Beaverslayer

Those are looking real nice, very well done. Ken

Looks real good Outcast. I think as long as you're not marketing or selling, there's no big deal with the logo. Ken

I have this cow sitting on my desktop that I touch when I want to come here, Touch the cow...poof leatherworker.net. Ken

First off, welcome to the forum. From the pictures it's real hard to tell just whats going on, without being able to see the knife cuts, and such. From what I can see, it looks as if your off to a good start though. Ken

Wolvie, if you do this type of lacing to connect the front panel to the gusset, then to attach the front with gusset to the back, you do the same thing that David does with his seats. I believe that even with the bit of extra foam that you may have after lacing the front to the side gusset, will be able to be compressed very easily when you use string or roo lace to tie the front gusset to the back panel before lacing. The style of lacing will be a bit diferent, from front to back, but they are both a basket type weave so that shouldn't be a problem with aesthetics. GH, you don't really need to have the crossover on the back of the seam. I have used this technique for all of my hats and all of my vests. I had a customer ask me once just how strong the seams were, well you can pull them to your hearts content, and they will be not coming apart anytime soon. I have also built backpacks with this same style of lacing, and put 65lbs into them to see how well the worked. Never a problem.There is another style similar to this where you crossover twice on each X, on the back, but this would give Wolvie the same problem he has now. Ken

It had been bothering me the whole weekend, and then when you posted your reply about the Mexican Edge Weave, I thought about it. I call this a basic X weave, never learned the name of it. It's the same way I build my vests and hats. The pigskin also helps the seam from coming apart, as there is no lacing crossing over on the backside to help the strength, so I use the pigskin. Ken

I used in on the Sonora Seat that I posted in "Show Off" last week. I've not seen any effect from the amonia. Just the smell. Also, when I used it on the Fiebings dye, it didn't do anything to that either. Ken

That is so precious. Ken

I got mine at Micheals hobby &crafts store, it's called "Mold Builder" made by "Castin Craft" smells like amonia, but it works real good. Ken

Wolvie, this has been bothering me all weekend, and I think I have a simple solution to your problem. First, glue the edges of the front panel to the edges of the side panel together using a good contact cement. Second, glue a strip of leather ( I use Pigskin) to the back of the panels. The corners will be a bit hard to do, but it can be done. Third, repunch the holes through the stripping. Fourth, start your lacing on the second hole from your starting point. And glue the tail down as shown. Then lace back into the first hole on the backside, and back to the front. Fifth, on the front, cross over and lace into the second hole on the left side as shown. Sixth, then lace from the back to the front again, the same as you did on the left side. Seven, cross over the lacing and lace into the third hole, back a hole on the backside, then through to the front. Eight, This is what I mean by lacing back a hole on the backside. Nine, this is how you do a joint with this style of lacing. Run the lace under one of the loops a few spaces back and cut off. Start your new lace from under your last loop on the opposite side. As shown. Ten, pull your lace through to the front, as you would have normally. Eleven, the finished front lace. Twelve, the finished back lace. You should be able to moisten the lace when it comes time to wrap it around the foam, this will not effect it in any way. As I said, the corners will be a bit of a bitch, but it can be done. Good luck, I hope this helps you save that seat. Ken

When I first read this I can call them with weird problems (loose nut behind computer...) and they are patient with me. all I could think of was "freak" except in front of the computer. Ken

Dave, if I'm correct in thinking, you will have to save your pictures in .jpg style, which is a JPEG format for them to work on this forum. I know I've tried to upload bitmaps, and they wont go either, was always told that thay had to be JPG. Hope this helps. Ken

Welcome to the forum John, it's real good to have you here. As the others said, you have some nice work there on your site. Ken

Good looking holster, how'd you do the Punisher with a Dremel? Ken

Great job there Randy, the color is interesting. Ken

Very nicely done Brent. Ken

Roger, that's a beautiful set of seats, great job there. Love the color as well. Ken

Paulette, glad you found us, there's a few people here that do their own tanning as well. That sure looks like a lot of leather you have there, once you get to making things with it, you'll be set for a while. Good luck. Ken

WOW, lots of work there, thanks John for putting this together. Ken

Simpy AWESOME Kevin, that orange thread seems to fit with everything you make. Ken

As beautiful as the first ones, I really like the first one a lot. Is that Rattler? Ken

Hey all, I know we have the Frapper Map, and some of us do list where we live, but so many do not. The thread about the "Front Window" got me to thinking, I know there are people here from all walks of life, and all parts of the world, but it would be nice to be able to put the style and type of work each of us does with the region of the world. I think this would give us a better understanding of what the styles of things are in all the different parts of the world we come from. I'm from Calgary Alberta, Canada, which is a very "Western" oriented city, although my main work is the biker community, "Western & Native" styles are really my passion. Just haven't gotten around to doing any yet. So if we could list such it would be great. Thanks Ken

Yes Regis, it's some of the most beautiful country you could see up where Denise is. I'd show you's a picture out of my window, but I still haven't gotten it fixed from when someone threw the rock through it this past summer. But it would be a snow covered front lawn looking out across the street to a school yard. Ken

Nice work there Jordan, and it was a nice bike too. The saddle seat looks a bit uncomfortable though, how was it to ride? Ken

I need to start photographing my stuff before I destroy it LOL, thats' always a good thing to do Randy. And at least it's only a belt and door jam that's doing the damage. Ken