What is handmade leather goods?

There are more and more handmade leather goods on the market now. Handmade leather goods refer to hand-made leather goods, which have the characteristics of retro nostalgia, smoother use and better appearance, so they are liked by many people. So what tools do diy handmade leather goods need? Basic tools include tools for cutting and trimming leather, measuring tools, treating agents or glues, sewing tools, etc. What are the specific handmade leather goods and what tools do diy handmade leather goods need? Keep reading! 1. What is handmade leather goods?

Handmade leather goods literally mean that a leather work is finished by hand with leather materials. Handmade leather goods pursue rich natural flavor and return to nature style, and bid farewell to the hypocrisy and luxury of the world completely. Each piece of dermis has natural lines, skin marks and different colors. It retains the folds and textures on the back of the cow-simple and natural. Hand sewing, one-piece production. Avoid the same embarrassing situation in the street.

Hand-made, hand-sewn with special hemp wax, traditional hand-sealed edge, skin thickness will not have the problem of thread opening. The longer the leather is used, the more retro and nostalgic it is, the smoother it looks, and the slight scratches, scratches, creases and uneven skin color naturally disappear.

Second, what tools do diy handmade leather goods need?

As the saying goes, "if a worker wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first." How can you make less tools if you want diy handmade leather goods? Although when making handmade leather goods, even some tools can be replaced by the tools around them. However, some hand-made leather goods still need to know their names and functions, so as to be more flexible when making leather goods in the future. Today, I will briefly introduce some entry tools for diy handmade leather goods.

1, tool for cutting and trimming leather

(1) Scissors: used when cutting leather, often used to cut soft leather or curve, which is very convenient to use.

(2) Art knife: used when cutting leather. When in use, the blade should stand vertically on the leather for cutting. Compared with scissors, it is not easy to cut out twisted skin segments with a leather knife.

(3) Edge trimmer: used when cutting the edge of the peeled material. There are many sizes of edger, so you can choose the appropriate size edger according to your work needs.

(4) File: used to decorate and polish the edges of rough leather. When the silver surface is used as a bonding surface, it needs to be roughened with a file.

(5) Thinning knife: used to thin leather edges and bed surfaces.

(6) Scraper: used when applying rubber adhesive or adhesive. It is very convenient to use in the parts and details that need leveling.

(7) Edge trimmer: used when grinding leather edges under pressure. The rightmost white edger has a narrow groove, which is used to grind the edge of a piece of leather under pressure, and the other can also be used as a scraper.

2. Measuring tools

(1) Ruler: When cutting leather, please try to choose a metal ruler, because the edge of the blade is close to the ruler.

(2) Spacing gauge: used to pull out the grooves of stitching or decorative lines on the leather and draw the same distance on the leather. If not, you can use an awl instead.

3, treatment agent or glue

(1) White glue for leather: used when processing stitches. Leather will become transparent after being dried with white glue.

Rubber rubber: used to bond leather and leather. When in use, the rubber adhesive is coated on both sides of the adhesive, and after drying, two pieces of leather are pressed together. The characteristic of rubber adhesive is that the leather after bonding and fixing is very soft.

(2) Treatment agent: used when softening the leather surface by inhibiting fuzzing. There are many kinds of leather edge treatment agents, such as bed surface treatment agents and so on.

3. Opening and sewing tools

(1) Diamond chisel: used for punching holes in leather. Please select the diamond chisel with corresponding size according to the size and width of the hole when making. Nowadays, pocket leather goods are very popular. Generally, diamond chisels with 4 holes, 2 holes and 1 hole are selected, and the smaller the hole, the better. If not. You can use an awl instead. The hole cut with a diamond chisel is a diamond. There is also a flat chisel with flat hole = straight hole, which can be used according to the method of making lace mesh.

(2) mallet: it is often used to assist puncher, chisel and other tools to punch holes in leather and install hardware parts.

(3) Cone: used for marking and punching leather.

4. Auxiliary tools

(1) plastic pad: a thick plastic pad placed under the leather when cutting and pasting. Cutting pads can also be used instead.

(2) Rubber sheet: rubber sheet laid underground when punching holes. Slightly elastic, suitable for punching.

(3) Clamps: used for copying and fixing paper samples and for bonding and fixing leather materials.