I Received a Repair Request!

Episode 30
Hello, it's Ao😄

This time, I'll talk about a request I received to repair a scissor case.

My daughter brought home a scissor case from a colleague at the flower shop where she works.

It seems it was a gift from her colleague's own daughter, but after using it for many years, it had become damaged to the point where the scissors were poking through, so they were talking about throwing it away.

My daughter took it upon herself to say,"My dad can probably fix it."She went ahead and accepted the job without asking me.
Well, she certainly brought me an interesting project.

It's not a light pair of scissors like a hairdresser would use, but one for a florist, so it's thick and heavy.
I figured the thread had probably broken and it had come apart, so I could just glue it and sew it back together.
That was my prediction, but...

Oh...
The thread didn't break; it tore right through the leather.
And besides, the surface is cracking and peeling...
It's more deteriorated than I thought.

This part is amazing.
The thread is stronger than the leather.
The leather tears by hand (lol).
It's just decoration, so I'll just remove it.

It's quite deteriorated.
I'll have to resew almost all the thread.

There's no way to fix this roughness!
I can see why they'd want to throw it away.

They said it didn't matter if it could be fixed or not, so
I started working on it using only the scraps I had on hand.

The plan is...

Since the surface is beyond saving, I'll paste new leather over it.

The decoration is just in the way anyway, so I'll remove it.

I'll resew the torn thread.

I'll glue the torn parts for now, cover them with thick leather to prevent the scissors from poking through, and add a little accent.

Finally, I'll finish it by applying oil.

And with that, here is the finished product.
Yes,Ta-da!

Since the roughness couldn't be repaired, I pasted on thin, light pigskin split leather and sewed it down.

I also removed the decoration.
In its place, I used a piece of thick leather as an accent for reinforcement. (Used in the same shape it was left in as a scrap)

For the opened part, I glued it back together so the needle holes would align, then resewed it.

I also sanded the edges and treated them with Tokonole.

Finally, I applied Renapur to finish it off!

I think it should be good to use for a while longer now.
You want to use things you received as gifts for a long time, right!
I hope they'll be happy with it.

So, this time,
we live in a world overflowing with things, but the sentiment of repairing and using them is also important.
was the topic.

See you later!
This was Ao😄

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