Beaverslayer

Happy Birthday Hope it's a GREAT day, and that there are many more to come. Cheers Ken

That looks cool...leatheroo. I like it. Ken

Yes she does do some very beautiful work. Ken

Very nice work Don. I love the butterfly in the floral design. Ken

Vera, again WOW. Each time you post your work, I'm amazed, and just stare at it. That's beautiful. Ken

I found it. It's called a "Pantograph" and if you have a Lee Valley Tools near buy, or want to order via the net they sell them. I've attached a link to them. Lee Valley Tools Ken

Paul, You can buy a tool (I'm not sure what it's called) but what it is, is a couple fo pieces of plastic attached together like scissors. You attach a pen or pencil to one end, and the other end has stylus type thingy. By changing the size of the scissor arms, you can trace the pattern and reduce or enlagre it. I'll try to find a pic of one for you. You can actually make it yourself out of a few pieces of thin wood, and some screws. Ken

Well Vera, I'm not sure myself, but the attachment I see is VERY nice. I love the way you do your work. Ken

Welcome Rawhide1, Hang out as long as you want, and ask whatever questions you might have. There is an abundance of very informative and helpful people here, that are always willing to help. Ken

Welcome to the forum steveb, Nice looking work there on your site, very clean looking. Good to have you here, and don't worry about blathering, it's allowed. Ken

Hey SScott, No proble, ask away if you so desire. Sorry to hear about the shoulder, I bet if you ask, someone here could make you a nice leather brace. Ken

Hey Tim, Again some great looking work, I love your airbrushing. What are you using for colors? One thing though, have you tried the "Left Handed" lacing? By doing that your lace will be symetrical on both sides of the panel. Ken

Cecil, as Electrathon said, you should undo a few laces at the beginning so that your joint between the two are cleaner. I can see by the pic that the joint of the two laces is not exact, as the one lace is actually going over, not under the next one. As too the darkening, what I do some times, is to use an acrylic clear coat where I want to block-out. Then after I've stained or dyed, I'll wash the acrylic away, and then I can darken the area I want. Ken

Really nice looking again Beeza, one day soon you'll be on all the covers. Ken

Larry I always love seeing your work, again just beautiful. Ken

Bienvenue Gilles, Good to have you here. Great looking stuff on the other thread. Ken

Welcome to the forum Gilles. Thats good looking work so far. We do hope that you stay around longer than just through the winter though. Ken

Pip, I also think the sheath looks great. And that knife is awesome as well. Ken

Welcome to the forum Cecil, we're all glad to see you here. You'll find that we are all very friendly, and more than willing to share our little secrets. Welcome, and enjoy. Ken

Hey Cecil, Nice looking belt, I love the little paw prints you did. Ken

Mike, nice job on the purse. I've attached a pic of the lace roller that I use. I made it out of a piece of 1" electricla conduit, with a bearing on each end, and a steel dowel throught the middle. All welded together with a bit of scrap from the garage. You can also buy a woodedn one from Tandy. I find that rolling the lace is far easier than pounding, and you will get a far more even efect. Ken

Ed, I actually like that color, but as Bill says, if you put it outside in the sunlight it will darken up. Ken

Welcome Masja, It's good to have you here, and we always look forward to seeing everyones work. Your's looks very good. Thank you for sharing the pics, and again Welcome. Ken

Try this place, they say they have 5 copies, but some seem very expensive. "They Saddled The West" Ken

Great looking work again Kevin, that dragon on the inside is a very nice touch. Ken