Making a leather hinge
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2025
- Some time I do things just for fun. I made a leather hinge for my strop just because i felt like it.
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Izzy you are definitely one of the most creative and out of the box creators on UA-cam. love the ideas. Thanks
Love that hinge
I love the idea of a leather hinge, the way you use it make laugh out loud : D Thanks for sharing.
I am speechless after watching these videos!! You're better than any super hero on tv and I love your creative and inventive spirit! Please keep making videos!
That's something I would have never thought to do. A hing from leather! Crazy man!
So simple. Thanks Izzy... I'll be borrowing this for a box project I have planned. Thanks for sharing as always.
+Robert Venus Awesome glad you liked it if you can i would love to see pics of the box when your done
Kind of cool timing, since I am creating different designs for a few tables and leather hinges is one of my creative concepts to incorporate an extension. Also, I like the extra creative steps you took, to make it more than just a leather strop.
Awesome hinge and sharpening tool!
Really nice... You never cease to amaze me
Hey Izzy, "Almost Pointless" is right up there with "Needlessly Complicated", at times both can be tremendously satisfying.
+Tom Denny agreed
That's not useless in the least, that's one of the coolest things ever! I wish to now build a pile of them!!! (And using it on a strop was far more practical-minded than any of the things I had imagined ye might be up to, at that...)
Seems a little early in the season to be shorn, but I can't wait to see the sweater video. Scott
Lol
Wow ! that's sharp. My father used to use a leather belt for sharpening his razor.
Ya, gonna steal that. I am enjoying catching up on some Izziness :-)
Nice! Lovely simple solution. Might make a nice hinge for a 'rustic' box too
Loved the poke at the trolls, keep up the good work.
Love the hinge. Thank you for doing the vid.
Cool idea Izzy!
Great idea! The only thing to add is a hole in the angle of the square, so the leather don't continue to enlarge the cut. But for what you need I think it's enough strong
now I want every hinge to be leather!
I'm still hung up on that Bulldog contraption hope that videos coming soon. great video
I like this video - there's a man that can multitask!
Funny enough this is just what I needed.. I have an old travel trunk that I need to redo.. These hinges will be great.. thumbs up..
awesome
Keeping that sense of "play" alive is healthy for your mind.
Fantastic video and a tremendous idea!
I love the way you think izzy
So rad! Thanks for sharing this.
Great video, thanks for sharing the knowledge and the love.
So now your a barber Izzy ;). great video mate.
Cheers
Mike
Seems a little early in the season to be shorn, but I can't wait to see the sweater video.
+Aristocob Rofl!
Great idea!
what a beautyful razorknife
That looks really nice. Deserves a better life than hanging out as a shop tool. Seems like that would look great on some of your rustic furniture.
Good video, I only need to find out more of the video , which grain have placed on what is Emery ? The first and second sharp , before passing through the leather, thank you. A greeting.
Awesome work.
awesome. you are inspiring
Very cool, I'd love to have this on a custom guitar case. Passing this link along to my friend in Dallas who is a custom leather artist.
Great video! if you try a wooden or metal backed strop you can get the knives even sharper.
I like it!
I build re enacted furniture for Ren Faire this be a neat item to add to chests etc
Def a cool hinge
Good use!
All of that just to shave your arm!?!?!?!? Very cool piece! I love your video's.
very cool
Great! And what you sharpen ceramic knives? How long to boil the skin? Thank you!
+Александр Новожилов it was not ceramic and the skin was boiled for about 4 minutes
+izzy swan Thank you!
you're like a volcano continuosly erupting ideas! this leather hinge thing is so cool!! thanks for sharing! may I ask you what kind of disks and grits you used to sgarpen that piece of metal to scary sharp? thanks!
+Antonello De Angelis I will get a video up on that soon. grizzly has the system i use
ok that was killer
Well.... that was... odd :) I like it!
I love this
thats awesome!!! :)
This is awesome!
Brilliant!!!
I WAS trying to have supper when I fired up this video - nice edge btw - good recommendation for the leather?
Great Video. Gave me some great ideas for decorative boxes. what did you boil the leather in?
+Phoenix Butter Knick-Knackery just water it softens it a bit and makes it more flexable
i thought it might be, thanks!
I'm still hung up on that bull dog contraption. that video coming soon. great video
+iwantosavemoney soon as i the parts i ordered for it come in
good deal
Every time I shave my arm to see how shape my knives are my wife freaks out lol. Great job Izzy
Another question please. I've worked leather for a while now, I've never needed to boil the leather. Usually you just get it soaking wet, clamp it, that's it. It stays in the shape you want. The only boiling I know of is for rawhide. It's almost stiff and hard as steel (exaggerated ). But it's still not necessarily to boil unless you don't have a few hours to let it soak. This is all based on my experiences. But maybe you know something I don't, which isn't hard to do. I'd like to know if there is some specific reason for boiling other than softening. Thank you.
Neat project erm about the knife ....... Give it a good clean before you go cutting something lol can't believe how sharp you got it good man keep it up
super cool!!!!
+Matt Diresta Thank you man
+izzy swan aww... you're getting matching bald spots
So, now will you be making a drill-powered spinning wheel for all the hair?
Ya could have just bought a( No! No!) hair removing system and been done with it ! lol !!! Love the videos and keep them coming !!! thanks again for all the info .
1. Great video, love the concept.
2. Leather in a disk sander... ok *shoulder shrug.
3. 1:56 Ya scared me for a second.
Stropping good vid.
That was great!
A great use for hairy arms ... built in sharpness tester... as I would know. lol
Thanks Izzy
what sort of wheels are you running on that grinder?
at first I thought they were buffing wheels, but something doesn't look quite right.
+dscrive cardboard
Awesome Job Izzy! What kind of wheels did you have on the grinder to sharpen your knife?
+John Sellers cardboard wheels i will do a video on the system at some point
Thanks Bro! I look forward to it.
Would you mind telling me what kind of glue you use that takes an activator and what's it good for gluing? I seen either that same kind or different on lots of vids and they use it on several different materials. But I've never used a glue that has a spray activation product. If it glues several different materials and holds good, it might just be exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you.
love this idea for purses. Wondering how poly would look though. Too shiny, make leather crack?????
I mean ...hey those arms seriously need a good weed whacking. Nicely done as always Izzy.
You and Jimmy Diresta are going to be 2 hairless dudes come April wood working show! Rofl!
+WoodenCreationz Nope. last time i do that for at least 2 days. Hair will all be back by then.. lol
+izzy swan Rofl! That was funny!!! 😜 Great vid! Love the way the leather looked at the end!!
awesome this will work for the purse i'm trying make! thanks
I like the DiResta style sharpness test
+Sam Kennedy Yes someone got it! ha ha
real nice hinge. Haha you did a Diresta with the knife XD
+unogazzy84 glad someone caught that! lol
What make is that big neato straight edge you're using?
+Kirby Weldon Safe cut Ruler from FastCap.com best straight edge Ever!
Awesome! I have to say though, big strong man like you, get that strop pulled taught! No sagging! lol.
nice!
What was the strap made of?
What kind of wheels are the ones u have for ur bench grinder
+kryptonicloser cardboard wheels from grizzly
that 2p 10 that you use on wood, is it a compound that can be used on anything
Hello from Spain! Like your videos a lot. I wonder what the pad on your table is called. the one full of squares with the measurements Would love to find out what it is called, and hopefully find one. Thanks in advance!
as a straight razor enthusiast, I approve, but turn the blade on its heel to avoid folding the fine edge.
I don't know how any woodworkers have any hair left on their arms testing sharpness that way.. Love the vid.
Wonder how many of us old fellas remember the barber using one of those?
great video , useful
Is that what they scary sharp? lol
Now that's a sharp knive
a little more shaving, and you to izzy will be ready to go to the ball lmao
+Tayler Made ha ha i doubt my evil step mother will let me go.
For those that might ask, "Why?"
Why Not!
Or, because I can.
Take care man, like that Ian Atkinson will be jealous of you. Just kidding. Fantastic job.
that was tofu hide, right?
+tim sway ha ha it was reclaimed Hide
i'll settle for that. i just sent you an email. check your spam folder. gmail likes to send my @timsway.net emails there ;-)
I hope you don't have too many knives to sharpen. ;-) Nice idea, thanks for sharing.
I might be wrong about this but aren't to you supposed to put something on the leather before you strop a knife?
+Jttv rouge if your using a stone. nut i use rouge on the finishing wheel the belt is to break and tag left from the wheels in this case.
izzy swan do you even English:p
why were you writing replies at 5am?
well that was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
cool man Ace job,as they say in the uk your cooking on gas
+Marcello Bianchi "Now you're cooking with gas!", is the phrase. To anyone unfamiliar it basically means doing something a lot better than you could do it before; getting a task down to a fine art.
It might sound like a daft question but why boil the leather?
Izzy, man, they make sweater shavers for that! you don't need to use a kitchen knife! oh... wait a minute.
+co1973 Rofl!!!
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Pretty cool, but I want to know how that car got in your garage.
+Jim Beshears Ha ha i was working out side today it was beautiful here
Compound on the leather?
+moristar1101 wood stain
+moristar1101 oh never mind you were asking about the strap. white rouge
no, sorry, I meant that you should probably use aluminium or other polishing compound on your strap. I've found that it rather doesn't work with bare leather or doesn't work good enough.