THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT
To complete this tutorial, you will need:
- 4 natural leather bracelets (vegetable tanning) to personalize - 20 x 1.5 cm
- Tragacanth gum for edge finishing
- 4 T3 screw collar buttons - Aged brass
- Set of standard numbers and letters - 0.64 cm
- 1 sponge
- 1 punch stand
- 1 mallet
- 1 screwdriver
- 1 cloth
1. HUMIDIFY LEATHER
Soak a sponge with water and moisten the vegetable tanned leather strap (grain side): this will facilitate personalized marking.
Be careful, moisten the leather evenly so as not to have traces.
WHAT IS VEGETABLE TANNED LEATHER?
2. MARK THE LEATHER
Using the stamp handle and a mallet, strike the letters on the vegetable tanned leather. Check the meaning of the letter carefully before hitting.
You can use a guide for stamps to hit straight. 
3. APPLY A FINISHING GUM
After lightly sanding the edges with sandpaper, apply a finishing gum (tragacanth, arabic or tokonole). 
Put the product in a thin layer on the slice. Wait a few moments for the rubber to soak in, then rub the rim vigorously with a cloth or slicker. Tragacanth gum dries and heats up depending on the friction caused, the edge will darken and shine. 
4. PUT ON THE COLLAR BUTTON
Insert the collar button in the first hole of the bracelet then screw it. 
YOUR NAPKIN RING (OR PERSONALIZED BRACELET) IS COMPLETE!
The little extra, tinting the napkin ring with leather dye. 
