Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • 1｜Rough cutting leather (0:58)

    • 2｜About leather thickness(1:27)

    • 3｜Split skiving (2:09)

    • 4｜Skiving gussets with a knife(1:13)

    • 5｜Cut leather along the pattern (1:32)

    • 6｜Check the grain line and cut lining (1:32)

    • 7｜Check the direction of bending of the core material and cut it (1:08)

    • 8｜Leather skivingーCenter body (2:04)

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    • 9｜Step skivingーBody and upper facing (3:17)

    • 10｜Slope skivingーUpper facing(0:42)

    • 11｜Slope skivingーCore materials (1:35)
  2. 2

    • 12｜Marking the position of the upper facing lamination with a silver pen, put Sundine on and leather pecking. (3:06)

    • 13｜Upper facing and lining pasted together and bagged edge with Cybinol. (2:19)

    • 14｜Edge creasing on upper facing, mark a position of a snap hook, make a hole with a 1.5mm punch and fix a male snap hook (1:34)
  3. 3

    • 15｜Marking the position of the core lamination on the leather of the gusset(3:34)

    • 16｜Laminate a gusset and a core material, leather and lining with Cybinol, and bagged edge (10:23)

    • 17｜Sew the gusset with a flat sewing machine, cut strings with a heat pen,Use a bamboo spatula to flatten the needle holes, edge creasing from wrong side to right side (2:56)

    • 18｜Cut under gusset, mark hook position and make crease (2:52)
  4. 4

    • 19｜Marking the position of the core material on the inside of the body with a silver pen, applying Sundine and pasting together. (4:14)

    • 20｜Drawing lines on the front body using a 7mm edge beveler and a silver pen, hand skiving at kikuyose section (3:04)

    • 21｜Applying Sundine to the inside and outside body and reforming the outside leather. (2:42)

    • 22｜Paste inside and outside leather (3:43)

    • 23｜Decide on the upper and bottom of the leather, mark the gluing position with a silver pen, apply Sundine(4:52)

    • 24｜Paste the body and the gusset, paste upper facing (4:02)
  5. 5

    • 25｜Trimming edges, check with using a 65mm edge beveler (If you feel it's wide use a 60mm edge beveler), cut edges of parts of straying (3:21)

    • 26｜Cut Kikuyose section and bag edge with Cybinol(4:18)

    • 27｜Kikuyose (Nicking) (1:38)

    • 28｜Key point of nicking (0:43)

    • 29｜Sewing with an arm sewing machine (2:29)

    • 30｜Balancing the upper and lower threads, fixing the threads with a heat pen, smoothing the needle holes on the back with a bamboo spatula, peeling off the glue with a bamboo spatula. (1:42)
  6. 6

    • 31｜Edge creasing from inside to outside (2:38)

    • 32｜Single edge creasing (1:55)

    • 33｜Crease the gusset fold line and make a position of the female hook (2:16)

    • 34｜Make a hole with a 3mm punch, check the position of the hole, fix a female side and it's accomplished! (2:02)

Checklist

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  • We may occasionally edit the video to make it easier to watch.

  • We use a skiving machine, a flat sewing machine, and an arm sewing machine. However, as the equipment settings are not covered in the video, this content assumes you are able to configure the settings appropriately yourself.

Instructor

Leather prototype craftsman

KOHEI IKEDA

Kohei Ikeda

After gaining experience at a leather bag and accessory manufacturer, he became an independent sample craftsman, receiving sample production requests from multiple manufacturers.

Currently based in Kuramae, Tokyo, he dedicates himself to sample production, production guidance, and training leather artisans, while also running his own leather brand, PRO-MENER.

Leveraging his skills, knowledge, and experience as a sample craftsman, he provides meticulous, personalised guidance to each individual.

Representative, Atelier K.I. Co., Ltd.

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