LEATHERCRAFT

8 Creating a Glass Edge

Kata Fay

13 Restoring a Leather Campaign Chair

Sean Aquino

16 Stitching Up Your Tax Return: A CPA’s Guide for Small Business Tax

Angie Benefiel

20 Transferring Patterns Correctly

Karla Van Horne

22 Chocolate Spur Straps

Sean Aquino

32 9 Part, 8 Bight Turk’s Head Knot, Part 2 of 3: The First Interweave

Joe Boyles

48 Preserve the Past: Why Protective Sleeves with Cardboard Backing Are Essential for Magazine Storage

Steve Van Plew

50 Convertible Clutch, Part 2 of 3: The Interior Bits

Leandra Martin

60 Shop Hacks: Homemade Black Dye – To Use, or Not to Use

Serge Volken

SPOTLIGHTS

2 About the Cover

63 The Story Behind “Absolute Black – From field boots to workshop benches: A family legacy in black dye

Dr. Rainer Buchholz

71 Beyond the Workbench: A Conversation with Ryan King of King Saddlery

Odin Clack & Michael Magnus

73 Times They Are a Changing

Dennis Forrester

SADDLERY

42 From His Bench to Mine – My Time in Bob Klenda’s Saddle Shop

Dahlia Wagner

65 From My Bench to Yours – Reflections of My Life in a Saddle Shop, Chapter 12

Bob Klenda

74 2026 Emerging Saddlemakers Preview

TIPS

18 Pro Tip #1: Secure Your Dyes!

Gabor Pinter

38 Scrolly & Scratch 1/2026

Nancy Martiny

79 The Skinny, 01/2026

Dave Skinner

DEPARTMENTS

4 From the Editor

6 Contributors

59 Leather Industry News

75 Leather Guilds

76 Classifieds

77 Subscription/Renewals

78 List of Advertisers

LEATHERCRAFT

8 Exotic Bracelet

Kata Fay

16 Expanding on the Zippered Wallet

Sean Aquino

19 Are You Over-ruled?

Karla Van Horne

23 From Pencil to Photon, Part 1: A Leatherworker’s Transition Toward Accuracy and Repeatability

Russ Ferry

27 Failure IS an Option

Steve Yezek

34 Custom Leather Tool Rack

Gabor Pinter

50 9 Part, 8 Bight Turk’s Head Knot, Part 3 of 3: The Second Interweave

Joe Boyles

60 Convertible Clutch, Part 3a of 3: Finishing the Clutch

Leandra Martin

SPOTLIGHTS

2 About the Cover

45 Leather Craft Community Podcast Show: Following Up with Barry and Ryan King, Season 3, Episode 1

Charil Reis

48 World Leather Debut Announcement 2026

SADDLERY

29 Beyond the Endeavor: Putting My Hand to the Leather, Saddle Repair Part 1 of 3 – Skirt Relining and Horn Recovering

Dahlia Wagner

71 From My Bench to Yours – Reflections of My Life in a Saddle Shop, Chapter 13

Bob Klenda

TIPS

58 Scrolly & Scratch 2/2026

Gabor Pinter

79 The Skinny, 02/2026

Dave Skinner

DEPARTMENTS

4 From the Editor

6 Contributors

7 Events

69 Leather Industry News

75 Leather Guilds

76 Classifieds

77 Subscription/Renewals

78 List of Advertisers

LEATHERCRAFT

8 Exotic Inlays, Part 1: Key Fob with Circular Inlay

Kata Fay

17 Advanced Floral Drawing: Part 1

Gabor Pinter

20 The Leather Dance – Making a Hand Stitched Card Case
Part 1: Using a Pricking Wheel with Front and Back Sides Finished

Gordon Andrus

34 The Majestic Bald Eagle with Glass Eye Inlay, Part One: Tooling the Eagle and Placing the Eye

Kathy Flanagan

44 Convertible Clutch, Part 3b of 3: Making it Convertible – Adding a Removable Strap and Wristlet

Leandra Martin

55 Lessons from an Old Wallet

Sean Aquino

58 Edge Braiding a Belt

Joe Boyles

SADDLERY

64 From My Bench to Yours – Reflections of My Life in a Saddle Shop, Chapter 14

Bob Klenda

70 Beyond the Endeavor: Putting My Hand to the Leather, Saddle Repair Part 2 of 3 – Finishing and Reinstalling the Skirts

Dahlia Wagner

73 2026 Emerging Saddlemakers Preview: 7 Makers Present Saddles

Charil Reis

SPOTLIGHTS

IFC World Leather Debut Announcement 2026

2 About the Cover

James Jackson

31 Beyond the Workbench: A Conversation with Garret and Amanda Willis of Grit Mercantile

Odin Clack & Michael Magnus

42 Book Review: Elements: How to Draw Floral Elements (a book for the Florally Challenged by Karla Van Horne)

Miguel M. Pacheco

68 Leather Craft Community Podcast Show: Following Up with Jim Jackson, Season 3, Episode 4

74 The Kit That Kept Me Here

Dennis Forrester

TIPS

52 Scrolly & Scratch 3/2026

Gabor Pinter

79 The Skinny, 03/2026

Dave Skinner

DEPARTMENTS

4 From the Editor

6 Contributors

7 Coming Events

75 Leather Guilds

76 Classifieds

77 Subscription/Renewals

78 List of Advertisers