Short Course – Leather Belt

On this short course, you will learn to make a sturdy leather belt from naturally vegetable tanned leather with a solid brass buckle from Abbey England in Cheshire. The belt is fun to make, built to last, beautiful to look at and immensely satisfying to wear!

Dates & Time:

By arrangement during the week or on Saturday afternoons 2 – 4pm

Classes run for approx. 2.5 hours

Please contact us to arrange a date.

Specification:

The belt is available in brown, black, green or natural oak bark tanned leather, in two widths and three lengths:

• 1 1/4″ or 1 1/2″ wide
• Small 30″ – 32″, Medium 32″ – 34″, Large 36″ – 38″

…and is ideal to wear with denim or chinos. (Use the guide shown to calculate the length you need, measuring from the centre bar of the buckle to the hole you use most often).

This class captures everything that we love about teaching leather craft, just the right balance of tactile materials and technical difficulty, that will have you glowing with pride when you’ve finished it.

On the course:

You’ll learn to:

Nourish and burnish the leather

Punch the stitch holes

Finish and polish the edges

Saddle stitch the belt together

Punch and fit the screw rivet or make and fit a leather keeper

Shape the end and punch the buckle holes

Materials:

All materials are provided.

Our ethos:

To work with the best materials and create products that last:

Tactile, durable and supple vegetable  tanned leather from Tuscany and oak bark leather from England.  Vegetable tanned leather is a natural, organical material; the tone and depth of colour of the leather varies and changes with use and age, developing a beautiful patina over time. (Leather is a waste material and by-product that would otherwise go to landfill or be incinerated).

Solid brass / nickel hardware from England

Short course refunds and cancellations:

We try to be flexible when it comes to bookings, we know that life can sometimes get in the way of the best laid plans.

Re-scheduling: If you’re unable to attend a course due to illess, personal or professional commitments please let us know as soon as possible by telephone AND email and we will re-schedule your class or course to a later date. Changes to bookings must be made by telephoning the emergency mobile number supplied AND in writing via email to cd@carreducker.com ideally with at least 24 hours notice.

Cancellations: Cancellations are permitted up to two weeks before the course. Cancellations after that time will result in a £35 cancellation fee.

We try to avoid cancelling ourselves, but reserve the right to where it is unavoidable. In this situation, we will either give a full refund or reschedule the class.

Find our full Terms & Conditions here.