Okay so last night I was assembling a zip wallet and installing my 1st zipper. I was excited to get this baby done and put the Jerome David Awl through my finger while stitching. Actually, I got lucky and it was just a graze but it was not fun. I did some quick triage and went back to work. No one said this craft was gonna be painless but it got me thinking. What kind of mishaps have all of you encountered that can help us Newbees avoid. Here is mine from last night...Confucius says, "when saddle stitching with and razor sharp awl...know where all your digits are at all times..."
I usually manage to get a couple drops of blood on some obscure part of the leather and don’t catch it until it is dried. How did the wallet turn out?