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  1. Johanna

    Show Off!

    by Johanna
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    This is a great place to post pics your latest work. Please understand that as the threads get older, we're going to move the topics to the area they "fit", for example, bikes or holsters, just to keep this section manageable, and help the newer folks find lots of pics of the subjects they are interested in. If I have moved your post to the wrong area, please TELL me so I can fix it. Please don't be upset when I move an older post- it actually helps more people to find it. It also helps when we use descriptive titles. "Recent Projects" isn't as likely to get clicks as "Harley Saddlebags and Seat" or "Civil War Holster and Belt". To post your pics, use the "browse" …

    Johanna
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  3. WalterF

    Some Practice Pieces

    by WalterF
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    These are practice pieces for a class on learning model spoon use. These were fun and pleased how much can be done with a spoon. Fun to be doing some figure carving again it has been over a year. Been doing stamping and a little basic tooling.

    Gezzer
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  4. Stingray73

    1911 holster

    by Stingray73

    Lace in the middle

    Stingray73
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  5. Meelis

    Seadragon knife sheath

    by Meelis

    Yesterday I finish sheath crafting own freshly made knife.

    TheFrood
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  6. stampingdelight

    1st try at leather birthday card

    by stampingdelight

    hello all tryed my hand at a making a freind a leather birthday card, along with a home made box. any thougts how to make better? after seeing some peoples work thought maybe should of matted around the letters but, only after was fully done, not sure if would damage the letters if I did matting.

    Northmount
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  7. deboardp

    First pair of sandals underway 1 2 3 4 8

    by deboardp

    I don't remember if I mentioned here at leatherworker.net that the VA approved my claim for disability compensation for acquiring disabling diseases due to herbicide exposure, but they did, about December 13th. I won't be homeless again, which at 77 is a matter of survival. I also don't have to make sandals now, but I want to, having spent the last 16 months setting up my shop, and today I am at this stage where the topsoles and straps for my very first pair since the 70's are cut and beveled. After I click send I'm going to burnish the strap edges with trag and start on the strap slots. I'm not using a punch for that, but will use my round knife and tiny circle punches a…

    deboardp
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  8. WalterF

    Cowboy and Coffee

    by WalterF

    Just put the antique on a Silva Fox pattern of a cowboy enjoying a coffee. This one forced me to get better at folds in fabric, seemed like 1/2 my time was doing folds. I have heard not to use "it was a bad piece of leather" to justify a poor result, This piece was done on a bellie, it tooled differently all over the piece. Bottom right was firm and uppper left was spongy. For me the cost makes up for the aggrevation.

    WalterF
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  9. WalterF

    Made a Pair of House-shoes

    by WalterF

    My old house-shoes were worn out, wanted to try making a pair. Drew up a pattern and gave it a go. Sewed on a class 4 without gluing. Stitching needs improvement but they are usable and learned, if another pair is made.

    Samalan
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  10. WalterF

    Made A New Hatband

    by WalterF

    My work hat had a cloth camo band, it needed leather. The hat is beat, kinda like putting fancy rims on a Pinto.

    Gezzer
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  11. kurtalderson

    Ukulele case

    by kurtalderson

    I'm getting ready to go back to work again after a break and would like to show off this ukulele case. Perfection it is not, but labor of love it is. Like many loves, it looks terrific as long as the magnifying glass stays in your pocket. Al Stohlman's instruction on making a guitar was used for this. I even visited Tandy's leatherwork museum in Dallas the see the master's work. All in all, I think the project stacks up well. The front carving is from a photo I took in the Arizona's Superstition Mountains of Weaver's Needle. The back carving is a self-portrait done by my brother, Tony Alderson, who loved to hike "the supes". He's been gone about 25 years and the baritone …

    wizard of tragacanth
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