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#handles

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Devlin Leathercraft
I don't think enough attention is paid to the humble leather handle.
These handles take many steps and much time to complete but will last generations. Two handles are cut, along with four pieces of stiff leather filler. The hardware is riveted onto the handles. The filler pieces are glued over these rivets on either sides of the handles. The filler pieces are trimmed, top and bottom to even them out and round the tops. A rectangular piece of leather is "cased" (dampened with water), formed around each handle and stretched to accommodate the curves. These are clamped and allowed to dry. The handles are dyed to coordinate with the case they being fastened to, stitching holes are punched and then the covering is stitched on with contrasting waxed thread. The raw edge, along the top, is trimmed, sanded even and smooth and then edge finished to seal and refine. #LeatherCraft #handles #HandMade #Bags #Cases
Six pieces of vegetable tanned leather, grain side up. They are shaped like horseshoes with the tips cut off. Two have longer ends that have been folded back onto themselves to hold brass "D" rings. These are riveted into place with the round end of the "D" inside the fold.
The same pieces of leather however the pieces without the hardware are glued onto each side of the pieces with the hardware. This makes two handles with a piece of filler leather on each side of each handle, three pieces of leather each. The ends are clamped into place with green and black spring clamps whilst the glue dries.
Two handles with a thin rectangular piece of vegetable tanned leather beside them. One handle has had leather wrapped around it and this leather is held in place with small, clear spring clamps. The other handle does not have a wrapping but shows signs of having been trimmed to round its shape. It should be understood by the composition of the photo that the rectangular piece of leather will be wound around the handle that has not yet been wrapped.
Two handles, one with ends facing up and one with ends facing down, that have had their wrapping stitched onto them and have been dyed mahogany brown.
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