The leather is cut using a plough gauge and head knife , the strips of leather are then trimmed to length.

< cutting strips of hide

All edges of the pieces are bevelled using an edge shave.

< bevelling the edges

When required the surface edges can have fine lines applied to enhance the overall appearance

< engraving the leather

The pieces to be stitched are placed in the jaws of a ’saddlers clam’, pierced with a sharp awl, then by means of the ‘anti run’ twin needle method are stitched together using strong, beeswaxed linen thread.

           < waxing the thread