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Drakolith Funditor Offline Posts: 675 U.S.	Making designs on leather sling pouches. Apr 8^th, 2017 at 1:53pm I have tried tooling, that didn't work well for me. I've seen where people have burned designs into leather, would that work well for a sling pouch? And any other ways y'all know of would be greatly appreciated.
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Making designs on leather sling pouches. Reply #1 - Apr 9^th, 2017 at 4:59am Tomas is the guy to ask. I should know, I have some of his handiwork in my collection
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Making designs on leather sling pouches. Reply #2 - Apr 9^th, 2017 at 6:17am I currently use a small laser engraver. Works really well. If you are artistically inclinef, which i'm not, then you can buy a cheap burning tool - like a soldering iron but with different tips.
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Re: Making designs on leather sling pouches.
Reply #3 - Apr 9^th, 2017 at 7:38am

With burning actually I have burned leather using a magnifying glass which works pretty well. Two things though:
1. The smell? Horrific.
2. The leather has a tendency to curl up. With a bit of stretching it usually goes straight again. It might be that it could help cup the leather to make the pouch but that would take some experimenting.

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Re: Making designs on leather sling pouches.
Reply #4 - Apr 9^th, 2017 at 7:51am

Pyrography kit is easy and works well on certain Leathers. Tooling only works on veg tan. If you are trying to carve designs in, it can be quite time consuming. But just a tooled border or something else just using the stamps is pretty quick and easy.
You can look up Bruce cheaney saddlemaker on YouTube. He's a good place to start

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Drakolith Funditor Offline Posts: 675 U.S.	Re: Making designs on leather sling pouches. Reply #5 - Apr 9^th, 2017 at 1:43pm Thanks guys. I think I'll get a pyrography pen.
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