Leathercraft in Kazakhstan

[Leathercraft in Kazakhstan]

Ваша работа совершенна. Я люблю штемпеля вы используете. Некоторые сделали от бумаги гравируют штемпеля? От что вы делающ я воодушевьте.

I have learned a lot seeing your stamps. My mind has limited me on what the possibilities are out there. Thank you.

[making my own Stamps]

I thought I read somewhere that Al Stohlman made his own stamps from nails and such. That gave me a start to try making my own I only have one design I made that I like. I use the big timber spikes from Home Depot and they are only ~$0.50 so learning and experimentation has been fun. but now I want to make my own "mongo" beveller for those long gun and kilt belts. I will try to remember to post some pictures of the goofy lil stamps I have done so far.

On the staining; I have not seen too much of that but I only have just started making and using stamps of my own manufacture. Oxalic acid works well in removing stains, but that may have already been mentioned.

[Hand Made Stainless Stamping/Carving Tools]

Hello everybody,

After I've recieved so many requests to make some tools for sale, I thought I'd post them here. They are all made with Stainless Steel.

From left to right:

Sm. cluster Bar grounder, 5 line Bar grounder, $25.00 ea. (these are higher, just cuz they are such a Pain to make, & hard on my Old Eyes)

1/4" checkered Beveler, 3/16" checkered Beveler, 1/8" checkered Beveler, 3/32" checkered Beveler, (Sheridan or Porter style) $18.00-$20.00 ea.

Undercut checkered Bevelers (not Shown) $20.00

Diamond shaped leaf liner/border tool, Leaf shape border tool, $20.00 ea.

3/8" checkered matting tool, $18.00 ea.

1/2" flower center, $20.00

Lg. Camo. $25.00

Most Pear Shaders Smooth, checkered, lined (not shown, Sheridan design, or regular) $20.00

Most Veiners (not Shown) $20.00

Special orders, just ask. If you want something special You've never seen, but thought there should be,,, just ask.

As you can see some of the tools aren't completely finished, in the pictures. When done they will all have the drilled finger grips on the shaft. I've found that by having a more random grooves like on the Lg Camo, the result is a more realistic result. I can make them with perfectly spaced lines,,, but nature just isn't that perfect. The Checkbook I showed on here about a week ago was tooled using mostly these tools. Of course, being that these are hand made, they may not look Exactly like the ones pictured, but they will be Very close!!

Please contact me through Private Email, Thank You, Ed the "BearMan"

Where do you get your stainless steel large nails?

[Howdy just introducing myself]

Hi My name is Tim and I have been fooling around with leather crafting about 9-10 years. Mostly making things for myself and occasional gifts and requests. I have a lot of varied interests so I suffer from Hobbist ADD. I look forward to learning, sharing and grinning with y'all.

[Rotary punch cutters - source required]

I am using a British United Shoe Machinery rotary punch to make the holes for lacing projects but I only have one size of punch - it came with the machine. Does anyone have a source for these?

Ray

Ray since they have gone bust getting anything new is not possible. Have you looked on Ebay and the like? I am assuming you are in the UK. If there is a small job shop machine shop they might be happy to make what you need. POst a picture of the punch that came with your machine so I can see if it is a easy enough job to turn out what you require.

[Custom rosewood burnishers]

Thanks for your inspiration. I made my burnisher after looking at pictures of yours. First one was out of cocobola and the last one I made was ebony I haven't finished profiling it yet.

[drill press slicking]

I made my edge slickers from cocobola but now seeing a picture of one I think it is time to make another one and incorporate some improvements into it!

If I was smart enough to figure out how to correct my error I would show you a picture of it. Well here goes nothing

Ed I forgot to add that I just buy square blanks and draw a line from corner to corner. I drill down at the "X" and then horse rasp the corners off before turning it down. I glue a drill blank in to the wood with two part epoxy. I have been getting the drill blanks from Grainger's.com But I think even the hardware section at Home depot has them. I must admit that for the last one I didn't have a drill blank so I glued the drill I used to make the hole into the slicker. It needed sharpening or replacing anyway. hahaha

[drill press slicking]

I made my edge slickers from cocobola but now seeing a picture of one I think it is time to make another one and incorporate some improvements into it!

If I was smart enough to figure out how to correct my error I would show you a picture of it. Well here goes nothing