leather 2.5

Alright folks, I am back with my leather work from over the long weekend. Many of you would expect me to be miles ahead of where i was from the last blog. Unfortunately, I am disappointed to announce that I am at a standstill on the actual progress of the hobbles. The reason for this lack of progress is I am in need of some different tools and guidance in order to sew in some nylon on the joints. I plan to go down to the shop on main street and seek guidance from the guy that runs the shop. I have been thinking about some future projects and the idea of some spur straps is in the lead for the next. I should probably focus on getting the hobbles done though.

Leather 2.4

Welcome back friends and followers. Thank you for checking back on the wild adventures of my leather work. I am disappointed to announce that I have not been as productive compared to the past weeks. I have been in an osha class for majority of this week so work has been at a standstill. I did work and condition my leather at the beginning of this week. I did this so the leather would be soft and malleable for when I started the stitching the  process. I hope that next week will be better.

leather 2.3

Welcome back fellow bloggers. This past week may seem like there has been nothing happening but in fact there has been a lot of preparation for the upcoming project. I gathered supplies. There was in fact much more to a pair of hobbles than I thought. I bought a pair of 2 inch rings and a buckle that will fit my strap of leather. I bought these pieces from the leather shop in the old Riggs building. When I purchased these pieces the man was very helpful and showed me how he goes about making his hobbles. He told that me that he sews nylon on the leather that wraps around the ring to ad some strength. I would recommend this guy if you have any leather questions or need anything built. I think that I have all of my parts and pieces and i can begin building next week.