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Hey Julie, Glad to see you here. wasn't I right, isn't the leather craftmanship amazing? I can only dream of making things like I see here. See you around the board and have fun! I know I am. Lori

Hi Kevin, I bet your pics will knock my socks off. Anything to do with rocks usually does. lol. I'm looking forward to the pics and thanks for the welcome.

Had to laugh. I'm a wire wrapper trying to be a leather worker who now has to be a carpenter. Thanks Jim for that great information. If I do it right and it comes out right, seems I would get a lot more hide to work with afterwards. Now where is that hammer.

Thanks Rick, I just got back from browsing the forums and the masterful work I saw was unbelievable. I'm actually just learning to grind and polish stones. The one in the pic was sent to me. My forte right now is wrapping stones. This piece hollers "Newbie" loud and clear but I have to start somewhere and the learning process is fun.

Well, I finished the design part on a rectangle piece of deer skin. The stone is a Bruneau Jasper that was ground and polished. The frame for the stone is a prong setting. 1st pic, I'm just laying it down and centering it. 2nd pic is the frame that I stitched to the skin securely with heavey duty thread. 3rd pic, it is done (I hope) and now I have to figure out how to make the band and attach the design. I'll be searching the board for "how to" info on the wrist band part and also the glue that I think I will need. If any one can give me directions on where I can find the info, it would be appreciated. Thanks

Thanks for this link. That really is beautiful. I'm just a newbie but I sure can admire and learn.

Dwight and Regis, thanks for the advice. There is no hair on the skin. One side is leather, the other side like chamois. I read the proper terms for the two sides but it hasn't sunk in yet. The stone is set in a pronged silver setting that I made and I am now working on attaching it to a square of skin that will eventually be attached to the wrist band. Your suggestion using the vegitable leather sounds what I need. Now I just have to learn how to do that. Honestly, I never thought stones would lead me to leather. I hope to finish the design part tonight and will post a pic. Does this board use photobucket? I haven't learned my way around yet. Thanks again and look forward to learning a great new craft.

rdb, thanks for the warm welcome. I few of themembers responded to my question so I know I'm in the right place. Will post pics in my first thread.

I thought I would introduce myself. I just posted a question in another section. I found this site while searching for Leather forums because I am trying to make a wrist band for a friend and have never worked with leather before. I belong to a rockhounding forum and create pendants from polished stones. I thought that a wristband combining stones and leather would be fun and an opportunity to learn a new craft. This forum looks great with a wealth of information and wonderful people. So it's justme saying hi.

Hi all, This looks like a great group of people and I need some help. I work with polished stone and am trying to incorporate a polished cabochon as a design on some beautiful deer skin. The finished item will be a wrist band. This is for a friend who hunted the deer. I have never worked with leather before but I notice that deer skin is more elastic than cow leather. I will post pics a little later so you can see what I am doing with this but my first question is Even though the deer skin is completed in the tanning, leather process, are there any properties that I need to know about deer skin when cutting out for the wristband? It seems that the skin is more elastic when stretched one way than another and my first concern is that the wrist band will stretch way out once it is worn a couple of times. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I want to make this band look as nice as possible. Thanks for reading. Justme