Leather Tools Review and EASY Wallet Pattern

I bought a few leather tools and tested them on this easy pattern. Enjoy!
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[@adamrasmussen6087]

On the mini-hammer, I'm teaching my 5 year old leather crafting and she loves tools sized for her hands!

[@TheAtarashiiKaze]

This is a good one! I think it should win.

[@bazlurr]

small hammer is for everybody, who knows how to use it. That is uses for smoothing the surface of fine stitching, not what Tony makes. His stitching is horrible. His design is ok, but finishing goods are not finest

[@carolinekowalewski6530]

Tiny tool for tiny human!

[@Charles-tj8ol]

@@bazlurr There’s really nothing wrong with his stitching. It’s not a complicated task, but if it makes ya feel better to be condescending then carry on.

[@sherri2594]

I deactivated my Facebook account, I miss seeing everyone's amazing creations but my mental health is more important at this time, too much hate in this world. Watching your videos always relaxes me, thank you! 💕 All we need is love ❤

[@unclebear4806]

The mini hammer is a "stitching finisher hammer" (rough name translate). It is used for hammering down the thread into the leather to make the stitch looks nicer. I have seen many old leatherworkers use this kind of hammer or something very similar. This kind of hammer has to be light and have a smooth surface so it wouldn't scratch or damage the leather, but just heavy enough to drive the thread into the leather. It's more of a specific purpose tool when making small leather goods.

[@jamesmcswain8120]

I got the 5/1 tool. Not bad not great but fine for me at this point. You are always very entertaining and free with your knowledge. That's one thing that I have noticed with leather workers, their desire to share knowledge. The lineman community is generally content to just scream at you or call you a dumbass( I'm one the geezers screaming so I know it's true). Thanks for the content.

[@dovranallanurov1448]

Well I liked your channel so I subscribed. I like how you talk everything is understandable. Because I am not English-speaking. I'm turkmen but I understood. Now it's my new hobby leather craft so I hope I would learn more from your videos. Thanks.

[@Bigtiki69]

Lol I actually got the small hammer without reading much of the description. I ended up loving it. It is perfect for what they are saling it for which is hammering down stitching lines. You should try a Barry king maul, they are pricy but they have a lot of weight options. They make the perfect tooling hammer. Oh and thx for the pattern.

[@NicoleQM]

I love tiny tools! I have a tiny anvil, and this tiny hammer is the perfect proportion for it! It would also be the perfect size for my tiny hands, normal size tools are always too big for me 😂

[@UniqueLeatherWorking]

My wife loves to watch your videos with me and is starting to learn stitching to help with my projects. She happens to be Thai with small hands and it would be wonderful for her to have a small stitching hammer like that. It is so funny I just sent my father pictures of the two hammers you bought and I just received 2 sets of 4mm punches with extra tips from KemovanCraft myself. Love the work you do, please keep up the great Videos & Patterns.

[@jeffmoore6446]

This is easy! I have small hands and that hammer will finally make my hands look like Thor!! It is perfect!! ;) Love your stuff and thank you for sharing your review.

[@gerikmeyers5523]

Glad to see how small that hammer was, I nearly bought it. Thanks for the video.

[@susankotlove8788]

THe mini hammer. I love smaller, lighter tools as I am a female leatherworker and find my wrist gets sore with heavy tools. I even buy power tools now based first on quality, second on weight:) Love your channel! You make me laugh!

[@drewmeyerhoeffer467]

It may be small but that hammer would be perfect for hammering stitches on wallets, key chains and business card holders. I like to make sure my stitches are hammered flat so they slant nicely. That's what I would use it for!

[@ericanderson4436]

I downloaded the card holder pattern. I had my doubts at first, but after a few days of use while on vacation I can safely say I am not disappointed. Easy pattern (especially with my skill level) does not need a large piece of leather, I used a scrap piece. Great video, I will get more patterns from your shop.

[@157baron]

Thank you for the free patern an tool review! I love a challenge and I believe that little hammer has a lot of potential to do BIG things! It just needs a chance to show it's worth and I would love to provide it the opportunity with your blessing 🙏

[@kensmith9950]

I've always wanted a hammer like this for tapping down stitches! Thanks for sending it my way Tony!

[@FDDisaFelon]

The tiny hammer would be perfect for breaking toffee into bite sized pieces.

[@406Montana]

PS...as always when you give us a free pattern I donate...we all should show our appreciation if we can afford it...thanks again

[@dnf7778]

I also do mate, good comment.

[@christopherleblanc5187]

I have a few tools from Kemovan. His oblong punches are wonderful and way less pricey then those really nice weaver ones from Master Tools. Those are also amazing by the way. But the little hammers I find useful for flattening folds (as you did here with the gold one) and flattening stitches. Great vid tony. You always notice something the other reviewers miss (ie... how loud that little hammer is).

[@wagnerjose40]

Tanks! I’m learning to much with your video ! 🙏🏻👏🏻

[@snakehandlerjorge]

Hi Tony! Hey, about that silver hammer... my buddy Maxwell saw this video and wanted to thank you for finding it for him! He asked me to get a shout out to you and I can get it back to him. His leather shop is at a standstill without it so he’d really appreciate it. He also told me that all the lyrics in that song are not true, so you don’t have to worry about anything. Thanks for the great videos, keep up the good work!

[@KennedyJennedy]

Hi Tony, loving the new look. I have given myself RSI from cutting and punching your patterns holes during Covid (not your fault - my old elbows). I would use this little hammer to flatten my stitches once sewing is finished, without aggravating my elbow, not to mention punch holes and set rivets. Thanks for the video by the way, loving your honesty.

[@brunomicheli5328]

Thanks Tony for sharing those advise 👍 And also for a clear picture of your "Pony" witch I'll probably use making one for myself.👋👋🍻🙏🙏So long 'n take care.

[@maltphilistine923]

Thanks for the straight forward review Tony!

[@robertodonohue2038]

thanks Tony for wallet download

[@jensgoerke3819]

Even though I can not afford neither tools nor leather at the moment I'm keeping your video for future reference.

[@bharizi9275]

quoting Adam Savage for that little hammer "it's a little twacker". It's for hammering stiching down.

[@tannaeros]

Well, now I want one. I have a five in one tool someone gave me. I just found out right now what all the other parts are for.

[@FatManLeather]

Don't forget his book "Every tools a hammer"

[@bharizi9275]

@@FatManLeather Indeed and "It's suffice to say" that it's awesome.

[@jayhall4064]

Tony thank you for your review on those tools your videos are a great help

[@chadbutt8371]

Great for enforcing social distancing . And it looks cool

[@joeln2535]

Tony, my little brother would love to use this hammer. Small hands small hammer. Good for a beginner and for him, im sure he would love the way it looks

[@K.A.N]

Thanks for the free pattern and the awesome tools review, I really learn from you a lot, the absolute thing you taught me is how to mix good deeds with business this is always beside your masterpieces that you share with us videos always!

[@bryanmartin1543]

Still watching the review, but had to say how awesome the music is!

[@MattWeber]

For the use, the hammer being small is perfectly suited, your not using it to set rivets or hit anything hard, its made to just tamp down the stitching when your done to close up the holes and lay stitching flat. Perfect size for the use case since your holding it lightly and using light taps.

[@Darkeklaw]

I think the Gold hammer being made out of a soft metal is because it is meant for hammering stitching and leather so it doesn't mark up or mar the leather. I could be wrong though. Since a harder hammer might leave marks in the leather.

[@nigelward7932]

Hey Tony. I brought a worktop anvil, looked great in the pictures, small, robust, tough. It arrived in a cigarette box. Its tiny, totally useless. Maybe your tiny hammer could be used as a matching paper weight!

[@robhowe8353]

The tiny 17 cm hammer would be good for planishing small jewelry projects, chasing and repouse, silversmithing.

[@sergantxl]

I like the 5 in One Tool and sharpening Tool. Behause , i dont have that in my own Tool Box. Thank you for this Chance.

[@kyuubinokitsune4270]

I will use this hammer for make bags as my hand are smaller. Maybe to give shape after sewing. Are used for this this kind of hammer. The plastic one it's more used for holes and stamps. I always read description. 😅 Maybe I'm strange. 😂 The French skiver looks as the Palosanto ones. 🤔 if they are, are good tools from Korea, as I know.

[@filipbanh]

The sharpening item You used is specifically made for round edge groovers, that can also be sharpened on a metal rod. So the beveler You tried to sharpen has a flat groove, a flat bottom (rounded) surface and cuts flat. Some edgers are made with a bottom tube like grove and the cutting edge is round. So with the tool You used, You simply strop it on a hard flat surface with changing the angle of the tool, but with a tool like "Pro Edger 5types (Includes: Edger sharpening rud/ Water resistant paper)" from Oka Craft Tools from Japan, You have to sharpen it on a rounded surface (rod). This is the beveler You could sharpen on the item used in the video. It's not a bad item, just for a different type of edger. Hope You read it and it helps :) Keep up the great work and thank You for the pattern.

[@lahulotte16]

thank you for your intervention, I was going to say the exact same thing! this sharpener is perfect for keen edge for example! With a flat beveler, it is important not to sharpen the hollow part, only the flat part.

[@brandonhalliday2029]

Great review

[@ronaldgerhold5215]

I love your patterns. I will be buying a lot of them once I get my tool's. I have a #2 edge beveler, and a grover. that's it so far

[@filipbanh]

If I had the small hammer, I would use it to perhaps hammer down glued leather edge and mostly flatten the thread on a stitched leather piece. I have an old half rusty 200g (just plain shape) hammer that I use if needed.

[@kesolith2507]

I will use it to smooth out the stiches on the little golems I have guarding my leather stock.

[@crystalblake1528]

I would love to use the hammer on my wire jewelry projects! That 17cm would work great with the small anvil I use. It is a personal hobby type of craft, so I only have a small amount of supplies and my budget is very low for getting new stuff!

[@fishguts7998]

When I'm not working on Dieselpunk patterns I'm crafting birdhouses. That hammer I have now keeps putting in skylights if you know what I mean. Little is better. Thanks for the patterns. Much love

[@Przykominku]

Well - i could think of couple of uses - for example - when you stich in the groove and afterwards you want to sink the thread in that groove - seems like a perfect tool. I'd use it...

[@Markus__B]

I´m not sure if i´d use the tiny Hammer, but the gold plated one is perfect to hammer down Stitches and Pieces that got "barged" together. Well, yours is now ruined ;) so i´ll order my own. Oh so shiny...

[@theresaryan1688]

I could use that hammer! Right now I am using an ancient hammer from who knows where. It is delicate...just like me! Thank you!

[@Unorganizedinc]

Lol that gold hammer is awesome

[@Moffit366]

Looking good while making is a goal. I have a small tack hammer I got from my dad, it looks like hell ( taped handle and all chewed up ) but I use it every time I need to be delicate, cause I tend to wack the hell out of things with a larger hammer.

[@leonmorgans4250]

Tiny hammer, tapping down glue seams? I don't know. I'm new. Just got a big rubber mallet!!

[@ronaldgerhold5215]

tools I love you man

[@tanggom_am]

The best review

[@dibison]

hey Tony, that little hammer looks like it could be handy for tapping down stitching, well at least thats what i'd do :) keep up the awesome work!

[@orsu2001]

Even in the middle of the woods you will scare the animals with the noise from that hammer 😂😂😂

[@teddyal8770]

Lets say, your Dantist is very good.

[@406Montana]

Thanks for the pattern Tony..I suggest that you give the mini hammer to Adam Rasmussen for teaching his youngster the craft..nice job Adam

[@charlessullivan8861]

Great video as always! Thanks for the review as well.

[@seansmith8186]

I do a lot of tooling on most of my projects, one of the major issues I have is the hammer I use its extremely heavy and I have a hard time getting a consentient strike. I think having a lighter hammer would help.

[@thequestionabledrhobsquabb8798]

hi tony my 3 year old lincoln has been watching you videos with me and he is making a little wallet and would love the little hammer for his leather crafting it would make his day

[@zeffhoinarul]

the little hammer is good to "arrange" the stitching

[@TheRealKemmler]

I do not have a hammer for the stitches yet. I would make a custom handle for it which is little longer.

[@bobbijo6818]

You you you have to read the descriptions! 😂 That is a sweet hammer though, very nice & useful edges

[@bruceparker5377]

You could use the little hammer to hammer down your stitches.

[@lennyc9217]

it finally dawned on me what the small hammer could be used for. you just posted a video talking about copper rivets, wouldn't that hammer be good for setting the rivets?

[@bagramdave883]

From Colorado, USA and really digging your stuff. Working on my 4th project using your patterns. Just finished the large travel bag. Is it possible you could build and sell a pattern or diagram of your small stitching pony in the video? It looks really old school European craftsman and would look cool in my little work area

[@anro41]

I’d love the hammer to tap down stitches ... and I have the small hands 🤗

[@MichaelBearPerry]

I'm curious. Couldn't you use that stitch groover ( the good one, not the transformer) to help create an empty channel for where thick leather folds? Wouldn't that help the leather fold easier, for example, on this free wallet pattern? If not, no big deal. Trying to think out side the box a bit. Thank you for doing these reviews. They are extremely helpful! 😁

[@firesmurf7984]

Ohh.. How long i have been looking for my hammer... I dropped it from Valhalla when i made "Tony's viking helmet" and accidentaly i hit my fingers.. Your cincerely, the little nordic god, Thor :) It was believable story? Xdxd

[@Taurusus]

5:37 to find out what that roofing tile looking mother-lover is. Regarding your mini-hammer: after many long years of chasing that elusive unicorn, "A Consistent, long-term D&D campaign among adults with conflicting work schedules", I've finally found a group willing to put the effort in, just this last month. Yon wee baby hammer would look absolutely smashing tucked into my tabard as my Cleric's Holy Symbol. Might have to "weather" it by hammering the pleats in some of these face masks I've been sewing lately, though. My sewing machine is... weak. Every time I go through a 5-ply fold I sweat as the needle bends. It's only a matter of time, Tony! You can make a difference!

[@MirandaAckerley]

I need this hammer because i have arthritis and carpral tunnell and some days i cant work because I cant hold anything too large or heavy! This would prevent me from the many finger smashings and toe crushings i have gotten from dropping a regular size hammer.

[@magonaute]

Hello Tony i would like to know if the rechargeable brush you use in this videos matches the one in the links you provided in the video description because they look nothing alike and i am trying to get one like the one you use in the video. Thanks in advance :) ps: love your accent and the first pattern i made was your pin cushion which I use every day.

[@abdellahabdellah1919]

Thanks a lot for sharing

[@dadedubbledee]

I may also use it for breaking some toffee or a nice crusty crust on a creme Brule Guvna

[@lisaspears7212]

Love it!! But there's no pattern....? Am I doing something wrong?

[@kristopherzappitello9427]

You found it! The hammer that’s small enough for my tiny little hands!

[@atelierravich]

I want that hammer, because I want to have some tool from the greatest master 😊

[@williamdurflinger2594]

It's hammer time

[@danielirvine7468]

Wouldn't both the hammers be good for hammering down after stitching to close the holes?

[@bobwallace5257]

Hi Tony, on your stitching pony do you have issues knocking the clamp handle open when your working on it?

[@kep6681]

Tony, Here's what you do with that mini hammer, autograph the handle, and immediately mail it to me! I would be honored and proudly display that, probably be worth a million dollars some day, right? :) Keith

[@dreamwarriors979]

I want the hammer for my gold & silver work ! I think there good 4 that!

[@TheAtarashiiKaze]

Exciting! new video! The new white mallet looks like you need to swing harder to get the same effect as your old black/yellow one. The only use I could see for your tiny hammer is when I use tiny rivets to make tiny leather accouterments for my grand-kids dolls. That sharpener looks neat for the smaller angle cutters, do you think it would work if you applied jeweler's sharpening paste/rouge to it instead of sandpaper?

[@Darkeklaw]

I have a mallet like this. The reason it's louder is because it's weighted the HD plastic is pretty dense. They recommend these mallets or mauls (which have a different look to them. Because they are safe on your tools. The Hammer Tony uses is also safe on the tools because it's rubber/ acrylic on the back. They don't take any more force to swing since Tony's hammer is probably around the same weight as the Mallet. The HD plastic that's used (Which is the same stuff as a cutting board) Is just loud.

[@SimonSaysSiFi]

I'd use that small hammer for my small engraving chisels. It's the perfect size.

[@bazlurr]

That not for hammering on a metal surface. That use for smoothing the stitching surface to close the hole you stitched already. He doesn't use today's tools, but old sh ts

[@michaelbrubaker201]

Tony I've just come home from a vacation in which we got harassed by park ranger's who apparently can't read their own paperwork, broke a tooth, and rushed home to find my D&D session canceled. I also came home to this video. I do not own a stitching hammer and this would go a long way to improving my mood. Even if I don't win I wanted to take the time to say thank you for the freebie pattern and I look forward to the release of your flat cap pattern!

[@JoseApRossi]

Very nice your explanation about the tools, many of them are not god.

[@brandytorres8133]

I would love the hammer, I have obnoxiously small child hands and its hard for me to find suitable anything. I'm also just getting started in leatherworking so I do not have all the tools yet. Thank you for your videos, I have learned a lot by watching them. One of my first patterns is from you, the other is one I designed and used a laser cutter on to cut. I am looking forward to using the big mask pattern I purchased from you. You are very generous with both your knowledge and the info and free small patterns you give out, as well as the occasional giveaways! Stay true to yourself Tony, and remain safe in this crazy world. Craft on!

[@teddyal8770]

I cannot convince you to send me this hammer, but promise you, that if will get it, will give it to my mom, she will use it to make 😅perfect cotlets with it.

[@danielirvine7468]

Hi may I ask why you don’t use adhesive?

[@jammin886]

Where or what brand is the French skiver? And the edge groover?

[@TheRobq7]

I need that hammer. I work on watches and the handle of my 1 ounce hammer broke. I use a very small hammer to tap on very small parts.

[@matthewdenty7760]

Use the hammer to close up stisching

[@fngonzo]

How do you come with these designs? You sir, are an artist.

[@fardareismaigrandma6825]

I could use that hammer to to play Whack-a-Mole with the gremlins that keep delaying me when I am working on leather projects! I’ll bet THAT would keep them away 🤣👍

[@tiffanylawson9978]

Tiny hammers..... I have a hard time finding them small enough for my Halfling-sized hands. That one would probably fit well in them!

[@westleycary5557]

I can't find the stitch groover. All I can find are the cheesy 4 in 1 sets. I have one if those already and it's awful!

[@mustaqkimkarim1130]

I was just starting out with a leather craft..and I was just using a normal hammer for my project ... this hammer was used to do everything😅

[@WolvesandWhatnot]

Tony, do these tools, such as the groovers and edge bevelers, work on chrome tan? The tools I have just tear up the chrome tan or oil tanned hides I like to use.

[@matthewdenty7760]

Going from a scratch all to taping prints has simplified my cuts and everything is cut more true. Thanks Why do you prefer holes to thread than diamond forks? For lacing i do similar and after I start stitching I might see why but I'm thinking I'll be left with holes bigger than my threads

[@johnward4243]

Hi Tony, good tool review (thanks for the pattern!) Can I have the 17cm hammer please, its exactly want I need for my puppet show routine, next month we are doing a dance routine to the song “cant touch this” I am sure it will come in handy for the chorus. Thanks!

[@andreialexandruahimoaie860]

Eu ma nevoie de un ciocan așa mic pentru pentru piele când o lipesc 😁 deci dacă ai plăcerea sa mi-l trimiți ... m-aș bucura