Deb59 Report post Posted November 17, 2008 I had a request to make a portfolio. This is for a truck driver who's CB Handle is Tomahawk. His wife ordered it to give to him for Christmas. She wanted him to be able to use either a notebook, or clipboard, have a place for loose papers, calculator, and credit cards. This was a challenging project as it had a number of "first's" for me. One of them was making the card pockets inside the liner. Another was painting on leather, the third was trying the Rob Barr Feather technique. (also my first posting on leatherworkers.net) It was challenging and a lot of fun! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kowboyboots Report post Posted November 17, 2008 That is really nice! Did you come up with the guts your self or was that part a kit? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deb59 Report post Posted November 17, 2008 That is really nice! Did you come up with the guts your self or was that part a kit? I designed the inside myself. My daughter tooled a kit from Tandy for a small portfolio a number of years ago. I took the basic idea from that and built from there. I did have a little trouble with the light weight lining pulling away at the lacing when folding over, so I took out the lacing and put a re-enforcement strip around the stress areas that matched the outside and re-laced it. and put the latch on a leather strip to allow a little extra give. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildrose Report post Posted November 17, 2008 I had a customer request a folio with credit card slots too, and I thought that was the hardest thing to design. You did a great job, it's beautiful! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Locknut Report post Posted November 17, 2008 She'll be a happy customer! Really nice Deb! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted November 18, 2008 That's a good looking piece of portfolio!!! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
broncobuster Report post Posted November 18, 2008 very very nice.!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin King Report post Posted November 18, 2008 Phew! is right. Looks like a lot of work! Nice job. KK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KimRulien Report post Posted November 19, 2008 wow really nice and I love the color!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corter Report post Posted November 23, 2008 that's beautiful! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deb59 Report post Posted November 25, 2008 Thank you all for your questions and feedback! This is the best site with the friendliest most helpful group of people on it!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spider Report post Posted November 26, 2008 Wow very nice. You should be proudWow very nice. You should be proud Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
