Open workshop reference
Tools
An overview of the tools you'll encounter, from the essentials to more specialized gear.
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Adjustable Groover
A fenced tool that cuts a shallow channel into leather to seat stitching below the surface and protect it from wear.
StitchingAwl
A pointed hand tool for piercing stitching holes in leather before sewing.
Tooling & StampingBasket Stamp / Background Stamps
Struck metal stamps used to impress repeating textures — most iconically a woven basketweave pattern — into damp leather.
Marking & MeasuringBone Folder
A smooth, blunt hand tool used to crease, fold, and burnish leather without cutting or marring the surface.
Punching & SettingDrive Punch
A solid steel hollow punch struck with a mallet, used to cut clean round holes through thick or heavy leather.
Edge & FinishingEdge Beveler
A hand tool that shaves the sharp square corner off a leather edge, rounding it in preparation for burnishing or painting.
Edge & FinishingEdge Creaser
A tool that presses a decorative or functional groove into leather near an edge, often doubling as a stitch-line guide.
Edge & FinishingEdge Slicker / Burnisher
A grooved hand tool, typically wood, used to smooth and harden a beveled leather edge through friction-generated heat.
Marking & MeasuringFrench Curve
A shaped drafting ruler used to draw and cut smooth, repeatable curves when making or adjusting leather patterns.
CuttingFrench Skiving Knife
A pull-cut edging tool used to thin, bevel, or channel leather, especially at seams and overlaps.
StitchingHarness Needle
A blunt, round-point needle used in pairs for saddle stitching leather that's been pre-pierced with an awl or chisel.
CuttingHead Knife
A half-moon bladed knife used for straight cuts, curves, and general-purpose leather cutting and skiving.
Tooling & StampingMallet / Maul
A striking tool used to drive stamps, punches, and chisels into leather, chosen by weight and head material for the job at hand.
Punching & SettingOblong Punch
A struck punch that cuts a rectangular or slot-shaped hole, used mainly for buckle tongues and strap slots.
StitchingPricking Iron
A multi-pronged striking tool that marks evenly spaced stitch positions along a line before the holes are opened with an awl.
StitchingPricking Wheel / Overstitch Wheel
A spiked or toothed rolling wheel used to mark a continuous line of evenly spaced stitch positions on leather.
Punching & SettingRivet Setter + Anvil
A matched pair of striking tools — a domed setter and a concave anvil — used to permanently join leather with metal rivets.
CuttingRotary Cutter
A wheeled cutting tool with a circular blade, useful for long straight cuts and smooth curves in thinner leather.
Punching & SettingRotary Punch
A plier-style tool with a revolving head of punch tubes, used to make clean round holes in thinner leather without a mallet.
Punching & SettingSnap Setter
A pair of struck setting tools used to install the socket, stud, cap, and post pieces of a snap fastener into leather.
Marking & MeasuringSteel Square / Ruler
A rigid metal ruler or L-shaped square used for accurate measuring, straight-line marking, and safe knife-guided cutting.
StitchingStitching Chisel
A multi-pronged punch that drives fully through leather in one strike, producing finished stitch holes without a separate awl step.
CuttingStrap Cutter
A fenced cutting tool for slicing long, uniform-width strips and straps from a sheet of leather.
Tooling & StampingSwivel Knife
A rotating-blade knife used to cut fine outline patterns into dampened leather as the first step of leather carving.
CuttingUtility Knife
An inexpensive fixed or retractable blade knife with disposable blades, a practical starting tool for cutting leather.
Marking & MeasuringWing Divider
A two-legged compass tool used to scribe parallel guidelines, mark consistent distances from an edge, and lay out circles.