Home Forums Gear Knives and Blades R. H. Ruana knifes out of Bonner MT.

Mike, those are leather working tools.

Actually that is an awl, sometimes called a stitch awl. It is used for piercing leather an opening holes in leather. The white object is a "creaser. Some folk use antler or bone. That one happens to be plastic. I use it on wet leather to form creases. The third item is a burnishing tool with variou radii for burnishing the edges of leather.

When you cut out your pattern, the edges are rough.



Next you dampen the leather and stamp it or carve it and mark your stitch holes



Next I'll paint/stain/dye.




Next glue and then either use a stitch awl and stitching pony



after I sew I usually do a finish coat, then burnish the edges



When the edges are smooth I will typically use an edge dessing as a protectant