Logans Leather
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From the album: Books & Portfolios
Photo Album Cover with Monogram I designed of Bride & Groom's plus last name initials. Cover for a 12"x12" Album.© © leatherworker.net
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Has anyone tried their Swivel Knives yet? I've been looking at them on Ebay and thinking of ordering one to try it out. I'd like to hear how the cradle is, comfort-wise and how the swivel action compares to Bob Beard, Leather Wranglers and Chuck Smith.
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Great idea for keeping the most used stamps on any project handy. easy to switch them out for different stamps for different projects, and no size restrictions, like with holes in a block. Won't work for Barry King (Brass) or Leather Wranglers (Aluminum) swivel knife barrels though, but some well placed holes in the supporting legs could solve that. The Harbor Freight magnetic racks are nice and strong, but not as shiny and pretty as the ones you used. I have their magnetic tool strips attached to a wrought iron pot-rack hanging over my cutting table. Between the magnets and some forged hooks, i can keep many of my measuring and cutting tools within arms reach above the table, yet safely out of the way of my head when leaning over it.
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From the album: Holsters, Old West
Incised, or Scratch Carved holster for an 1858 Remington New Army .44 revolver. Atrwork adapted from a holster on page 78 of "Packing Iron" by Richard Rattenbury. The original was made for a Colt 1851 Navy .36 revolver. I made mine with a bit more recurve to the throat, and added a grey split-grain lining and a small button concha of nickel.© © leatherworker.net
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Lion Mask for Aerosmith
Logans Leather commented on Logans Leather's gallery image in Our Leatherwork Galleries
Very cool to hear that this piece inspired somebody! It was a lot of fun to make, but challenging, as they only contacted me 3 days before they were shooting, and I had not tried the venetian technique of forming and hammering over a positive form. I bought a cement lion head sculpture at a garden store, and built up and resculpted some of the features in Durham's Rock Hard Wood Putty. The hammers used for the technique are made from cow horn mounted on a hammer handle, with the tip rounded and polished perfectly smooth. then further smothing and compressing accomplished with mirror polished ironwood rub sticks. If anyone is interesed in a good tutorial on the technique, it is detailed in Thurston James' book: "The Prop Builder's Mask-Making Handbook" Which appears to have been re-released as: "The Mask-Making Handbook" Both are available on Amazon and other sites. I actually called Mr. James during the process, and sent him photos, and he was impressed at the size and scope. HE was great to speak to and it was nice to be able to thank him for his wonderful guide. -
From the album: Masks
Formed mask in the style, if not the design, of the masks of the Commedia del Arte. The face is formed from a single piece of veg-tan belly around 12'x12" and raised a bit over 6" in relief. Mane is composed of leather fringe, rooster and peacock feathers, ostrich plumes and horsehair tufts. Eyes are fossilized walrus ivory cabachons set in sterling silver bezels and the fangs are deeer antler tips. Featured in Aerosmith's music video for their song "Jaded".© © leatherworker.net
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Another option is to take a beveler stamp and cut off most of the handle so you can chuck it into your swivel knife. You can even grind a small flat side on it so the set screw will hold it better. Most beveling stamps are of a smaller diameter than the hole in the swivel knife which does leave them ever so slightly off center when chucked in. A longer set screw may be necessary as well, but these can easily be ordered. I did this with a beveler that I had a duplicate of, long before I ever heard of the nylon ones. I'll try to remember to snap a photo when get to the shop later today.
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This doesn't apply to the order, but one thing I almost always do on interlace is to use a lined beveler for all of the over-unders. It adds an illusion of greater depth without tooling too deep and the lines contribute a sense of direction to the "ribbon". I will them usually bevel the outer edge with a fine checkered beveler, as it gives an illusion of even greater depth to the background.
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The thicker your slab is, the less sound it will make. I work on a 4" thick granite slab. Thicker does not always mean expensive either. Some times they can be had for little or no money from a gravestone/ monument maker. They will often have a pircee around that they made a mistake on and had to start over, and it is usually too much trouble for them to re-cut and resurface them. As to sound dampening and vibration blocking, I would talk to the folks at E-A-R Speacity Composites about what would be most effective(www.earsc.com). We used their products for noise dampening and vibration isolation in armored limousines at a company I used to work for.
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Try Ravenswood Leather, they are a bit south of Portland, but they have great designs, quality materials and construction, and they do custom work. I would offer to do it for you, but I am a bit far, in southern California. www.ravenswoodleather.com
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Yep, I had thought about a metal shop, especially one that custom makes gun barrels, as that would seem perfect. Now I just need to find one willing to try woodwork on their metal lathe!
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Of couse, if you tan it, it will no longer be rawhide. It will be leather.
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I'll give Spinner a try, this is a tough one though. It's a very long, wide bore. 3 sections of 6" each would work just as well though. Might be something more folks could do too.
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I know this will sound out of topic for this forum, by is there anyone out there who can turn me an 18" long piece of maple with an outside diameter of 2 1/4 or 2 1/2" with a center bore of 1 5/16" ? I'm trying to turn my old shoe finishing bench into an edge burnisher. I never use the sanding wheels on it, as I have a belt grinder that works far better, so I removed them from the spindle and want to use the space they took to make an awesome burnisher instead. I can find lots of folks who can turn the wood, I've even got some old rolling pins that would work, but I can't find anyone who can bore a centered 1 5/16" hole for the spindle. If anyone can do this, or is willing to put me in touch with someone who can, I would be very grateful. I think this would make the ultimate burnishing bench, as I am leaving the sole burnishing wheels and the polishing brushes on. I will post pics when I get it all together and working.
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95 Craftools With Block, Pretty Much Everything U Will Need
Logans Leather replied to chazdillon's topic in Old/Sold
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Where do you get your buckles???? Not the one on the hip belt, but the threee down the front of the cincher and the strap buckles?
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Do you already have the buckle, or do you need one? If you already have the buckle, what size I.D. Grommets do you need? What color do you want? How long does the belt need to be? How much tooling do you want, and what sort of design? I made the belt, sack of gift and boots for the print ads for "The Santa Clause II" so I have some experience at Santa Belts.
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That's the problem with Tandy's tools lately. Lack of consistency. They are great to get started with, but I recommend going into one of their stores and trying out any tool before buying it. Go through every one they have in stock of any particular tool, and only purchase one if you get one that works and feels right to you. When you're ready to step it up a notch (or several) move up to tools by Barry King, Gomph, Robert Beard, Bob Douglas, Leather Wranglers, or any of several competent, professional makers out there. Lots of information on this site about great tool makers. Research before you spend your hard earned cash
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That Video is about Mitch Alfus, CEO and Founder of Libra Leather, http://www.libraleather.com/ I don't know if they deal with individuals or smaller companies, they supply Chrome Hearts and several top fashion designers. Also, they only carry leathers for garments, and exotics. No harness or tooling leathers. Hope this helps.
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You can get Kepi patterns from Alter Years. They have tons of historical patterns and books on a wide variety of subjects for the re-enactor/costumer/crafter.
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I have duplicated several of t he holsters from Packing Iron. I prefer to do incised work with a swivel knife, rather than scratching with an awl or groover. The swivel knife allows much better control. When I want a wider line, I trace inside the cut from the swivel knife with a stylus or a dull pencil, which opens the cut up nicely.
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Newbie Needs Advice On Setting Up A Work Bench
Logans Leather replied to SimonJester753's topic in How Do I Do That?
Get yourself a thicker stone slab to work on. You might be able to get some cast offs from a place that does granite counter tops for next to nothing or even for free. 1/4" is way too thin, and you will end up breaking it more and more as you go on. The thicker your slab is, the better, to an extent, as this means you need less force per strike to accomplish your tooling and they are much quieter to work on as well. I got lucky and picked up a 3.5" thick pink granite slab for free at a shop that makes gravestones and monuments. They often have "oops" pieces with misspellings or other mistakes that they will part with inexpensively. -
There are several blades available for these: straight, pinked, scalloped, pinked scallops, wavy etc. The Chandler Machine Co. in Ayers Massachusetts still makes some, however be warned that the blades cost over $100 each for new ones. fortunately, the blades last for years. There were several companies making similar pinking machines, and they used slightly different diameter spindles and therefore different inside diameters on the blades. you may need to modify the spindle or the blades to get them to fit properly. I have thinned down the spindles on some machines to fit the Chandler blades, as these are the only replacements readily available. These machines were and are still used in the taxidermy trade to cut fancy edged borders for mounting plaques, bear (and other) skin rugs, etc.
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These are all heat embossed chrome-tanned items. Been familiar with their products for decades, and I own a couple of them from 20 years ago.