Leather Carving and Finishing Tools

Tools that cut, stamp, punch and polish leather, including the swivel knife that outlines a carving, the seeder that stamps small circles, the glazing jack that polishes the surface and the punch that cuts clean holes. A tool belongs here when its cited source describes it as a leatherworking tool. It excludes the lasts and measuring devices of shoemaking. Most of the stamping tools are struck with a mallet on damp leather, and a leatherworker usually builds a collection of them over years, adding one stamp at a time.