This is my second attempt at recovering an old baseball. My first attempt was a fail because I tooled my son's name into it and the piece shrunk. You have to wet the leather in order to cut and tool. I got to the last ~30 stitches and the leather piece was obviously too small. This time I left it dry and didn't try to tool. But got to the very end (108 stitches if you're curious) and pricked my finger and got a drop of blood on it. Still. Turned out OK.
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| Blood stain. Once I finished I soaked it in water and then let it dry which sucked the leather down tight. I like this leather undyed and natural. |
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| But dyed it anyway. Immediately after application. |
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| This is after it's dried. You can still see the blood stain. |
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| Done. |
I've been biking every morning and keeping it fun. Which means I'm not using any electronical devices.
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