Leather Working with Traditional Methods

A Comprehensive Classic Guide for Leatherworking Projects and Technique

This deluxe reprint Legacy Edition of Paul N. Hasluck’s Leather Working With Traditional Projects (previously published as “Leather Working”) is full of old-time tips and methods for learning the leather crafter’s arts and for making your own traditional projects out of leather. Originally published in 1904, this handy little guide touches on every aspect of leatherworking, including tools, technique, and plans for projects.

Hasluck describes many essential aspects of leather work, including how to choose leather for projects, the types and qualities of leather, cutting straps, making leather book cases, padfolios, and writing pads; making cases for brushes, glasses, and collars; making cases for hats; making cases for banjos, mandolins, and other string instruments; making handbags, backpacks, and other duffels; making steamer and other traveling trunks; making footballs and other game balls; making knapsacks, satchels, and other small bags; ornamenting and decorating items with leather; dyeing and staining leather; reinforcing items and furniture with leather; and other miscellaneous projects for using leather.

This book makes a perfect gift for aspiring or expert leather workers, traditional crafters, homesteaders, permaculture enthusiasts, farmers, and handcrafters of all kinds!

A part of the Hasluck’s Traditional Skills Library: Volume 3

This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of Leather Working With Traditional Projects is professionally restored and presented from the original source with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Readers can enjoy this Legacy Edition for generations to come and learn from its timeless knowledge for years to come.

About the Doublebit Press Legacy Edition Reprint Collection

Sometimes we need to remember our history to move forward. Sometimes, remembering our heritage is just fun or inspirational. But sometimes, remembering the old ways of doing things gives a human component to handcrafts and traditional arts. With technology playing a major role in everyday life, sometimes we need to take a step back in time to find those basic building blocks used for gaining mastery – the things that we have luckily not completely lost and has been recorded in books over the last two centuries. These skills aren’t forgotten, they’ve just been shelved. It’s time to unshelve them once again and reclaim the lost knowledge of self-sufficiency!

As a part of the Doublebit Press Legacy Edition Reprints Collection, this unabridged Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. Both important and minor details have equally both been accounted for by our publishing staff, down to the cover, font, layout, and images. It is the goal of ...