Hello, want to share my first handle I made. Have to say I picked really complicated one like for first time. I need to practise awl stitching... And it was really hard to wrap the leather on handle. Maybe I chose too hard veg tan leather for this, its saffiano. All in all I am happy with the result🙂
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Beautiful work! That's one classy handle. Well done.
Saffiano is wonderful to work with and I really appreciate the look. However like most corrected grain pigmented leathers, it doesn't like to be compressed. Stretching is fine, but compression will likely result in wrinkles. This can be mitigated by using a thinner wrap, or gluing the wrap on a curve that is similar to the shape it will take when in use.
For a first attempt? Incredible.