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  1. "Are you familiar with Darwin Ohlerking?" I have seen many of Mr. Ohlerking's works in the leathercraft magazines. He does excellent work, but I have never met him. I did see one of his original pieces in a local doctors office. The doctor told me that his wife bought it for his office, but he didn't even know it was leather until I pointed it out to him. I do a lot of pictorials, but mostly animals. The Indian ruin picture is the only one I have done with buildings. I have done quite a few dragons that I have found on posters and such; watch for my latest in Butler. I walked away from last years Federation show with my first First Place ribbon. I hope to have many more before I give up the ghost. After the show this year I will post my latest. By the way, the Indian ruin picture came off a photograph found in a travel magazine.
  2. I have finally discovered why I was unable to post pictures. If, after reading the instructions I had payed attention to detail, I would have seen that the pictures I was trying to post were too large. Now that I have that figured out I think I can post like everybody else. Like my ol' pappy used to say, "if at first you don't succeed, read the directions".
  3. Next attempt to install pictures. Bear with me please.
  4. I'm going to try this again with your instructions. Maybe one of these days I'll get it figured out. I have read, experimented and still nothing shows up. I'm not through yet, just give me more time to figure this out. If Jim can do it, so can I (I hope).
  5. You might also try the home study course put out by Paul Burnett. You can look at his lessons at his website located at http://stores.ebay.com/Painting-Cow and as you will see there are three different lessons to buy. This is not a bidding site. Just purchase the item and the service is really fast. I bought the first lesson and found out that I have been doing a lot of things wrong. Now I have to break 30 years of bad habits to improve my work.
  6. You might try Hide Crafters. They carry a double cap rivet, but I'm not sure if it is the Jiffy you are looking for. Give them a try at their Texas store, phone number 888-263-5277 or their Denver store, phone number 866-429-5453. I'm sure there are other places like Ohio Travel Bag (phone number not at hand) and other places.
  7. It has been awhile since I have used mine, but if I remember correctly the set came with one container of grit and another of bees wax. The instructions said to use Elmers glue or something similar, spread it over the edge of the wheel and then sprinkle the grit over that. Smooth with finger and allow to dry, shake off the excess (be sure to do this over some sort of paper so you can save it) and it is ready to use. Hope this helps.
  8. When I first opened the site I thought I was in the wrong place. Then I saw the stage coach at the top and figured you did a color change. I like it. Is there any way for a viewer to change the color on their own? I have seen that option on other forums. This site gets better every day.
  9. Tom you might check out "How To Make Holsters" by Al Stolhman. I know there is a section in there about shoulder holsters. If you don't have it you can get it from both Hidecrafters and Tandy. I'm not much of a holster man. I have only made one and that turned out just ok. Nothing great, just ok. But it worked.
  10. joet

    Dragon carving

    LOL!!! I had never thought of it that way, but I think your right.
  11. joet

    Dragon carving

    I did this picture on a whim. It looked so cute I couldn't resist putting it onto leather.
  12. Unless someone else has a better idea, what you did was the standard way to put on a drum head. Some people do tack it down around the edges before lacing, but that leaves holes unless you use the same hole for the lace. I had the honor of making a drum out of a whisky barrel half. Very interesting. Every time the drummer struck the drum with the beater, there was the faint smell of Jack Danniels in the air. The bad thing about the use of the drum; it was used for an Order of the Arrow event in Boy Scouts.
  13. That seat looks too nice to use. Wonderful job, keep it up.
  14. joet

    Tap-offs

    I wonder if the liquid plastic that was popular a few years ago could be used. They were used to make every thing from paper weights to name plates. I even saw where someone had placed a snake head inside of one and called it a peice of art. Let it harden and it is almost indistructable. -_-
  15. Looking good. I have never tried the Tandy Blockout; so it looks like something for me to check out. Sometimes old habits are hard to change.
  16. I also placed the memo binder on my slab of stone so I could punch the holes easier near the folds.
  17. I used a four hole slit punch except for the corners. There I used a single slit punch and punched twice, side by side to make them bigger to hold the large amount of lace. When I punched I did it from the grain side and the force would flatten the pieces so they would go through without slanting. I hope that explains it.
  18. Just finished this and want to show it off. This the small memo notebook kit from Tandy.
  19. I tried using Johanna's and your directions without any luck. My son set me up with a web site that allows pictures to be transfered from that site to where ever I wanted it. His first set of directions were missing a couple of points which he stuck into the list of instructions. I know the pictures are larger than what everyone else posts, but this may be the only way I can go. Now....... where did I put those instructions?
  20. The reason behind the six snaps is allow for either growth of the wrist, or to allow more than one person use the wrist that has a different size wrist. Basically it is to allow for the difference in the diameter of different wrists. I hope that is clearer than what it sounds like.
  21. This is something I did awhile back, but it is an experiment to see if I have this down this time.
  22. Resist the cat and go with the tan background. But that is what I would do.
  23. Hi, my name is Joe Talbott and I live in Pueblo, Colorado. I have been working leather for way over 30 years, and still learning. I belong to the IILG so some of you may run across me there. I am also the president of the Pikes Peak Pounders Leather Guild in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I started doing leather craft after I asked a friend to make a purse for my wife. After he gave me the bill, I decided that I could do just a good a job (and a lot cheaper) and the rest is history. Now all I have to do is improve my computer skills and I will be alright.
  24. I have followed your directions to the letter on how to post pictures, and so far nothing I do has worked. Is there some trade secret that I am missing, or am I that computer illiterate or is it in my computer itself? Any clues will help.
  25. Glad to see that Berman is still around. I haven't heard anything about them since Hidecrafters bought them a couple of years ago. They were the first mail order place that I ever ordered from and really enjoyed their selection of items.
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