Crafting The ULTIMATE Leather Book Cover - Leather Craft

In this leathercraft video, I design and create custom leather book cover. The cover is made from natural vegetable tanned leather that has been highly decorated using a combination of tooling, dyes, stitching and hardware. A custom leather cover is a terrific way to spruce up and protect any hard cover book in your collection. I hope you enjoy this leathercraft video and get inspired. What is the Gospel? 👇 Check out my work on my Instagram account . Follow me at: 👇 Sizing Tips: For books with thin cover pages (less than 2mm thick), try 1/4” () leather overhang at all edges. Place stitch lines 1/8” () from outside edges. For books with thicker cover pages (greater than 2mm thick), try 3/8” () leather overhang at all edges. Place stitch lines 1/8” () from outside edges. LEATHER: - & Thick Natural Vegetable Tanned Leather MARKING: - Ink Pen - Scratch Awl - Craftool Wing Dividers - Cardboard Templates - Weights - Leather Wrapped Clips - Cork Backed Steel Ruler - T-Square Ruler - Wooden Spacer (For Tooling Guide Lines) CUTTING: - Box Cutter - Cutting Mat - Owden #1 Edge Beveler - Weaver #0 Edge Beveler - ¼” Round Punch - Hole Punch (For Rivets) - Poundo Board - Granite Slab - Cutting Mat - Craftool Snips - Lighter TOOLING: - Water (For Casing Leather) - Foam Brush - Swivel Knife - Textured Beveling Stamp # PB013 - Textured Diamond Shape Stamp # F926-D - Large Camouflaging Stamp # PD011 - Small Camouflaging Stamp # F933 - Pebble Texture Stamp # M882 FINISHING: - Fiebing’s Pro Dye Walnut - Fiebing’s Pro Dye Mahogany - Fiebing’s Antique Finish Medium Brown - Mink Oil Liquid - RTC Sheridan Resist & Finish - Tokonole - Needle Bottle - Round Wooden Slicker - Glass Slicker - Paper Towels - Wool Daubers - Cotton Swabs - Cotton Pads - Rubber Gloves - Central Pneumatic Air Brush & Compressor - Vent Booth - Small Paint Brush - Plastic Cup for Dye - Old Cutting Mat - Craftool Drum Sander/Burnisher - 1200 Grit Sandpaper ADHESIVE: - EcoWeld Contact Adhesive - Plastic Bottle Applicator - Craftool Detail Rougher - Heavy Duty Packing tape - Painters Tape - Hand Roller - Bone Folder STITCHING: - 6mm Steel pricking irons - Ritza Tiger Thread .8mm (Beetroot) - 3” Needles - Stitching Pony HARDWARE: - Antique Brass Dome Capped Rivets. HAMMERS: - Barry King Round Maul - C.S. Osborne & Co Leather Working Hammer - 5oz Tack Hammer