Making a leather can coozie

Lets learn to make a simple leather can coozie!
The template can be found here:
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Or you can get a 5 pack of pre-cut coozie kits:
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[@mikelgeren149]

Made these years ago . Sold in Chattanooga , Tennessee area . Collaborated with my brother , he came up with an ideal way to remove the can . Punch a thumb size hole in the bottom . With your thumb just push the can up and out of the coozy . I made them , carved cartoon characters , and painted the figures usually , brother sold them till he retired , then I sold them for about five years . Done some special order stuff that could get weird . 👍

[@jonadams4062]

I like it a lot. Gonna order one of those templates. Thanks for making cool stuff, Sarge.

[@walthyde5159]

it would be pretty cool to do a baseball style stitch

[@retiredhideleathercraft4239]

AhhRiiight, Aaron. Cheers!

[@scrogginssnapshots8916]

I think these would be fun to do. I bought one years ago but the way it was made wasn't nearly as clean or something you'd want to replicate with tooling leather. I'll be trying this one out for sure

[@dannymarkgraf34]

just got my coozie template. cant wait to make some.

[@dannymarkgraf34]

could these be done with a cross stitch or baseball stitch instead of saddle stitch?

[@justenhearn5179]

I make mine a little bigger and get a cheap foam like coozie cut it glue and stitch it to the inside works great

[@Cobra-ky9bt]

T.I.E fighter, my good man, T.I.E. fighter.

[@kevinorr6880]

A baseball stitch works well. It brings the edges touching.

[@makersleathersupply1220]

If you donthat you need to cut 1/4" off each side. That's not how this one was designed ;)

[@philipconway3991]

AARON, HEY AARON, Hold up a minute, on your cobra 26 . How did you change sewing directions ,while holding your leather piece with both hands ???? Do you have 3 hands ??? Thanks for your time. Love your videos. Phil

[@makersleathersupply1220]

I hold the reverse lever with my elbow.

[@philipconway3991]

Thanks for the info. I've been working on a rig for a foot pedal. Thanks again.

[@nokizzy4504]

Those look awesome, how thick is the leather on those?

[@makersleathersupply1220]

@@nokizzy4504 6/7oz

[@clivescott984]

Aaron, at the 4:50 mark on your video, you make your Class 26 do the reverse locking stitches while both hands are clearly in the video. Is Janie or an assistant holding the reverse lever down, or maybe you have a third arm/hand tucked away somewhere. How'd you do that? At the end of the stitch line, you let go with one hand to hold the lever down for the reverse locking stitch. My Class 26 won't do that by itself.

[@makersleathersupply1220]

Nope, I use my elbow to hold the lever down

[@clivescott984]

@@makersleathersupply1220 Dang,,,,,,,so simple and smart. I would have figured some rube goldberg gadget that would have taken 3 days to build, cost a bunch of money, and sewed my left ear to the work piece.. Thanks mucho sir.

[@miketaylor3866]

OMG! Been struggling that process since Day 1 of owning my Class 26. Such a simple and practical solution. Thanks for the tip! Amazing what some struggle with and seems so natural for others. That’s what great about collaboration.

[@tuckerdunaway1107]

Is there any special coating or treatment to the leather to keep it from soaking in all the can moisture and potentially blotching?

[@makersleathersupply1220]

You can spray it with a boot and gear product like Sno Proof. The best ones are silicone based.

[@tuckerdunaway1107]

@@makersleathersupply1220 would that work on oil tanned as well as chrome tanned?

[@makersleathersupply1220]

@@tuckerdunaway1107 I have not tried it but I don't see why not

[@mamabearsleatherworks3546]

cool coozie!! Did I miss the mystery box?

[@makersleathersupply1220]

It was for sale from the 10th to the 15th as always

[@mamabearsleatherworks3546]

@@makersleathersupply1220 us old girls need reminders!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@AAguilar74]

When is the video coming out for last months Box.

[@LizDavis2009]

I ordered the template, but I was wondering, what weight leather do you use for this?

[@makersleathersupply1220]

6-7 works great!

[@LizDavis2009]

@@makersleathersupply1220 excellent!! Thank you sooo much!!

[@kevinorr6880]

Link to the basket weave tooling?

[@makersleathersupply1220]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZfak2d5q7aUjrc

[@makersleathersupply1220]

I try to break it with a loop end. You can just take the points out to the border to leave a blank space too.