LoveAndLeather

Very cool, What are you going to do with it?

So I got bored the other day and Modded my ps3 with a new memory card cover which was missing and took the top off and covered it with tooled leather. No it does not over heat, been tested. I and put in a 1TB hard-drive.. Sorry for the crappy pictures

Sorry, I know this is not for everyone. I just thought it turned out pretty creepy. I was my first try at wet forming leather.

Looks good to me, Very good. I need to try and make one of those.

Okay here is how i did it. Remember this my first hat and i had no pattern, so nothing is done by the rules. 1. I cut a 4 1/2 inch by whatever size around my head was rectangle.lol i cant remember, use a measuring tape and measure around your head and add an inch. 2. After you cut the rectangle bevel both ends to pull in the top of the hat a little. I think mine goes to full size down to a 1/4 of an inch, hope you all get what im saying. 3. Lace two ends together to form the solid piece, then lay the top size down and trace from the end size to form the top of hat and lace top of hat on. 4. This part i just got lucky on, i just free hand cut a really roundish type square thing. think cool old type gun slinger hats. and lace everything together with temporary lacing to fit everything together and trim as needed. 5. After everything is fitted i took the leather and worked it over real good , even through it around some to get that worn distressed look. At this point tool and dye, and finish edges if desired. 6. Do final lacing on the hat and make sure everything is tight and even unless your going for that uneven look. 7. Fit on your head, make sure dye is dry. lol Then i cemented very thin kinda stretchy suede to the bottom of brim and trimmed. 8. After letting cement dry, i trimmed a hole in the middle of the hat leaving just enough over to fit just right to my head, see picture above. the little un-dyed part. 9.After everything is put together I spread the hat down with warm water in a spray bottle then laid it upside down. I then formed the brim as I wanted while using a hairdryer to heat and pull the water out. It worked.... 10. After it was fully dry I conditioned the leather while and buffed it out. I hope you understand what I am saying, I have never wrote one of these. Sorry dont have any photos, will try to take some on the next one I do. I was really happy with how it turned out. Here is a shot of the finished hat on my chick from a shoot we did today.

I will write up how I did it in just a few. Got to see the doctor today.. Be back

After seeing everyone's great work on here making cuffs, I thought I would try. Well here they are....

Well here it is, I call it the death dealer. Be nice now lol, this is my first hat and was cut freehand. But I did find some cool patterns for the next ones. I lined the bottom of the hat with very stretchy suede for sizing since if was kind loose with out it. Now it fits very good and just the right weight for me. I distressed the leather to get that worn look. Then dyed and sealed and buffed it. Then made a little band to go around it with red and silver in it.

Wow, I think it look very good.

I'm going to antique the next one, because i have pen marks on this one. I'm dying it black with the skull dyed red. should be done in a hour or 2. I will upload pictures of it.

Nice, I love the color. Which color did you use?

Well thought I would try to make myself a hat. I did not have a pattern so I just free handed it? Still have a few things to add and then dye it?

Here is a cell phone case with Gir on it, I just finished for my girl.

Well thought I would do a purse that was not a coffin. Well this is what it turned out looking like. Was made from a tandy pattern, going to design my own next.

Finally got around to finishing Edgar Allan Poe tooling I did. What to do now?????

Thats very cool. Funny thing, I have done that same picture as a tattoo on a couple people.

Wanted to try to do a face. I gave someone a Poe tattoo a few days ago. So I thought who better to try it on. Really not sure how to finish it, what dyes to use. Buy I was pretty happy it kinda looks like him. I hope.

Thanks,,, I will get some better photos of the backs, Inside is not lined or anything. I bought some purse patterns today to try and make reg ones.

Here is my 3rd coffin purse. I went and bought some tools to take a shot and doing some real tooling on this one. After doing the KOI I added a couple more things. Now I have the bug, but dont know what to do next...

Very nice, I just made one for my Tele Clone I just finished.

Here is the first try at a coffin purse for a friend. I have made 3 now, 2 with the skull and 1 with a koi fish on it. At the point when made I had very few tools to tool, so I used a small spoon to make the skull. Then made it look all grungy, and used a real bone for the clasp. LOL will post the koi one soon, it was my first try at real tooling.

Glued on and around the edges and them sewn with light Grey thread so it would blend in. I did it this way so the skin would have play to move a little in the middle so it could set over time.

Just finished this one a few days ago. 3" Wide 4 oz Veg tanned leather covered in real cobra skin with head still attached. Strap is lined in a dark gray soft leather all rivets are screw rivets with loktite so they wont come loose. Has adjustable buckle end piece. This is my 4th hand made guitar strap, but my first try using snake skin.

Getting some ready to upload now of some of my Guitar straps and purses I have made..