Some months back I bought a large piece of black chrome tanned leather without really knowing what I was going to make out of it. I usually haven’t been using chrome because of it being much weaker than proper vegetable tanned leather is, and the edge finishing is a pain….
I wasn’t planning to redo the workshop after only 8 months, but I found a sewing machine that was incredible and I couldn’t pass on that. On top of the sewing machine, I also got a leather skiver. So now I suddenly had two rather large machines that required more…
Yet another birthday present, this time for my big brother. He has a round birthday and I had to come up with something to give to a man that doesn’t need anything. But does he really have everything? No. He doesn’t have a red top hat! He is playing the…
Earlier, my wife surprised me for my birthday. She had gotten me a day’s one-to-one course with Nigel Armitage himself (armitageleather.com), but unfortunately he wasn’t available during our summer vacation to the UK. That will have to wait until our next trip over to UK from Denmark. After that she…
I had already decided that I’m done with belts for a while, but when I was trying to decide what to give to my father-in-law for his birthday I changed my mind. You can’t go wrong with a belt as a gift. I chose to make a rather simple design…
I released the previous version of this website around 3 and a half years ago. At that time I was mostly posting my projects on Reddit, and I wasn’t really that disciplined on my documentation due to the format. I was posting large galleries without any deeper descriptions or a…
When I made my Skull Belt, my daughter asked if I’m going to make her a belt as well. I of course answered that she will get her own belt. And promptly forgot about that. As kids have an amazing memory, when they so choose, she has been reminding me…
Already for couple of years I’ve been making different kinds of Mother’s Day flowers for my wife: anything from 3D printed ones roses, to laser cut wooden flowers that our kids coloured themselves. This year it was leather flowers’ turn. It’s a very simple construction with a combination of chrome…
I realised that I didn’t have a tool for flattening stitches when I have tooled or creased the leather tight next to them. Usually I just use my small polished hammer but I didn’t dare to do this with my skull belt. I asked for advice in Reddit, and one…
I got some awesome brass stamps few months back, but I never had a chance to test them out. As I needed to have a new belt, I decided that now was as good time as any to try them. May I present to you: my first stamped leather project,…
The Christmas time is always crazy in my family. Both of my kids have their birthdays, and of course the whole holiday season doesn’t make it any less busy. I was planning to finish this satchel already for Christmas, but I simply didn’t have time for that. Now after my…
I love nice watches, but I’ve decided to use Apple Watch Ultra as my daily driver. It’s relatively cheap compared to my other watches, it has sapphire glass, and it’s useful get reminded about upcoming meetings at work. I’ve been thinking about trying to make a watch strap at some…
For the last couple of months I have been rearranging my workshop, this time with a focus on leatherworking. I’ve spent a lot of time on creating the best possible lighting setup for the projects I do: I need spotlights on the table for the small details while doing leatherworking,…
I wanted to make something special for my wife for Christmas. She had hinted multiple times that she could really use a tiny bag that only holds her phone, wallet, and keys, so I knew exactly what to make. The only problem was that I couldn’t decide how to make…
It’s that time of the year again when I can let my creativity run wild in the shape of weird Christmas gifts. We have our annual Christmas dinner with my colleagues, and one of the traditions is that everyone brings a gift for “pakkeleg”. I usually make useless gifts for…
My wife’s side of the family has a tradition of doing a Secret Santa among the grown-ups. With other words, everyone pulls a name from a hat, and then you need to get a present for that person. Each year it has been very easy to guess who has gotten…
My daughter turned 6 years old (where did the time go?!), so I decided to make something for her as a birthday present. Now that she is a big girl, I thought that it was a very fitting present to give her a proper handbag. Today she can use it…
We were going to visit family abroad and the day before we were heading to the airport, I realised that I should have made something as a gift. Couple of weeks back I made a template for a simple key holder that I was planning to give out as a…
