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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MERIT BADGE SERIES LEATHERWORK “Enhancing our youths’ competitive edge through merit badges”
Requirements 1. Do the following: a. Explain to your counsel the hazards you are most likely to encounter while using leatherwork tools and materials, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, or lessen these hazards. b. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while working with leather, including minor cuts and scratches, puncture wounds, ingested poisoning, and reactions from exposure to chemicals such as dyes, cements, and finishes used in leatherworking. 2. Explain to your counselor a. Where leather comes from b. What kinds of hides are used to make leather c. What are five types of leather d. What are the best uses for each type of leather 3. Make one or more articles of leather that use at least five of the following steps: a. Pattern layout and transfer b. Cutting leather c. Punching holes d. Carving or stamping surface designs e. Applying dye or stain and finish to the project f. Assembly by lacing or stitching g. Setting snaps and rivets h. Dressing edges 35914 ISBN 978-0-8395-3310-8 2013 Boy Scouts of America 2014 Printing
4. Recondition or show that you can take proper care of your shoes, a baseball glove, a saddle, furniture, or other articles of leather. 5. Do ONE of the following: a. Learn about the commercial tanning process. Report about it to your merit badge counselor. b. Tan the skin of a small animal. Describe the safety precautions you will take and the tanning method that you used. c. Braid or plait an article out of leather or vinyl lace. d. Visit a leather-related business. This could be a leathercraft supply company, a tannery, a leather goods or shoe factory, or a saddle shop. Report on your visit to your counselor. Leatherwork 3
.Leathercraft Resources Leathercraft Resources Books Burnett, Paul. Basic Leatherwork. The Leather Factory, 1986. Grant, Bruce. Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding. Cornell Maritime Press, 1972. Letcavage, Elizabeth, ed. Basic Leathercrafting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started. Stackpole Books, 2011. Michael, Valerie. The Leatherworking Handbook: A Practical Illustrated Source Book of Techniques and Projects. Cassell PLC, 2006. Moody, Ben. Just Tooling Around: Easy-to-Do Leather Stamping. Hot Off the Press, Inc., 1994. Richards, Matt. Deerskins into Buckskins: How to Tan with Natural Materials/ A Field Guide for Hunters and Gatherers. Backcountry Publishing, 2nd ed., 2004. Stohlman, Al. The Art of Making Leather Cases, Volume I. Tandy Leather Company, 1979. ———. The Art of Making Leather Cases, Volume II. Tandy Leather Company, 1983. ———. The Art of Making Leather Cases, Volume III. Tandy Leather Company, 1987. ———. Coloring Leather. Tandy Leather Co., 1985. ———. How to Carve Leather. Tandy Leather Co., 1952. ———. Leathercraft Tools (How to Use Them, How to Sharpen Them). Tandy Leather Co., 1984. Tandy Leather Co. Lacing and Stitching for Leathercraft. 1997. Tandy Leather Co. Leather Crafting. 1998. Visit the Boy Scouts of America’s official retail website (with your parent’s permission) at http://www.scoutstuff.org for a complete listing of all merit badge pamphlets and other helpful Scouting materials and supplies. Leatherwork 93
Leathercraft Resources. Organizations and Websites Paul’s Supplies 225 Seminole Drive Boulder, CO 80303 Telephone: 303-948-2767 Website: http://www.paulssupplies.com Standing Bear’s Trading Post 7624 Tampa Ave. Reseda, CA 91335 Telephone: 818-342-9120 Website: http://www.sbearstradingpost.com Tandy Leather Factory Inc. Attn: Sales 1900 SE Loop 820 Fort Worth, TX 76140 Telephone: 877-532-8437 Zack White Leather Company 809 Moffitt Street Ramseur, NJ 27316 Telephone: 336-824-4488 Website: http://www.zackwhite.com 94 Leatherwork Acknowledgments The Boy Scouts of America is grateful to the following people for their tireless and meticulous work on the revision of this merit badge pamphlet. Tony Laier, director of research and development, The Leather Factory and Tandy Leather Company; designer/artist for Steel Strike Leather Products Karen Holze Laier of The Leather Factory, Tandy Leather Company, and Steel Strike Leather Products Wray Thompson, chief executive officer, and Ron Morgan, president, The Leather Factory and Tandy Leather Company, Fort Worth, Texas L. Shepley Hermann, president, Hermann Oak Leather Company, St. Louis, Missouri The Boy Scouts of America is grateful to the men and women serving on the Merit Badge Maintenance Task Force for the improvements made in updating this pamphlet.
in leatherworking. 2. Explain to your counselor a. Where leather comes from b. What kinds of hides are used to make leather c. What are five types of leather d. What are the best uses for each type of leather 3. Make one or more articles of leather that use at least five of the following steps: a. Pattern layout and transfer b. Cutting leather c. Punching holes d.
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