Off Topic A Few Lil Tricks

Horsewright · Mar 23, 2025

I had some interest in a tutorial on basket stamping and particularly using an hourglass style basket stamp. There was interest here and some DMs too. Had a lil time today so did this lil tutorial over in Sheaths and Such. Thought some folks here might find this of use.

Thread 'Basket Stamping with Horsewright, a Tutorial.'

Mar 23, 2025

Had several folks lately ask me about basket stamping. I thought I'd do a lil tutorial about how I go about doing the basket stamp. Specifically I was thinking of the hourglass type stamp which I do slightly different than a straight stamp. We’ll cover that after the straight stamp.

First thing to do is to slick your leather. This helps give you a more uniform job by making the leather more uniform. This step is sometimes called glassing.There are tools made for this and they are often made out of glass with a wood handle. Mine is just a block of ligume vitae wood that has been sanded...