Welcome to the Identity Leathercraft blog, a series of articles based around making things from leather. Leather is a most versatile natural material that has been used for thousands of years for footwear, clothing, armour, and more, and continues to be used widely today.

In this blog we aim to help give you background information about different leather types, useful techniques for working with leather and some makes and templates to help you get making.

We are a very unique and friendly company that sell leather and leathercraft tools and materials to a wide variety of makers. We genuinely love what we do and are always happy to help you with your projects. Between us we like to feel we have a wide base of knowledge of the leather world.

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Dyeing Leather - Top 10 Tips

Dyeing Leather - Top 10 Tips

Dyeing leather can seem a daunting task, with the added fear of ruining your leather piece and the cost involved. Getting past this opens up a new world of colour and the ability to change leathers to fit your needs making for greater economy of use. Whatever type of dye...
Sarah Benson - Aug 10, 2023
Glue Review - Permabond

Glue Review - Permabond

In this blog we take a little run through our new contact adhesive and combine it with a few general points to consider when gluing your leathers together. We are pleased to launch a new contact adhesive for leather that we have worked on with a UK based company. NEW!...
Sarah Benson - May 20, 2023
Works in progress and the art of procrastination

Works in progress and the art of procrastination

We are all guilty of it as crafters... if I was to ask you do you have any works in progress and how many? Hmm! Some admittedly will be in 'process'. That is to say they might be waiting for dye to dry, glue to cure or for a buckle...
Sarah Benson - May 13, 2023
Inspired by Pre-History Cave Art

Inspired by Pre-History Cave Art

A visit to the Grotte Chavet 2 in southern France led to this leather tooling pattern project,  inspired by some of the best preserved cave paintings in the world.The paintings and archaeological finds date back over 30,000 years and were preserved by a rockfall. Today you can see them up...
Sarah Benson - May 02, 2023
All about rivets - trouble shooting rivet setting

All about rivets - trouble shooting rivet setting

Rivets are a quick and fast way to permanently fix or repair leather together. They can also be used to act a strengthener at the end of a row of stitching - especially at areas where extra support can be needed such as at the top of a pocket or knife...
Sarah Benson - Apr 29, 2023
The Life and Times of a Leather Worker - Repair Case Study

The Life and Times of a Leather Worker - Repair Case Study

  Article from David Turner  Profile – David is an experienced leatherworker and has been a fabulous tutor for us on our in-person workshops. He has done many different projects, is excellent at leather carving and tooling and has taken on all sorts of repairs over his career. I have just...
David Turner - Mar 07, 2023
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Dyeing Leather - Top 10 Tips
Working With Leather Blog

Dyeing Leather - Top 10 Tips

Dyeing leather can seem a daunting task, with the added fear of ruining your leather piece and the...
Aug 10, 2023
Glue Review - Permabond
Working With Leather Blog

Glue Review - Permabond

In this blog we take a little run through our new contact adhesive and combine it with a...
May 20, 2023
Works in progress and the art of procrastination
Working With Leather Blog

Works in progress and the art of procrastination

We are all guilty of it as crafters... if I was to ask you do you have any...
May 13, 2023
Inspired by Pre-History Cave Art
Working With Leather Blog

Inspired by Pre-History Cave Art

A visit to the Grotte Chavet 2 in southern France led to this leather tooling pattern project,  inspired...
May 02, 2023

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