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Very nice work! How do you go about 'aging' the leather like that?

Wow! Amazing once again! Id like to learn how to make shoes and to size and form them correctly. They look great being tooled.

Looks good for the third go. I keep all my first few attempts at things so later I can see how I progress.

That's a stunning case. Well made and great tooling, so much detail to look at!

Thats really nice. Hope you dont change your camera any time soon.

Fantastic work. It came out great. I have yet to make my first bike seat.

Great tooling there and I like the designs. Id be interested to see how it will fasten.

Thanks for your comments. The background tool is E294, and the other sizes being E294-03 and E294-04.

Welcome from Herefordshire!

Welcome from Herefordshire!

Welcome from Herefordshire!

Welcome from Herefordshire.

Nice job. Do you know what you will use as a finish?

Here are the first pair of bracers that I made for a friend who's a singer with the band Conquest of Steel from the UK. The white O is from their logo. I used advice that Allen (Cyberthrasher) gave on using Resoline diluted 50/50 with water and they turned out pretty good. I'm pleased with them for my first attempt. i used Fiebings black oil dye, Createx opaque white (airbrushed) and then touched up with a brush on the sides. The Resoline was airbrushed on in a few thin applications. All edges were beveled and slicked.

Iron Sulphate crystals dissolved in water turns veg tan leather black permenantly but I have not tried it yet. When I do ill post pictures of the results.

Obama? ; ) Just kidding. I thought of John Wayne.

I have limited space do I just use a cardboard box with a bathroom extraction fan with a flexible pipe That I hang out of the window if I use sprit or oil dyes. If using acrics I make sure the filter is fitted to the fan and stuff an old tshirt in the end of the tube. I only do that if im not spraying much, otherwise I hang the tube out of the window. The filter I use is a loose weave dish cloth folded over a couple of times. Its quite effective.

Wow, thats some inspirational work. The bear is so detailed and you stamping and tooling is just amazing!

Ive recently been using a microfibre, lint free cloth tightly wrapped around some cotton wool. It seems to give a more even application. By far the best method for applying dye over an area is with a cheap airbrush (good airbrushes only for detail or acrylics).