Pencil and Eraser combo for leather

[Chris 54326]

Thanks for the update, brewbear. It looks to my eye as if the leather is being indented. When you erase the marks, can you still see what was marked?

Never mind, I looked in the last picture and can, indeed, See the markings. The pencil I'm using marks the leather without leaving an impression. Got to be some kind of solution.

 

[brewbear]

There is a very slight indentation depending on the angle. Next on the hit parade will be either 6B or 9B, depending on what I find.

 

[Chris 54326]

Sittin' on the edge of my seat!

 

[brewbear]

Sittin' on the edge of my seat!

LOL! You might as well get yourself comfortable, it will take me a bit of time.

 

[Chris 54326]

Ha-ha.................I've got my thumb in so many pies right now I'm just lettin' you be the "canary in the mine".

 

[brewbear]

I ordered one pack each 6B and 8B graphite leads, we'll see when they come.

 

[Mikel_24]

I was reading about graphite drawing pencils and it would seem the 4B ones are the softer ones up to 9B which is apparently too soft and crumbly to be practical...

When I was a kid I spent a few years doing pencil drawings and stuff like that. We used 6B extensively. Hard to erase it at all from porous surfaces (paper) but leather might behave in a different way.

Mikel

 

[brewbear]

Apologies for the long overdue update, work has been a bear
I finally had a chance to try the 8B leads since the 6B ones left an indent in the leather, a slight one, but there you have it. Bear with me while I fumble with my phone and post the pictures.
Before

And after

 

[Chris 54326]

Is that the front or back of the leather. Can't tell for sure.

 

[Chris 54326]

Is that the front or back of the leather. Can't tell for sure.

 

[brewbear]

Is that the front or back of the leather. Can't tell for sure.

That's the front, I didn't use a slicker on it, I wanted to see if the graphite will remain in the pores.

 

[brewbear]

That's the front, I didn't use a slicker on it, I wanted to see if the graphite will remain in the pores.

It's the front but I didn't slick the leather, I wanted to see if the graphite will remain embedded in the pores.

 

[brewbear]

That's the front, I didn't use a slicker on it, I wanted to see if the graphite will remain in the pores.

It's the front but I didn't slick the leather, I wanted to see if the graphite will remain embedded in the pores.

 

[Chris 54326]

Hmmmmmmmmmm. I never slick the front of the leather. Only the inside of the leather I work with is "fuzzy".

 

[Chris 54326]

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[Chris 54326]

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[nick681]

I used to use a pen and mark on the backside of the leather. Currently, I have been using these 8b pencils and this Staedtler Plastic Eraser I bought at Hobby Lobby. The graphite is soft enough that it doesn't leave an imprint and it erases cleanly. I don't bother erasing unless I need to change the drawing, I just leave it on. When I oil the leather that takes off the graphite, sometimes there is a little left then the eraser takes care of that easily.