From raw material to finished fully customized gear. 🎒🔨
I’ve been wanting to customize the back of my
@pgytechglobal backpack, so today we are handcrafting a custom veg-tan leather patch from scratch.
The process started over at the laser bed. I’m using the
@xtool.official P2 55W CO2 laser to cut the precise initial outline and dial in the design details on some premium veg-tan leather I picked up from
@michaelsstores . Once the laser finished the clean cuts, I prepped the piece and attached a heavy-duty Velcro backing so it’s modular and ready to swap onto any hook-and-loop panel.
For the filmmakers and gearheads wondering how this was shot: we brought out the heavy hitters for this project. This entire video was captured on the beastly RED V-Raptor (major shoutout to the team at
@reddigitalcinema ). Because I’m running the RF version of the Raptor, I paired it with some ultra-sharp Canon RF L glass (
@canonusa ) to get those crisp, cinematic macro shots of the leather texture and...