Leather is a strong and versatile material, and indispensable when you're working, hunting, or exploring outdoors. Hunter and outdoor professional Carsten Bothe offers the ultimate beginner's guide for this useful hobby. These photo-rich, step-by-step instructions prove that anyone can learn the techniques of cutting, sewing, and finishing to make, or repair, your essential leather items. You'll learn how to make a seam, to wet-form, to apply button studs and rivets, and everything else needed to master the basics. Five useful projects―good-looking, and able to be put to practical use―help you put what you've learned into practice: make your own belt, dog leash, belt bag, knife sheath, and leather holster. Whether you are a hunter, reenactor, knifemaker, scout, horseback rider, or bushcraft fan, or you use leather in other ways, here is your guide to a new skill.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 112

Dimensions: 190 x 230 mm

Publication Date: 30-04-2019

Leatherworking is a craft that is becoming more and more popular and is a hobby that you can get started without making any big expenditure or investment. Besides, it is fun! You can make unique, durable, and sustainable leather products on your kitchen. In a follow-up to his previous book, Practical Leatherwork, hunter and professional outdoorsman Carsten Bothe guides you with richly illustrated step-by-step instructions through sewing techniques, preparing and manipulating the leather, and eight beginner, intermediate, and advanced leatherworking projects, including a leather barbecue apron, dice cup, book cover, canteen, and more. Learn techniques like the saddle stitch, baseball stitch, and how to sew chamois leather, as well as the tools you'll need for tooling, dyeing, wet molding, and sewing. Then you can take the skills you've mastered and create your own stunning sewn leather crafts!

Bind: hardback

Pages: 112

Dimensions: 175 x 230 mm

Publication Date: 28-11-2022