alone is art, and until you learn to sharpen your tool, you don’t get much done and if you do its poor quality.
after the knife is sharp, you’re ready to begin making designs. this is a very interesting part as it is done by covering the shoe (or boot) mold with masking tape, drawing the design over the masking tape, once carefully designed according to the shoe size and shape, you remove the tape (ever so carefully).
after you remove the masking tape you carefully trace the pieces onto the leather.
after you trace the pieces you can take your sharp knife and cut out each piece.
once the leather piece is cut 