Pressing Tools for Bespoke Tailoring: Tailor’s Hams & Sleeve Boards Explained – ISOT Lesson 2

This lesson explains the essential pressing tools used in bespoke tailoring. Reza introduces the pressing tools tailors use to shape, support and control cloth during garment construction, including tailor’s hams, sleeve boards and point pressers. This is not a general ironing lesson. The purpose is to show which pressing tools are genuinely useful in tailoring, what each tool is used for, and which tools are essential before you start building up unnecessary equipment. In this lesson, you will see: • Essential pressing tools used in bespoke tailoring • Tailor’s hams and their purpose in shaping cloth • Sleeve boards and how they support narrow areas • Point pressers and their use in sharp, controlled pressing • The difference between essential and non-essential pressing tools • How pressing tools help create shape, accuracy and control in bespoke tailoring This is ISOT Lesson 2 in Module 1 of the ISOT Online Coat Making Course. It introduces the pressing tools used before the practical jacket-making work begins. ➤ GET YOUR PURPLE BOX (TRADITIONAL & PAGODA BUNDLE): https://www.internationalschooloftailoring.com/category/purple-box-bundles ➤ ATLAS TAILOR'S THIMBLE: https://www.tailorsthimble.com ➤ ECLIPSE RULER SET: https://www.internationalschooloftailoring.com/product-page/eclipse-professional-tailoring-ruler-curve-set-in-black // CHAPTERS // 00:00 - Welcome to ISOT Lesson 2 00:45 - Overview of pressing tools 01:35 - Tailor’s hams 03:06 - Sleeve board 04:08 - Point presser 04:31 - Essential vs non-essential pressing tools 06:38 - Assignment #pressingtools #tailorsham #bespoketailoring