Very nice and nerdy! Well sorry - that was a compliment. Love the details and explanations as to why not an alternative solution. Fabulous!

This video helped me understand why the back side of my projects was looking like a straight stitch rather than that nice slanted saddle stitch. Thank you

Comprehensive explanation! Probably the best video I've encountered on the internet that delves into the "whys and hows" of stitches. Thank you so much for your time to help educate fledgling leathercrafters like myself.

It's like Jorah Mormont from GoT is teaching me how to sew leather

Totally worth the time. He is absolutely right. There is no way you are going to get all the information from a 20 minute video.

Can you discuss saddlery as well?

I evaluate teachers for a living. You sir, are excellent! Having said that, I think I need a couple more hours.

Given the AUD to GBP and add postage. I can probably buy a second-hand bandsaw and make them for less. The exchange rate and the hike in postage really kills buying from GB Mind you it is still cheaper to buy American tools in Britain and have them sent via America than buy the same tool in America and have it make its way direct to Australia.

Hey, loved the video. What is that interesting notch out in the example belt you were using for the loop demonstration?

Hi, do u know where i can get the loop holder for stiching the 3 to 4 stiches on the loop?

At last, I have found the "Workshop Companion" of leatherworking!

I subscribes a long time ago. I enjoy them and also commented. Please keep on going.

I'd watched tons of tutorial videos on leatherworking but was still having so much trouble with basic things. You've seen what's out there: 10 or 15 minute "how-to's" somehow meant to cover an entire project, no wonder I leave more confused than when I started! Then I come across your videos totaling over four hours, all focusing on a singular, basic skill. It answered questions I hadn't even thought to ask yet! I was inspired to check out your website and subscribed to the Intermediate level. Though I'm still a novice, I'm currently struggling on project that's far above my skill level, but sometimes we need a dive into the deep end! Looking forward to seeing more of your videos in the future!

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I watched quite a few stitching videos but none had the details, camera angles, how too and why we do it this way, like your series. Absolutely fantastic. After watching had a go at my first ever leather projects. Thanks for what you are doing. 👍

keep up the good work

never seen or heard of them too

You started this by asking for a like (I did). I then checked and your channel says you hadn't posted in 3 months. That may be why you hadn't heard from some of us.

Great instructional videos, very helpful. What brand of hammer are you using in this video?

Just ordered some, £37.50 + VAT + Shipping = £50.94

😮 there's another channel?

The saddle stitch videos are excellent please keep producing your videos. Thank you

Nigel I think there is nothing like a loop stick to help finish off a bridle's look. I do remember what a pain it is if you forget to slide the billet end through the loop after cleaning your bridle after a day out in the rain. Those wee loops would shrink just a tad too much. Many folk may not leave a comment, I only hope they press the like button after watching one of your videos. Your videos always impart worthwhile knowledge and tidbits and I watch them even if having watched one of your previous....my memory is such it is in need of refreshers daily. Keep them coming... Cheers...Freddie

That comment at the beginning made you sound a bit like a petulant child. Your work is fantastic but I’ll be leaving now.

Mint 👌👌👌

Your saddle stitch videos, as well as all of your other videos, are fantastic. Please continue making them. Thank you!

Back in the day we sold these, but it was a hardware store, so we called them door shims. lol 😂❤😂… George Barnsley was a cousin, and made awesome cheese, knives, leather knives. Etc. … things have got much more posh! When you find the ideal spot on the shim, just be sure to mark, with indelible marker the location. Both sides.

I have imagination to design what I want to make. It’s skill I lack. Keep the instructional videos coming.

Excellent Vid, always look forward to your videos and happy George Barnsley will ship to Canada! Cheers!

Thank you!

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I love your space allocation zones. The only thing I would change is making the pieces modular and on wheels to roll through a standard doorway. Holes could be drilled in the sides in order to bolt the pieces together always having the option to unbolt and move them.

Only two times have I mismatched the number of holes, but I still remember the frustration. I even left a note to myself on the wall for a couple of weeks: Count! Eventually, I learned that counting is not the answer either. A good method is. Thank you for your valuable lessons! I have the feeling of being back in uni, only this time I'm learning something that interests me. I started about two years ago, and I have developed some sort of method for stitching without a pony. Yet, I still get confused when changing orientation. I actually laughed out loud when you mentioned how the two halves of a belt need to be sewn differently, because I just learned that lesson the hard way last week (but don't tell the owner!) With all the solid theory you offer here, now I feel ready to incorporate my new understanding of thread dynamics in my own stitching style. Or, failing that, I will buy a pony knowing what to do with it. Thanks again for sharing your wisdom!

Very detailed tutorial.... will certainly help my stitiching!!

Bo-coat-aye, as far as I know. I believe it's a hardwood from Mexico. Very pretty wood. I've made a few things with it. Thank you for this review.

Typical of amateurs knowing a little about a trade , they have to then try and impress others with their knowledge and complicate matters .

What a fantastically detailed video. Such a wealth of great information.

I have tried many times to make the 2 oz tin. So accurate at cutting the leather off the pattern. All the holes are correct number and placed properly. But after stitching the lid or flap is at an angle. So frustrating.

Thank you so much for the video, sir. It was really great to learn in such detail from you. I am a newbie in leather crafting and I am from Bangladesh, a little green country in South Asia. I really appreciate your lessons, and I believe they will help me improve my crafting skills. Thanks again!

Thank you so much for showing these. I have very little experience, but I read/heard somewhere that groovers weakened the leather, so I don't like using them. A creaser makes more sense since it leaves a depression into which the stitches can be placed and still be below the surface of the leather. I cannot afford all 7 at once, but I'll get them one or two at a time till I have them all. I'm starting with the 3 and 5 (most common for me). Love your videos. Thank you for producing them.

great review, cheers!

Now I understand why you kept warning against skipping bits of the video in the first part :)). This is priceless. You make it all seem so easy. A million thanks. :)

Boring as batshit

Thank you sir! Great explanation on stitching! 👍🏽

I saddle stitch differently.... I put both needle points into the hole, one on top and one on bottom, and pull the needles out one at a time (so it doesn't stretch the hole out) I find it gives me a perfect looking stitch. Does anyone else do it this way? Is there a potential problem doing it this way? Just curious.

What was the first wood tool you used on the edges?

Sounds like rocketscience sometimes for me 😂

Great video, detailed information! Working on a belt i will use these techniques i have learned from this video. Thank you for sharing Sir.

Great video!!!

Great video!!!