Make a Leather Dopp/Shave Kit

with Grady Douglass

September 13-14, 2025

$500.00

$165 material fee payable to Grady

About This Workshop

This two-day class will take students on the journey of crafting a raw side of leather into a completed Dopp kit, sure to be the envy of all your companions. Students will start by getting a brief leather introduction with descriptions of types and uses of leather and then dive right into drawing, cutting, skiving, gluing, adding a zipper, and stitching. Grady will demonstrate basic cutting skills, leather selection for various applications proper tool selection and usage. As the weekend progresses students will learn how to create welts and bindings for edges, how to use a bell knife skiver, ways to set a zipper into leather, and sewing various thicknesses together to complete the bag. This class is designed to allow students a great start into the world of leather; from beginners to those who have taken Grady’s classes before. Once completed, this unique travel bag will last a lifetime and then some!

Key Points

  • Leather selection for application
  • Pattern layout and design theory
  • Cutting and skiving of Leather
  • Adding a liner material to a leather project
  • Using a leather sewing machine and bell knife skiver
  • Complete an heirloom quality Dopp/shave kit

Grady Douglass

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Make a Leather Dopp/Shave Kit with Grady Douglass September 13-14, 2025

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