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Hello Peter and everyone else, I have some practical business questions when it comes to selling exotics. How does it work to sell exotic items internationally? For example what are the custom duties and are there any extra fees? How do returns work? What happens if you make 3 items out of one skin with one Cites certificate? Do you just add copies of the certificate? And what is the most practical payment method for sales like this? I hope everyone here can give me some more insight on these topics. Kind regards, Talitha Joy

What is the best magnet specification for a leather covered/concealed magnet fastener for a handbag flap? See image below for the type of fastener I am enquiring about.

Hi Everyone, Well I'm kind of a new to the leather craft, and I think I'm really into it. I love Peter's products and the way he creates them. I'm learning so much more then I expected from this website. I really appreciate it. Anyhow my question is, I'm still on the fence at best what is the best way of stitching thick panels. The way I've learned is punch each leather(front panel and side panel) with a pricking iron, and precisely glue them to align the each punch hole, and then do hand stitch. Well, I think it gives nice and beautiful stitch for both panels, but the thing is, for me, it's quite hard to glue the panels evenly. When I do stitch after glue both panels, the punching hole is not perfectly matched between the front panel and the side panel, so when I finish the stitch, I found out the stitched panel is not straight at all since I sometimes twisted the panels to find the punch hole on the opposite side. So I'm thinking of trying the way that Peter taught me through his tutorial, using diamond awl. But I'm still worried because I don't know if I can make a very straight and linear stitch line by using the awl. I need your advice and want to know how you guys are doing it.

About a month ago, a user posted that he didn't have access to the Tutorials. It was fixed later, but I'm having the same issues now myself. Is anyone else having this issue as well?

Hello Peter, The authomatic subscrition was done some weeks ago , and since i can't watch the new tutorials. I am connected in my account , but i can only watch the old ones. the patern making and lock covering tutorials i can't watch could you help me please. thank's Tibo

Hi, I'm trying to use box stitch to create a 3D shape around a curve. Does anyone have a recommended way to to mark stitching holes on both pieces of leather? If I mark them with the same spacing, the holes on the outer piece can not catch up with the holes on the inner piece because of the thickness. I'm also worried that if I only mark the holes on the outside and stitch with an awl, the holes that come out on the inside will be too close together. Please let me know if you have a good way to solve this! Thanks!

How do, all? I wasn't certain where to put this topic, hence here it is at the start. Being a lover of all genres of music, I've always had it as a companion on my leathercrafting journey. Mostly jazz, to be honest, but the dulcet tones of Annie Lennox and Amy Lee are no strangers to my workshop as are everything from Chopin & Enigma to Metallica. I've never considered a tutorial a suitable place for an accompanying soundtrack but boy have I been mistaken here. The sort of Zen-esque tracks on Peter's tutorials I feel add an extraordinary dimension, are mildly hypnotic and serve to enrapture the learning experience and elevate it. Not bad for something that is essentially pure mathematics. Do you include music in your leathercrafting? How does it serve you? And can someone PLEASE tell me what the track from the Zipper Window tutorial is??!!

Do you line your bags with leather? What thickness would you recommend? I'm making a satchel and wanted to line the inside of the bag with leather. I've only ever done fabric.