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rusty11482001 wrote:
> James,
>
> Your statement "I always cut my leather larger than the picture that I am making. This also helps me if there is any unforeseen stretching of the leather in the tooling or embossing process" caught my attention.
>
> When I do a picture, I always cut my leather to size, and back it with a piece of bag stiffener using rubber cement. I leave it on the back till I've completed everything, and then gently peel it from the leather. When you peel it off, remove the stiffener from the leather - not the leather from the stiffener.
>
> I'm a firm believer in "cut deep and bevel deeper" - been at this for nigh onto fifty years, and, using the bag stiffener as a backing during the tooling has always prevented my leather from stretching.
>
> You might give it a try - see if it works for you. Seems to me, over the years, the practice of cutting your leather larger than your project will result in alot of wasted leather.

What is "bag stiffener?"

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