Early Christmas gift - Made a Leather Tankard (Pic Heavy)

[joe1002]

Simply fantastic, well done :clap:

 

[Russ146]

absolutely fascinating, thanks for that

 

[BackToBasics]

A tempting project.

Any tips on sourcing materials?

 

[BlakenhallBrewer]

I got all the bits I used from http://www.tandyleatherfactory.co.uk in Northampton and http://www.theidentitystore.co.uk in Matlock. They both do a great mail order service or you can visit them to pick up what you want (I can vouch for them being very nice people in both, as I visited both places this week). http://www.leprevo.co.uk is another shop but I've not personally used them.

I also found http://www.kingsmerecrafts.com was a great resource and even has a downloadable PDF template for a tankard but I ended up making my own as I made the base differently. http://www.leatherworker.net is another good place to look for ideas.

Finally of course YouTube has been a godsend to me helping me learn the basics of saddlestich and giving me all sorts of other ideas.

Best of luck

Chris