How to burnish leather edges in less than 5 minutes? Some leathercraft secrets shared.

I've been asked again how I burnish my edges. Well, it's not easy because I change it all the time.

But most recently, I've been trying to sand with less different grits of sanding paper. Instead, I tried sanding while the leather is wet. I did it by mistake once with Tokonole and the result was good.
So I decided to try those steps (works on veg-tanned and latigo leathers):

- sand with a 300/500 grit
- wet the leather and sand again
- when the leather feels smooths, stop
- sand with a 800/1000 grit
- wet the leather and sand again
- when the leather feels smooth, stop
- sand with a 1500 to 2000 grit
- wet the leather and sand again
- bevel your edges

At this stage the leather could already be a bit shiny.

- use pure @Tokonole or soft bees wax and burnish with a cotton fabric or denim.
- (even after Tokonole, I apply a small amount of bees wax to nourish the leather)

This should get you shiny and strong edges.

I usually do all that after a trimming if I can, and after I stitched for a cleaner result.

And you, what's your technique?
Happy crafting!
Geoffrey

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