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February 27, 6-8:30 pm.
Host: Dallas Hendricks
Cost: $50. Includes materials for your belt!
Make a leather belt! Jump into the basics of leatherworking by cutting, shaping and punching your very own leather belt.
Description: Starting with a section of tanned cattle hide, participants will learn how to cut straight straps. Next, will use a garment tape to measure their size, then use shears to cut and shape the strap into a belt. After placing marks with a pencil and ruler, participants will use a leather punch to make the buckle holes. Finally, they will rivet the buckle to the belt using an anvil and hammer and then finish it with a light waxing for protection and years of use.
Skills: Leatherworking, Measuring, Rivetting.
Tools involved: Spoke shave, Leather hole punch, Leather strap cutter, Anvil and hammer, Measuring tape.
February 27, 6-8:30 pm.
Host: Dallas Hendricks
Cost: $50. Includes materials for your belt!
Make a leather belt! Jump into the basics of leatherworking by cutting, shaping and punching your very own leather belt.
Description: Starting with a section of tanned cattle hide, participants will learn how to cut straight straps. Next, will use a garment tape to measure their size, then use shears to cut and shape the strap into a belt. After placing marks with a pencil and ruler, participants will use a leather punch to make the buckle holes. Finally, they will rivet the buckle to the belt using an anvil and hammer and then finish it with a light waxing for protection and years of use.
Skills: Leatherworking, Measuring, Rivetting.
Tools involved: Spoke shave, Leather hole punch, Leather strap cutter, Anvil and hammer, Measuring tape.