En grande pompe. Forum - Chaussures C-tendance.com. :: Cuir Création, un forum entièrement dédié au travail du cuir. Index. Travail du Cuir. Crimping tutorial – step by step | Shoes and Craft. Apparently I didn’t generate too much interest with my question, but from the number of the silent visitors on this site, I assume there will be some people, who are interested seeing some pics and notes about crimping. So, what is crimping? When you create.. let’s say a riding boot, you will face a geometrical problem: the vamp is impossible to fold. Look: Normally we would choose a line, like this.. if it would be a shoe. Still not good. The correct curve for folding would look like this: So we can create this beauty: First of all: not all leather is good for crimping.
Preparation: put your upper leather to water, and leave it there for a while (depends on the leather), then wrap it to plastic bag for over night. Place it to the center of the board then adjust it a little bit (you have to repeat it plenty more times) from the deepest point. Then slightly pull it towards the corners. Set the clamp to the whole and put the leather in it. Pull down the front Much better, isn’t it? Like this: