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Attaching Leather To Wood. Once the leather is dry and formed to the jaw, you can remove the clamps then just tack it in place. The contact area will be pretty minimal.
What i would do is to wet form a piece of veg tan 8/9 oz around your jaws. Smooth the leather and trim excesses. It is important to firmly use a roller to roll the leather into the glued surface of the wood to get good adhesion.
With a flat putty knife, kindly work on smoothing the leather to remove unwanted creases and wrinkles that may occur. The contact area will be pretty minimal. Smooth the leather and trim excesses.
Never had the bond fail and i always put at least 2 coats of glue on both surfaces. If you glue it, then you will have a hard time replacing it should the need arise, quote. I have some fairly thick (8oz.) veg tan leather that i want to attach to a curved strip of wood.
The curved strip is be 1/2 by 6, and the piece of leather is 6x6. Glance across the bonded piece, and check if the attached leather extends beyond the wood surface. It is important to firmly use a roller to roll the leather into the glued surface of the wood to get good adhesion.
Apply cement glue to the leather. What i would do is to wet form a piece of veg tan 8/9 oz around your jaws. Use a clamp and piece of wood to hold it in place.
Now, cut the excess with a pair of scissors if the leather sticks out of the wood. I was considering either liquid hide glue or epoxy. Gluing leather to wood step 1:
