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Hello,

This was a custom project I just finished. The customer wanted his family coat of arms and name on a notebook. He was just thrilled with how it turned out. I really like the lion carving and wish I could think of something else to use it on. It was kind of neat thinking that I was carving a crest that might have been carved in wood or stone 400 years ago!

The customer specifically requested the mottled matting and it did turn out pretty neat. I wasn't expecting it to turn out so leopard spot like but everyone including the customer seems to like it. It felt nice in the hands, and it looks like hammered metal.

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Thanks for looking,

Bob

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Hi Bob, Wow very nice !! I really like this a lot and I have only one small comment when rounding the cornors with your braid my opinion is perhaps a double pass would have been better in three holes instead of just two . Whats your opinion ? I would buy one of these in a heart beat . Got that wonderful old look to it . My compliments on a very fine project . Well done . Thanks for posting this ,I really enjoyed seeing it . I am impressed ! Bill

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Love this, Bob!! The hammered effect reminds me of the copper table tops in my local pub, when I was a youth.. ;) Ha!

If you don't mind me asking, what tools did you use to achieve it.?

Regards

Phil

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Very nice Bob. It turned out amzing. You really knocked this out of the park. Good stuff.

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Love this, Bob!! The hammered effect reminds me of the copper table tops in my local pub, when I was a youth.. ;) Ha!

If you don't mind me asking, what tools did you use to achieve it.?

Regards

Phil

Thanks Phil. The matting was done with a large figure beveler. I don't have the tool in front of me right now but I think it was the biggest one Tandy made, and it's an old Craftool one. I tilted the tool back onto the shading end so the beveling part wouldn't leave a mark. Then it was just a matter of hitting the beveler and leaving a dent with the shading end while turning it every time so the effect looked random. You could get the same effect with a large smooth pear shader.

Bob

Very nice Bob. It turned out amzing. You really knocked this out of the park. Good stuff.

Thank you! I've admired your work for a long time so I take that as quite a compliment.

Bob

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I really like this a lot and I have only one small comment when rounding the cornors with your braid my opinion is perhaps a double pass would have been better in three holes instead of just two . Whats your opinion ? Bill

Thanks for the nice comments Bill. On the laced corners I do make a double pass through three holes. What are you seeing that made it look off or odd? I don't think my lacing is all that great yet so any feedback would be helpful.

Bob

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Bob - that looks fantastic! I love doing the hammered background effect too - always reminds me of hammered copper pots. I use the pear shader like you mentioned. What did you line it with?

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Bob - that looks fantastic! I love doing the hammered background effect too - always reminds me of hammered copper pots. I use the pear shader like you mentioned. What did you line it with?

Thanks for the kind words! The lining is tan pigskin but the pocket is 2 oz. veg tan.

Bob

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Bob - That came out fantastic! I have to agree that the hammered background effect is stunning. Thanks for posting :)

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Thanks for the nice comments Bill. On the laced corners I do make a double pass through three holes. What are you seeing that made it look off or odd? I don't think my lacing is all that great yet so any feedback would be helpful.

Bob

Neither off nor odd ,maybe its my age and my eyes.Your lacing is just fine .First class work . Bill Edited by bluesman1951

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I use that same effect on Wallets, I believe it's the F896 Figure beveller, leaned back to just use the rounded area. Love the note book, tooling is clean and the lacing looks really good. My only critique, is that I would have created more contrast by using a darker lace, but thats a matter of opinion.

Edited by sherlockian100

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Bob, that is just so, so nice. The whole thing just begs to be touched! Great job and thanks for showing it to us...

Norma

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Thank you all for the very kind comments. I try to get better with each one of these.

Bob

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