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Instructions for several articles from old leather catalogues with designs combining the charm of bygone days with today's look. Includes a pocket notebook and card case, saddle bags and purses.

All travellers should have a money belt. This gives you lots of designs to suit all sorts of situations.

Some can take items such as passports, others are almost undetectable as money belts. For the professional leatherworker, this book has 10 functional designs.

All the popular lacing techniques explained. Whip Stitch, Wide Whip, Mummy Wrapping, Back Whip, Cross Stitch, Round Braid, Single, Double and Triple Cordover,Lazy S, Dot Stitch, Baggin's Stitch. Flat lacing, and Round Braid on a flat surface and more.

Includes instructions on the tools required for lacing, and some hints to overcome problems you might encounter.

This book is full of stitching projects from mobile phone cases to belts, caps, dog collars, containers for a variety of items.

You will learn to roll a thread,sew with one needle or two, and make a saddler's clamp.

No true bushie would be seen without at least one pouch hanging from his belt!

Detailed instructions for making plain leather watch and knife pouches, as well as more complex plaited pouches.

The first volume of this work illustrated all the important flat plait as well as a number of interesting small knobs and knots.

This second volume deals with the round knots, those knots which are designed to wrap around any object that needs covering. Even a book this size only touches on the subject but it attempts to cover all the popular knots and some complicated ones for people who enjoy a challenge.

Illustrating a round knot can be difficult, as half the knot is hidden at the back of the work, but this book leaves no steps hidden.  The job is flattened so that everything is visible.

Takes a bit of getting used to, but well worth it.

Also a heavy book, and spiral bound to lay flat while you work from it.

Table of Contents in the image gallery below.

A book for the complete beginner. How to buy leather, set up with basic tools, apply a design and colour the leather. Simple lacing techniques and a few easy projects to get you going. Some designs included.

Most of the basic leatherworking tools can be readily made by anyone used to working with their hands. The techniques are simple and easy to follow.

You only need to make one tool rather than buy it new, and this book will have paid for itself!

Plaiting crocodile ridges into kangaroo hide belts. From the 8 strand plait with a single center ridge up to 14 strand double row, 6 strand triple row and 24 strand triple row designs.

Full instructions and illustrations.

This is a neat belt plait that is a relative of another plait, known as the Brown Snake.

There are some attractive Box Patterns included for the worker who likes a challenge, and a new heel knot is explained.