessible without having to clear down a bunch of workspace.

I figure I could use something, strong, durable, flat, thin and rigid, leaving the leather plain where I want a hinge.

I have veladon, some poly reibforcement, and mounting board. But I don't think the formar are rigid enough, and I worry mounting board will break down over.

Also, I worry wood will just break.

Any advice on this?

Thanks.

For reference, the strap in the second picture is the one I want to get the desired look on. Could a warm to hot steel piece pressed hard on it give it that look?