I have a couple of friends who have asked me for bags and are waiting (very patiently, bless them) for me to get back to them with a price. My stumbling block, if you will, is what tools do I actually NEED to make them? I have a good pair of scissors, a craft knife, a 60mm rotary cutter, and a burnisher (well, I have a few other things I think, but those are the main tools that are worth using). My goal is to make leatherworking a full time gig in the near future, so I want to do these bags right. I also want to do them hand stitched, so I suppose a mallet and pricking irons of some sort are in order.....If y'all had to choose just a couple of tools to have the bare minimum and still make a bag "right" (I have a couple bags that I've made years ago that were NOT done "right" even if they do look kinda cool......from a distance haha), what would you be buying?
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Here are three of my favorite tools. The pattern weight and French skiving knife are Phil's fault (thank you!). I bet you already have these. If you don't you will probably get them. You can see the blue on the knife. It took some hours of practice but using Phil's video I was able to put a very sharp edge on it.