Leathercraft Tool

Well GB your mistaken…

Al Stolhman’s “Leatherwork Manual” called the wetting of leather with a sponge “casing”.

In chapter 2 page 17 (I won’t quote the entire paragraph)  he states:

“How do you wet the leather? By CASING it… which means simply rubbing a damp (not wet) sponge to the flesh side as evenly as possible.”

I also have read a Stohlman book that he refers to the wetting of leather with a sponge as “quick casing”. I will gladly look up that quote as well.

I too am a relatively new guy to the leather scene. Not quite a year into it. I can tell you just as most leatherworkers who have experienced a few projects that there are distinct differences in the casing of different thicknesses of leather. I have cased with a sponge, cased the leather overnight  and the 24 hr method (heck I had one piece sit for 3 days before I got to it). So for Al to recommend a belt to be allowed to sit 24 hr is reasonable.

Allen