dscott Report post Posted June 12, 2009 i am wanting to learn how you do someting like this getting this look Thanks David Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwinOaks Report post Posted June 12, 2009 If you are referring to the raised section, that's called embossing. The leather is cased, then a tool (usually rounded) is used to push and stretch the leather to the desired shape from the back (flesh) side of the leather. Once it dries, it'll usually hold it's shape, but further reinforcement of the embossing can be accomplished by filling the cavities from the embossing with a mixture of leather dust and glue. ClayB shows how to do this in a tutorial on the main page, called "Buffalo Feathers". You can get to the main page by clicking the link in blue letters at the top left of the page, just under the Leatherworker.net logo. The coloring of the bracelet looks like a very careful application of some copper paint/dye/highlighter. Stay tuned for more input on that aspect of it.....someone with more experience in that area is sure to chime in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted June 13, 2009 Looking at the raised border to the edges makes me just go :wtf: so I'm thinking machine molded plastic for this one may be the case. In Scandinavian knife sheath designs you often find rawhide leather where they use a technique of wetting the leather and push the leathermass under the top grain towards the edges to make similar borders but even the most proffesional ones show evidence of a handmade product (luckily enough) and not this macine precision. Where did you find it and is it marketed as a leather product?? Looking forward to hear some more professional input on this one. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwight Report post Posted June 14, 2009 If I were doing this, it would be with two pieces of hard wood that make a mold. It looks like there are three separate impressions, . . . so it would be made to do all three at the same time. The flesh side would be the male of the mold, . . . having raised portions of wood to imitate the 4 points of the cross. The finish side would be the female, . . . having hand carved and sanded depressions to receive the leather being "formed" into it by the male mold. Wet the leather and let it flash dry for a few minutes, . . . apply the mold and a bunch of clamps (or a long clamp/vise jaws). The trick in this kind of molding is the female portion, . . . it has to be basically super smooth so there are no blemishes left. As said before, . . . for strength, . . . leather dust and glue can be mixed to fill in the voids in the flesh side. It takes a steady hand and a real patience to make those kinds of molds, . . . the male parts being first formed individually, then bonded to a blank board to put them in place. The female is hand gouging, chiseling, and sanding. Ugh!!! May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
