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That looks fantastic. Do you make them for Hollywood? It looks like it belongs in Fifth Element.

Thanks for your comments everyone. I thought of making it into a patch like my others, but I tried using more a natural looking sealer. I realised that Tan Kote is not water resistant! I used saddle lac in the past but its a bit too shiny, Im looking for a water resistant, hard wearing coating or sealer if anyone has any ideas?

Here is a patch, just for hanging on the wall. My friend had this picture as a tattoo. Its a design that was found at the digg at Sutton Hoo. TIW was the earliest Anglo Saxon God of war and gurdian of the disabled, according to resources on the internet, but Im no expert. This design was found on a purse. I started the matting while the leather was too wet at the top and top right, but then realised. I tried to hide the marks with not much success, but overall it turned out fine. The patch is lined in red suede and laced with red kangeroo lace.

What a glowing article! I enjoyed reading that. I'll have to drop in sometime if Im up your way, if youre not too busy. I can whole heartedly recommend Andy's courses...

Well done Cheryl !

Hi Podge, Welcome to the forum. Im in Herefordshire but go out in Cardiff sometimes. Do you specialise in any specific type of tattoos? Oh, and I agree with Luke, Ray is a great chap and has been sooo helpful. Paul

Hi Oli, Welcome to the forum. I was recently in Stuttgart, I came to see some concerts and go to the fruehlingsfest with some friends I have in Stuttgart. Its such a nice place! Paul

Absolutely amazing work! Very inspiring

Thanks for your comments. I may use a different picture gallery when I make any big changes to the site in the future. If I were to change it now, Id have to add some html to each gallery. Unless anyone knows of a better way to do it??

Thanks for your comment. When a gallery is opened, it opens in another browser tab, the original page is still open, so you can just select the other tab to go back to the main site. Or at least thats how it should work. Can you tell me if another tab opened? Thanks.

The embarassing thing is that I am also in the tech community, more hardware than software and definately not web design. Im more into microcontroller programming. I guess its avoided my radar!

I didnt realise that iOS devices dont support flash when so many websites use it. Is there an alternative to get the same effects? I just used HTML and CSS for mine since I dont know much about web design and would rather be making something out of leather than learning another language.

I was having a similar converstion about a different subject on another forum. Someone suggested having a like or dislike button on threads or comments. I said that I dont give a S**t if they like or dislike me or my work. I guess many people use it but its not for me Im afraid. Saying that, I can see how facebook may help a business but I just dont want to be sepending my time on it. Id rather be doing something else, For the same reason I choose not to have a telly. Im not anti technology, Im an electronics and microwave engineer by day! Cheryl, Im glad it promped you to update your site, Ill take a look at it.

Thanks Cheryl and Sylvia. @Sylvia, I dont use facebook so I dont think I can do that thing you said. I refuse to use any of these social networking other than linked in, I use that for my day job. Most of my friends are on facebook but I dont see the point of it, I just call, text or email them if I need to get hold of anyone. Ive seen how much time they spend on there and dont want to become like that! I guess Im anti-facebook! Im aiming to keep my website simple and to the point. I'll add more sections as I make more items.

Thanks for posting the picture Tina! I have the A104-2, A104, A114 tools and the PA series. I tried to use the A114 tool on the larger areas but the pattern it leaves is coarser than the A104 so I felt that it didnt look right. I shall try out some practice tooling with all of them again on a scrap.

Hi Sylvia, Yes i know the codes but the 'pitch' of the 'dots' that form the patten looked similar. I just thought that the F899 should have been more defined but I was wrong there. Im glad I didnt complain to my supplier about too much chrome! I have the A104 as well but its only a little longer. I'll try it out, I havent done that yet, thinking that there was not much difference between them. Thanks

Thanks Jon, Im working on widening my portfolio. Im making a few guitar straps and learning to make tooled bike seats at the moment. Ive learnt a lot but I feel as though Im just scratching the surface of what I would like to do.

Hi All, In November last year I learnt how to set up a website. This is my first attempt and after seeing some of yours, its pretty basic, but it does what it was intended to do. I wanted somewhere where I could display my pictures and have a point of contact. As I learn more about web design, taking better photos and editing images, I'll update it. the URL is www.lordofleather.com The name is a little 'tongue in cheek' after one of my nick names Any constructive criticism would be welcome. I plan on changing the font used and resizing the text but Id like to keep the 'Old London' font for the menu items. Something else I considered is to replace the main logo with a picture of a real tooled version of it. Let me know what you think.

I just had a look at the website and it looks very professional. Great leatherwork too!