George I've watched your videos several times and each time I watch I learn what would normally take years to achieve otherwise, you really have a knack for teaching for sure, THANX for taking time to enrich other leatherman to enjoy an age old trade at any age, hopefully youl make many more videos
Hi George, would just like to say how informative your videos have been to me, I live in the UK and sadly there is very little here of this quality, as a newby to the craft I thank you for your help 👍
Thc Geo. I have found that basket weave looks easy until I do it. I hav practiced over n over.. When I start it is nice n straight. Before I know it its going off center...I just cannot master. Besides practice any other tips.. Thx Cyndi..
Thank you for the video, Sir. I have just discovered the world of leathercrafting and I am currently learning what I can about the basics of this "Beautiful Art." I dreaming up design ideas for custom projects that I have in mind as I am typing this comment.
Thomas Wilson Sometimes the leather can stretch with extensive tooling, however you can prevent stretch by putting packing tape or another type of tape along the back side to maintain the size.
Very nice. Somehow, having a mallet with a curved pounding face instead of flat like a normal hammer just doesn't seem to make much sense. I can hear it slipping off sometimes as you strike it. Why would any thinking person design one like that I wonder...
Hello alan4sure! A lot of it is personal preference by the user. Finding a comfortable position for tooling helps combat fatigue and some people prefer the rounded maul because they can more easily tool from different angles,
is it me or does he do shoddy work on these videos? The basket weave and borders were all over the place. Is it necessary to be "perfect"? and if not, I guess it looks hand crafted?
James, you will have a slow time being perfect, I used a tiny 1/8th by 9/32nd inch basket weave stamp on a belt and it took several hundred hits and not all of them were perfect and I was doing an arrowhead pattern, which made it easy to lose the pattern which I did in a couple of places. The big thing to do when you first find you're getting the pattern wonky is to stop and place your stamp in the proper position and then continue. This way you will have a single stamp out of whack instead of several because on the arrowhead pattern everything must match in the middle and even with larger basket weave stamps it can go out of whack if you're not paying attention. Although the larger stamps are easier if you do make a mistake it tends to show up more. As for ole George doing shoddy work well look at any hand made belt if there isn't any mistakes their belt was likely stamped out by a machine. Some people's idea of hand made is to take the bare strap and feed it into this machine, then feeds it into another and then airbrushes the dye into it. Then voilà handmade belt because he hand carried it from one station to another.
George I've watched your videos several times and each time I watch I learn what would normally take years to achieve otherwise, you really have a knack for teaching for sure, THANX for taking time to enrich other leatherman to enjoy an age old trade at any age, hopefully youl make many more videos
Hi George, would just like to say how informative your videos have been to me, I live in the UK and sadly there is very little here of this quality, as a newby to the craft I thank you for your help 👍
THANKS GEORGE, I NEEDED SOME IDEAS ABOUT SOME OPEN SPACES ON A SHOULDER HARNESS,,THIS TECHNIQUE WILL WORK GREAT THERE THANKS
Excellent work, sir very nice belts, greetings from Panama City Panama 🇵🇦
Awesome job, thank Sir for the class
NICE.‼️👍
Thc Geo. I have found that basket weave looks easy until I do it. I hav practiced over n over.. When I start it is nice n straight. Before I know it its going off center...I just cannot master. Besides practice any other tips.. Thx Cyndi..
George, what is the number of the large bevel tool? Is it for sale at Tandy?
I did that and one side ended up being narrower than the other... so your wrong on how to start, your line should be off center not center.
Those first few were more crooked than my dogs back leg, sheesh!!
Thank you for your wonderful leather tutorials George. I did leatherworking in 4H growing up, and am refreshing my skills once again.
The videos you publish on CZcams are very useful to us.
thank you.
Thanks George. It's always easier for me to learn how to do things by seeing it done rather than reading instructions.
Very nice instructions from a rookie who wants to learn!! Thank you Tandy Leather! And George!
Yes, it is a good idea to keep the leather damp, but not wet. Wait a few moments after you apply additional moisture.
George
Well done video George. You've made it look so simple.
Thanks so much.
Thanks , George! You showed me exactly what I needed to see!
Thanks for the video. You explain the technique well.
Thank you for the video, Sir. I have just discovered the world of leathercrafting and I am currently learning what I can about the basics of this "Beautiful Art." I dreaming up design ideas for custom projects that I have in mind as I am typing this comment.
Thank you George.
Your videos are helping a lot !
Another very usefull video, thanks.
me agrada tu trabajo muy bonito
Parabéns seu trabalho e sensacional
I will get there ! (I hope)
Thank you very much
very helpful. tks.
Thanks.
Agreed
Very nice. What stamps did you use again?
I would like to take a course with you to learn the techniques, is this possible?
I just bought a wallet kit will the basket weave deform the leather if so how can I prevent that from happening Thank You
Thomas Wilson Sometimes the leather can stretch with extensive tooling, however you can prevent stretch by putting packing tape or another type of tape along the back side to maintain the size.
Thank You so much Tommy
Hi there, what is that tool called that you use in the beginning of your video to create an equal distance on each side of the belt?
A wing divider
you can buy them at Lowes or Home Depot.
your awsome
nice!!
Very nice. Somehow, having a mallet with a curved pounding face instead of flat like a normal hammer just doesn't seem to make much sense. I can hear it slipping off sometimes as you strike it. Why would any thinking person design one like that I wonder...
Hello alan4sure! A lot of it is personal preference by the user. Finding a comfortable position for tooling helps combat fatigue and some people prefer the rounded maul because they can more easily tool from different angles,
is it me or does he do shoddy work on these videos? The basket weave and borders were all over the place. Is it necessary to be "perfect"? and if not, I guess it looks hand crafted?
James Noll Perfection is up to you.
James, you will have a slow time being perfect, I used a tiny 1/8th by 9/32nd inch basket weave stamp on a belt and it took several hundred hits and not all of them were perfect and I was doing an arrowhead pattern, which made it easy to lose the pattern which I did in a couple of places. The big thing to do when you first find you're getting the pattern wonky is to stop and place your stamp in the proper position and then continue. This way you will have a single stamp out of whack instead of several because on the arrowhead pattern everything must match in the middle and even with larger basket weave stamps it can go out of whack if you're not paying attention. Although the larger stamps are easier if you do make a mistake it tends to show up more.
As for ole George doing shoddy work well look at any hand made belt if there isn't any mistakes their belt was likely stamped out by a machine. Some people's idea of hand made is to take the bare strap and feed it into this machine, then feeds it into another and then airbrushes the dye into it. Then voilà handmade belt because he hand carried it from one station to another.