I’ve found sanding in both directions can sometimes raise the grain of the edge and make it “fluffy” or peel. sanding in one direction helps keep the leather slicked flat. I’ve experienced it with both veg tanned and chrome tanned. Doesn’t seem to always happen though (I usually sand back and forth without issue).
Leather is a very fibrous material that has a bit of a wild pattern kind of like hair. Sanding and slicking in one direction is very much like combing your hair all in one direction. You'll get some extra loose volume by going multiple directions, but going in a single direction will slick it all over and seal it a lot better when you burnish it.
The love I have for leather is based on the fact that you are able to create beautiful, useful things that need zero electricity whilst making them. Not to mention the thousands of years of history the leathercraft has 😍
We'll add it to our list! We do our best to point out common mistakes in the particular skill we're demonstrating, but I think a mistake overview video would be a great idea :)
I tried burnishing leather for the first time in the week and found it quite tricky! But this video definitely cleared a few things up for me. As you say it's trial and error until you find your style. Great video as always! 🙏🏾🙌🏽
Hi, very nice video :) if you are making a belt but you want it to be dyed, would you first bevel your leather strap, dye both sides and edges, then apply water, tokonole, or gum tragacanth, burnish, aplly wax and burnish again, is there a need for sanding in between any of these steps?
What I really enjoy about watching your videos is the fact that no matter how long I've worked with leather I learn something new. This time..I have a burnishing machine, and I never new to start from the largest to the smallest...I always went to the proper size..great stuff..thanks again.
I’m just getting started in leather working and this video help me a lot thank you. I have a question I was hoping for some help can you do a video about different types of leather and the uses for them with projects?
Great vid. Question: what if you are dyeing the leather. Sand edges - then dye? Also, I read that using beeswax or gum traganth on the edge will prevent touching up the edges with dye in the future because it won't absorb? Help!
You just have the nack for simplifying the leather crafting processes. This is the video I truly was waiting for. Burnishing is my biggest issue. Too many videos explain differently and half ass. Thanks again for the most simple burnishing tutorial. Chartermade does a very good job also. 👍🏽✊🏽✌🏽 &❤️
Absolutely fantastic, Corter Leather! Thanks so much for doing these skill videos. I just started and they're invaluable. One thing I'd love to see is a tutorial on edge paint. Burnishing is great when the leather is similarly colored, but I'd like to use edge paint when there are different colors and so on. Keep doing what you're doing!
nice. thanks. Back in Junior High leather Shoppe class (1969/1070 school year) all our projects were laced, so far as I recall. I'm making a leather sheath for my Toferner "Celtic"/"Norse"/"Viking" (non-folding) pocket knife. (OAL: 85mm). I'm saddle stitching all the seams. I don't recall the instructor mentioning burnishing the edges. I didn't know if burnishing was done wet or dry. In all the leather work vids I've watched, theperson adds leather dye to the edge, then burnishes. I'm not doing any dyes. (leather square I have was pre-dyed a dark brown, so I didn't order any dye.) Do you have a vid on wet molding the inside of a box or tray?Wet molding was something else we didn't do in that class. We made a couple wallets and some key fobs for self and the family. That was it. (everything I made is long gone, so far as I know.)
Hi, thanks for your informative video, I have one question to you, can I use boot polish cream or liquid shoe polish or leather cream as a substitute of dye? Thanks…
I have 3 edge bevelers. 0, 1 and 2. Even on my ten oz thick belts I find #2 is as big as I want. #2 gives me a nice round edge on my belts. Also note that I use a round beveler on my #1 and #2, not a flat beveler. My #0 makes a flat cut instead of a round cut. I have a 1x42 belt sander I use to sand leather, I have found dampening the edges a little bit helps greatly to cut down on airborne leather dust.
Hello! Could you suggest or advise me some books about the history of the appearance of leather belts? And also books on how to make belts according to English canons and rules?)
5:44 I've found that a double layer of cheap masking tape works quite well to prevent scruffing the face. I've also used it to completely cover a piece so I could have an erasable surface for sketching out scribing lines.
Since edges are always waxed sealed, I’m wondering for the stitching areas where there’s stitch holes/grooves, is there a need to seal them or do we need apply entire layer finish to the surface? Or it’s fine since it’s waxed thread over them? Is that also why u usually scribe with the divider instead of grooving the stitch line? Sorry for the long questions, just a beginner 😅
To sand on one direction it's because one don't want to sand up the grain. It's important to make sure that if you use double leather as in the video you need to have bought pieces with the grain pointing at the same side.
I've found that sanding in both directions can cause the grain to raise up and get fuzzy, but I guess it doesn't really matter to me because I use Tokonole for burnishing and it keeps it all slicked down anyway. Keep up the great work guys! I love your ASM and narrated videos!
@@mosesnjorosh9717 Chrome tan doesn't burnish as well as veg tan, but I've had some luck with it. I think it depends on the quality of the chrome tan leather.
Your skill videos are greatly appreciated. It is very useful to see your process to better understand how you produce such great pieces. Please keep the skills videos coming! I've learned so much from you both.
Personally I prefer burnishing with water or gum trag before beeswax. I think it’s because room-temp beeswax is more difficult to use to fill in the gaps than a water/gum-trag -burnished surface would present when (reiterating that burnishing is meant to supplement / replace natural-use burnishing) “finishing” a product. That said, using a melted-beeswax edge finish could be a distinguishing feature of your products.
Greetings, Thanks for this video. Got answers to a number of "doubts"-"grey areas". The instruction, is precise, absolutely clear and even delightful. Looking forward to more videos from CORTER LEATHER.THANKS.
You do a absolutely amazing job, I will love to put some links from Amazon with materials what a beginner should buy and to be also at a good quality (leather, tols, etc...) thank you very much
Can you do some more beginner crafts where you make a project that has a free PDF document so that beginners like myself can practice fundamental skills
I guess my issue is that all of this works great with glued or stitched veg tan, but the game changes a bit once you dye the leather. Take a wallet for example. What I generally do is cut, glue, trim, groove, punch stitching holes, initial burnish (just with water), case and stamp, dry, peel apart glue, dye, assemble, stitch, burnish with gum trag. I am very rarely able to achieve the seemingly seamless edge that everybody is looking for. You can almost always see where the two pieces meet. Where did I go wrong?
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Really big fan of your videos. Is there anything you do to treat the flesh side of the leather? Say the inside of a pouch or small bag?
Excellent explanation and demonstration, personally I made a motivated wallet with its videos, I did it recycling a leather from a weightlifting strap, I do not have the right tools, but I did, thanks for its videos and very nice work, greetings from Panama
I've been watching your videos for about a year now and finally started working with leather myself. What frustrates me the most is watching how easily you cut through leather in one pass. I'm using surgical grade blades and it seems I have to go threw my leather two to three times before it cuts through which increases the chances something is going to go wrong. I've been using 3 to 4 oz leather for my project, is this typical or am I doing something wrong?
Great video. I tend to use Tokonole but my one issue is that I tend to overlap the face of the leather and this leaves it dull looking. Maybe I’m using too much Tokonole on the edge - I use my finger tip to apply then smooth, bit still I overlap. Any suggestions to stop the overlap and or clean the face if I do? Thanks.
I’m kinda new to leather crafting but I noticed that when sanding the edges,if I do the strokes in both directions it leaves the edge kind of scruffy with a lot of fibers sticking out,while if I do the strokes in only one direction the edge is far cleaner. I suppose that if you stroke both sides the grain of the sandpaper will pull the fibers that you compressed one way to the other,raising them,while if you only sand in one direction the fibers will compress in that direction.
I am doing a seat for a chair and the leather is dyed. So would you dye the cut edge before you burnish. I am thinking I should but wanted to double check. I am so happy i found your channel
Thank you very much for the help! A good friend made a kilt belt for me a long time ago and the edges are starting to go a wee bit ragged so I've got my work cut out for me! This is so cool and I'm really stoked to give this a try!
This was great man I really struggle to get a good edge do you have a tip to know which way the grain goes I have noticed one way is good the other is fuzzy is there a rule of thumb on which way to sand? I have seen guys like toy go back and forward with heavier grit paper but then one way only with the finer grit .
I’ve found sanding in both directions can sometimes raise the grain of the edge and make it “fluffy” or peel. sanding in one direction helps keep the leather slicked flat. I’ve experienced it with both veg tanned and chrome tanned. Doesn’t seem to always happen though (I usually sand back and forth without issue).
Crazy horse has this issue with fluffy edges. Couldn’t burnish it even once
Leather is a very fibrous material that has a bit of a wild pattern kind of like hair. Sanding and slicking in one direction is very much like combing your hair all in one direction. You'll get some extra loose volume by going multiple directions, but going in a single direction will slick it all over and seal it a lot better when you burnish it.
Leather is made of fibers.
Without reading the comments, I just made the same comparison with combing your hair. 😀
The love I have for leather is based on the fact that you are able to create beautiful, useful things that need zero electricity whilst making them. Not to mention the thousands of years of history the leathercraft has 😍
I love this channel. Can't wait to dive into leathercraft. Could there be a video on common mistakes beginners make?
Yes, I sure would also like to know this, too!
I can't even list the mistakes I've made since there's so many 😂
There is tons of books about this. I don't get why people don't read more books
We'll add it to our list! We do our best to point out common mistakes in the particular skill we're demonstrating, but I think a mistake overview video would be a great idea :)
Check out their sponsors UA-cam, Weaver leather supply. Very helpful video on this there
"it sands quite easily it's not like wood"
Me, a metal worker: 👁️👄👁️
I tried burnishing leather for the first time in the week and found it quite tricky! But this video definitely cleared a few things up for me. As you say it's trial and error until you find your style. Great video as always! 🙏🏾🙌🏽
Hi, very nice video :) if you are making a belt but you want it to be dyed, would you first bevel your leather strap, dye both sides and edges, then apply water, tokonole, or gum tragacanth, burnish, aplly wax and burnish again, is there a need for sanding in between any of these steps?
What I really enjoy about watching your videos is the fact that no matter how long I've worked with leather I learn something new. This time..I have a burnishing machine, and I never new to start from the largest to the smallest...I always went to the proper size..great stuff..thanks again.
I’m just getting started in leather working and this video help me a lot thank you. I have a question I was hoping for some help can you do a video about different types of leather and the uses for them with projects?
I'd seen the videos you did without narration...I kind of got the idea of what you were doing but didn't *totally* understand. Now I do. Thanks.
Great video. One question. Do you dye first then burnish, or do you sand, burnish then dye??
Great vid. Question: what if you are dyeing the leather. Sand edges - then dye? Also, I read that using beeswax or gum traganth on the edge will prevent touching up the edges with dye in the future because it won't absorb? Help!
I love how you explain everything like an engineer 😀
You just have the nack for simplifying the leather crafting processes. This is the video I truly was waiting for. Burnishing is my biggest issue. Too many videos explain differently and half ass. Thanks again for the most simple burnishing tutorial. Chartermade does a very good job also. 👍🏽✊🏽✌🏽 &❤️
Thank you so much for this. Been learning leathercraft for a month now and your channel has helped SO MUCH. Thank you again. Cheers from Brazil!
Absolutely fantastic, Corter Leather! Thanks so much for doing these skill videos. I just started and they're invaluable. One thing I'd love to see is a tutorial on edge paint. Burnishing is great when the leather is similarly colored, but I'd like to use edge paint when there are different colors and so on. Keep doing what you're doing!
Great demo ! Thanks...Do you have any videos on sharpening " Bevelers " ?
I know loads of people would have submitted this but...I asked for this so it feels YOU DID THIS VIDEO JUST FOR ME!! lol
Cracking video again though!
I love and appreciate these tutorials.
I'd love to see a video on how your techniques change when working with exotics, specifically alligator (but anything, really).
Very informative video. Well done 👍🏾! Keep it boss 💯
This is great, thank you! I’ve been trying to figure out how to keep an edge from darkening when I burnish.
Thanks for the informative video. If time permits please make a video on how to finish edges using edge paint.
nice. thanks. Back in Junior High leather Shoppe class (1969/1070 school year) all our projects were laced, so far as I recall.
I'm making a leather sheath for my Toferner "Celtic"/"Norse"/"Viking" (non-folding) pocket knife.
(OAL: 85mm). I'm saddle stitching all the seams.
I don't recall the instructor mentioning burnishing the edges.
I didn't know if burnishing was done wet or dry.
In all the leather work vids I've watched, theperson adds leather dye to the edge, then burnishes. I'm not doing any dyes.
(leather square I have was pre-dyed a dark brown, so I didn't order any dye.)
Do you have a vid on wet molding the inside of a box or tray?Wet molding was something else we didn't do in that class.
We made a couple wallets and some key fobs for self and the family. That was it.
(everything I made is long gone, so far as I know.)
Sanding both directions seems to feather, it is especially noticeable when using junk leather so use nice leather and sand one direction.
Hi, thanks for your informative video, I have one question to you, can I use boot polish cream or liquid shoe polish or leather cream as a substitute of dye? Thanks…
I have 3 edge bevelers. 0, 1 and 2. Even on my ten oz thick belts I find #2 is as big as I want. #2 gives me a nice round edge on my belts. Also note that I use a round beveler on my #1 and #2, not a flat beveler. My #0 makes a flat cut instead of a round cut.
I have a 1x42 belt sander I use to sand leather, I have found dampening the edges a little bit helps greatly to cut down on airborne leather dust.
Hello! Could you suggest or advise me some books about the history of the appearance of leather belts? And also books on how to make belts according to English canons and rules?)
5:44 I've found that a double layer of cheap masking tape works quite well to prevent scruffing the face.
I've also used it to completely cover a piece so I could have an erasable surface for sketching out scribing lines.
Como puedo oír tus videos en castellano. Me gusta muchísimo tu trabajo. No sé nada de nada de ingles
Since edges are always waxed sealed, I’m wondering for the stitching areas where there’s stitch holes/grooves, is there a need to seal them or do we need apply entire layer finish to the surface?
Or it’s fine since it’s waxed thread over them? Is that also why u usually scribe with the divider instead of grooving the stitch line?
Sorry for the long questions, just a beginner 😅
Replying in the event somebody answers so I'll get notified too!
@@sproutmackao4353 same here
Great show and really help- and useful! Specially the process with burnishing!
I noticed going back and fourth would sand unevenly, meaning the sand paper would pass over more time in the center rather than on the edges.
Hi man, is that on 10:00 clean beeswax or mixed with paraffin? My beeswax is brown and more dry than yours.
Sometimes I wonder what if I go out of order or if there is an order when beveling, burnishing, gluing, and stitching.
I love how you said “I’d start with a wooden sticker but I generally always finish it with cannabis “
To sand on one direction it's because one don't want to sand up the grain. It's important to make sure that if you use double leather as in the video you need to have bought pieces with the grain pointing at the same side.
My grandpa used saddle soap to burnish edges… I haven’t seen anyone else use that… what do you think about using saddle soap?
Edge coating is more durable. Burnished edges lasted for a while only.
Can you burnish a chrome tanned cowhide leather?
Very Informative video.. thanks 👍
If you don't want to answer any question I send to you threw your web site or here. I Unsubcribe you.
Thank you. I picked up some great tips here..!!
I've found that sanding in both directions can cause the grain to raise up and get fuzzy, but I guess it doesn't really matter to me because I use Tokonole for burnishing and it keeps it all slicked down anyway. Keep up the great work guys! I love your ASM and narrated videos!
Hello vikingkong! Did seiwa tokonole good for burnishing edge on chrome tann?
@@mosesnjorosh9717 Chrome tan doesn't burnish as well as veg tan, but I've had some luck with it. I think it depends on the quality of the chrome tan leather.
Thanks for sharing
THE best video I've seen on burnishing.
Thanks for this!
Your skill videos are greatly appreciated. It is very useful to see your process to better understand how you produce such great pieces. Please keep the skills videos coming! I've learned so much from you both.
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Totally new to leather here, need help with glue, need to glue leather to wood
its vegtan only.. how to finish like Pull Up, Full Grain, and CH leather.
The demonstration you gave. I thought was well done.... thank you... Kpc from Pgh,Pa.
Does anybody use olive oil on the edge for burnishing?
Thank you very much!!
Could you not just do straight beeswax?
Personally I prefer burnishing with water or gum trag before beeswax. I think it’s because room-temp beeswax is more difficult to use to fill in the gaps than a water/gum-trag -burnished surface would present when (reiterating that burnishing is meant to supplement / replace natural-use burnishing) “finishing” a product.
That said, using a melted-beeswax edge finish could be a distinguishing feature of your products.
Brilliant video, not many as detailed as this. What about how you finish dyed leather? That's A Current problem I have.
What kind of box/caddy do you store your tools in?
This cleared up so much. Thank you
👏👏 Very nice explanation and work. For the edges, the two abrasive papers which grain size do you use? Thank you....Enzo
Can you pls make a how to crate pattens video
$850 for a machine that I could probably make for around $100. No thanks, not for a hobbyist.
I love the way you explain different methods. So helpful for a beginner like me. Thanks
Greetings,
Thanks for this video.
Got answers to a number of "doubts"-"grey areas".
The instruction, is precise, absolutely clear and even delightful.
Looking forward to more videos from CORTER LEATHER.THANKS.
Thanks for another informative video. Have a good one.
I'm Paulo btw. Thanks again.
Fantastic burnishing video, easy to follow. Thank you!
You do a absolutely amazing job, I will love to put some links from Amazon with materials what a beginner should buy and to be also at a good quality (leather, tols, etc...) thank you very much
Can you do some more beginner crafts where you make a project that has a free PDF document so that beginners like myself can practice fundamental skills
I guess my issue is that all of this works great with glued or stitched veg tan, but the game changes a bit once you dye the leather. Take a wallet for example. What I generally do is cut, glue, trim, groove, punch stitching holes, initial burnish (just with water), case and stamp, dry, peel apart glue, dye, assemble, stitch, burnish with gum trag. I am very rarely able to achieve the seemingly seamless edge that everybody is looking for. You can almost always see where the two pieces meet. Where did I go wrong?
Really big fan of your videos. Is there anything you do to treat the flesh side of the leather? Say the inside of a pouch or small bag?
Excellent explanation and demonstration, personally I made a motivated wallet with its videos, I did it recycling a leather from a weightlifting strap, I do not have the right tools, but I did, thanks for its videos and very nice work, greetings from Panama
Now I know why artisan leather goods are expensive. I Love the small details that comes with leather crafting.
You're awesome! Thanks for all these sick, informative videos!
I've been watching your videos for about a year now and finally started working with leather myself. What frustrates me the most is watching how easily you cut through leather in one pass. I'm using surgical grade blades and it seems I have to go threw my leather two to three times before it cuts through which increases the chances something is going to go wrong. I've been using 3 to 4 oz leather for my project, is this typical or am I doing something wrong?
Excellent video. Would LOVE to see an equivalent one for Chrome-Tanned leather.
Great video. I tend to use Tokonole but my one issue is that I tend to overlap the face of the leather and this leaves it dull looking. Maybe I’m using too much Tokonole on the edge - I use my finger tip to apply then smooth, bit still I overlap. Any suggestions to stop the overlap and or clean the face if I do? Thanks.
That's what I was most curious about. Thank you.
Great "how to " video #Corter Leather , all the tips a starting hobby crafter like me can use, a Big thank you :-)
What about bee wax to burnish edge ?
I’m kinda new to leather crafting but I noticed that when sanding the edges,if I do the strokes in both directions it leaves the edge kind of scruffy with a lot of fibers sticking out,while if I do the strokes in only one direction the edge is far cleaner. I suppose that if you stroke both sides the grain of the sandpaper will pull the fibers that you compressed one way to the other,raising them,while if you only sand in one direction the fibers will compress in that direction.
I am doing a seat for a chair and the leather is dyed. So would you dye the cut edge before you burnish. I am thinking I should but wanted to double check. I am so happy i found your channel
Thank you very much for the help! A good friend made a kilt belt for me a long time ago and the edges are starting to go a wee bit ragged so I've got my work cut out for me! This is so cool and I'm really stoked to give this a try!
thank you for sharing your ways of working leather much appreciated!
This was great man I really struggle to get a good edge do you have a tip to know which way the grain goes I have noticed one way is good the other is fuzzy is there a rule of thumb on which way to sand? I have seen guys like toy go back and forward with heavier grit paper but then one way only with the finer grit .
Liking the skills videos mixed in with project/tutorial videos. Thanks for creating and sharing them.
What leather cement do you use?
Best video on Burnishing I've come across so far, great video
do you have to put beeswax on there
Does it make a difference after using tokonole followed by beeswax?
so hepful! Thank you!
As always, a great video. Thank you very much.
Thank You so much! Very informative 😊 G
Very detailed and informational. Thanks for posting
Excellent. Must bookmark it.
Another awesome video! Thank you so much for your videos. Have a great day!
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Que ideal sería poder estar subtitulada al español este video.Saludos desde chile me encanta este canal:
Thanks very helpful to a beginner like me and the video was well done 👏
This kind the burnish is for all the types of leathers? synthetic leathers also?
Loved the video. Straight to the point. Plenty of information with visuals without the fluff. Awesome job.
Dude thank you so much! This worked out great for me!!
Loved it, probably the best edge burnishing video out there. Thanks!!