Leather is a strong and versatile material, and indispensable when you are working, hunting, or exploring outdoors. Hunter and outdoor professional Carsten Bothe offers the ultimate beginners guide for this useful hobby. These photo-rich, step-by-step instructions prove that anyone can learn the techniques of cutting, sewing, and finishing to make, or repair, your essential leather items. You will learn how to make a seam, to wet-form, to apply button studs and rivets, and everything else needed to master the basics. Five useful projects good looking, and able to be put to practical use help you put what you have learned into practice: make your own belt, dog leash, belt bag, knife sheath, and leather holster. Whether you are a hunter, reenactor, knife maker, scout, horseback rider, or bush craft fan, or you use leather in other ways, here is your guide to a new skill.

112 pp | 235 color images