never mind i forgot to read the description glover’s clamp, called a ‘donkey’ thank you for giving such an in depth look into this prosses as well as explaining it

I'm a bit confused by this comment. That is exactly what this video is - when people request that I make them custom gloves, the only inputs I need are the hand circumference/glove size and a tracing of their hands to check their finger lengths. It's as easy as that, so that's what the videos shows. I send this video to people to show them visually what I need them to send me. Are you confused by this video? Were you expecting more? The title of the video should have demonstrated what you're seeing. It's like watching a video of someone measuring their chest size for ordering a shirt. Did you think this video would show how to make a glove template or something? Sounds like this is an issue with mismatched expectations. I can't help you there.

Don't see why not

Yeah, totally - 2mm is very thick (same as what I used here). I had to use a bell skiver from the workshop of a peer who lives close by. I skived the leather down to half thickness (1mm thick) - the depth of the skive was about a half inch deep. This was fine and it worked, but it was REALLY delicate after doing that, because suede has no grain and will tear easily if it's too thin. Hope that helps. I wouldn't recommend skiving by hand - too difficult to do evenly, but you could try it

This is a good question, I feel like I'm not all that qualified to answer it based on this jacket but I'll do my best. I used a thick suede, about 2mm or 5 ounces thick. At places where there was a seam that was folded over, I skived it down to 1mm thick. I think a better thickness would have been 1mm or 2.5 ounces, because this jacket was really, really stiff. On the one hand, this is great once it was broken in - it felt bulletproof. But I think it was slightly overkill. You make a good point about temper: sometimes it matters more than thickness. I would recommend a softer temper for a jacket. However, I've seen some amazing thick jackets made out of horsehide which look pretty stiff. It's all about whether you want to invest time to 'break in' the jacket.

@@skinnerdesignsca ya right thanks , i guess it will take me some time to get everything right . Bdw great work there

Thank you Alex

What a lovely compliment! Thank you Sean - I hope you enjoy this one and, based on your channel, your work is amazing!

Thank you, sir! I genuinely appreciate your taking the time to view my work. I’m excited to hear you’ll be uploading more soon, and can’t wait to see what you have in store. Cheers!

You're right: it's good feedback. I already know about a dozen things I'd do differently were I to do this video again. As for future videos: I have about 5 of them 60% made, it's always that final bit that takes the longest time. Looking to have a few more glove-related videos out soon and will make sure to either voice over or annotate them :)

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@@skinnerdesignsca Yes, like you.

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Hi Andrew! Good question - I have never tried one of those glass slickers, but as far as I'm aware they're for smoothing/slicking the surface of the leather, not necessarily for stretching out the grain (I could be wrong). I see people using them a lot when they're, for example, putting a new finish on some leather or smoothing out the fuzzy grain on the back of a piece of leather. In my case, I'm using the edge of the table to help my get enough force to pull the actual grain of the leather apart as much as I can - I want the grain 'loosened' up and stretched because it's essential to fitting the glove. You'll notice on garment-grade skins that when you do that, they just go back to their shape (like elastic) instead of staying stretched. Glove-grade skins stay stretched. Hope that makes sense! I had my glove pony made by a local blacksmith. I showed them picture of one I saw in a glove museum in Germany, so that helped me find dimensions etc.

Hopefully more videos on the way soon! Thanks for the comment

That's a lovely compliment, thanks

I had to do some digging to figure out this reference, but eventually figured it out: It's from the video game Rust, right? :D I'm guessing in the game the screen fades to black and poof! you have some gloves. If only it was that easy!

@@skinnerdesignsca I wish it was haha even getting the leather is hard because sometimes it gives you 17 not 20

Good question. These are called points. They are a remnant from when the glove pattern was made up of three components at the top of the hand, stitched together down the length. The three long pieces were replaced with one-piece 'tranks' or 'tranqs' and now the points are purely aesthetic

Thank you! I see, interesting.. I thought it would have something to do with how the material moves or stretches. Now I'm curious to see a set made that traditional way! Appreciate the reply:)

Nice idea - hope they come out OK

Currently, I am back to being fully employed making leather goods. So if you wish to get in touch, I can help you. Thanks!

No, sorry. Thanks for the comment!

A glover's/gloving 'donkey'. Strange name, but there it is. It's a brass-toothed clamp essentially

@@skinnerdesignsca thank you for the response

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