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  1. WinterBear
    Beautiful work, love the camera case one.
  2. WinterBear
    Actually, I think they (or at least their warehouse) are Ontario California, not Ontario Canada. I passed through Ontario California on I-15 when traveling from Provo UT to San Diego some years back.
  3. WinterBear
    Yes! Learning tools! Sell them to people like me, who want to use them as study aids? It's so much easier to figure out beveling and where to use shaders and camo tools if one has an actual carved piece instead of a picture. I'd buy it in a heartbeat just to look at it when I try my hand at florals.
  4. WinterBear
    Good to hear everything went well. Looking forward to more of those nice baseballs when the docs let you tool again.
  5. WinterBear
    Sorry, I've been out of touch again. Are you also an Eagle? Yes, a box cutter works pretty well. Use a new blade, and strop it first for best results. I also recommend going by your local JoAnn's/Michael's/Hobby Lobby/quilt shop and nabbing something called a Quilter's Tool handle. It lets you hold the template down while cutting and keeps your fingers out of the way of the blade (http://www.simplicity.com/p-3775-quilters-tool-handle.aspx for an example). I got myself one when I took a slice off my fingers when cutting fabric for quilting, and find they work just fine on other templates too (as long as the suction cups attach to a solid and smooth spot on the template).
  6. WinterBear
    Maybe contact Black River Laser and see if they would laser you a nice heavy duty acrylic tracing template to match the arc and length you'd like?
  7. WinterBear
    Turquoise "Modern" Dreamcatcher -3

    From the album: WinterBear's Stuff

    Detail of the center paired dreamctcher and the "infinity" or "Hawaiian twist" of nephrite jade.

    © Winterbear 2013

  8. WinterBear
    Turquoise "Modern" Dreamcatcher -2

    From the album: WinterBear's Stuff

    This is the same dreamcatcher with a slightly different viewing angle. The beads in and hanging from the webs are brass, amethyst, larimar, citrine, and natural quartz crystals (with turkshead knots on top of the crystals), and jade. The streamers have handmade brass tube beads and glass crow beads, black turkey pointers, purple turkey "fluffs", and teal pheasant heart feathers.

    © Winterbear 2013

  9. WinterBear
    Turquoise "Modern" Dreamcatcher -1

    From the album: WinterBear's Stuff

    This was a dreamcatcher I built for my coworkers. They gave me an assortment of beads and crystals they wanted me to try to incorporate, and selected turquoise/teal, purple, and black for the colors. This is actually a doubled dreamcatcher in the middle (purple and black, 5 and 3-inch hoops, respectively), and a torus dreamcatcher of 11-inch turquoise hoops cradling the center pair. The webbing of the torus actually weaves up and down the joined turquoise hoops, creating a sort of anticlastic or saddle web.

    © Winterbear 2013

  10. WinterBear

    You make some nice stuff. Love looking through your gallery.

    1. Solofalcon

      Solofalcon

      Thank you very much.

  11. WinterBear
    You might have the teachers asking for folios and maybe briefcases once they get a load of that pack. And the other parents will be cursing you because now their kids will want one like that. And your daughter is going to love it.
  12. WinterBear
    Pick-n-Pluck foam to make individual cavities to store complex points (and just the points) in? I've used this stuff to conform to tools and camera lenses. http://www.pick-n-pluck-foam.com/
  13. WinterBear
    Heck, maybe you should drop me a line the next time you get a bunch, and I'll pay you more than $2 each for ones I don't have yet, plus the S&H.
  14. WinterBear
    Thanks for the great pattern. I've been wanting to make something like this to carry camera gear at the camps.
  15. WinterBear
    Um, could be a very dry piece of veg tan tooling leather perhaps. Can't be sure. If it is dried out veg tan, usually a little conditioning will perk it up some, and make the edges less likely to split, and if it is veg tan, burnishing the edges might help too. What happens when you dampen a little piece of this stuff on the edge and then rub the edge like mad with a piece of canvas? Does it start to sort of smooth itself?
  16. WinterBear
    Try Ohio Travel Bag's catalog, pages 61 and 189? http://www.ohiotravelbag.com/FlipBook/P212_BOOK_1.indb/index.html#/1/
  17. WinterBear
    Do I? Not my intention. Just the questions I ask myself when I rummage through my scraps, usually with a great deal of muttering. But those are all questions that can help identify the type of tan and finish the leather has--which can clue us in as to why it is separating on the edge for you.
  18. WinterBear
    I thought you might be but couldn't be sure without tone or body language to back it up. What a horrible blow to your supplier.
  19. WinterBear
    Um, can't help without some more information. Can you give some more details? Is it colored? Is the finished side smooth, shiny, glossy, dull, patterned? Is the leather more soft and draping like a heavy fabric, or more rigid like cardboard, or something in between, or none of the above? Is the cut edge blueish in the middle, or is the leather the same color all the way through? What happens when you put a drop of water on the finished side--does it soak in, make a mark, sit on the surface? Pictures are good too.
  20. WinterBear
    Very nice work on those. I especially like the pouch. What is the knife sheath? Stingray?
  21. WinterBear
    So, the leather is pretty much rubbish because it's degraded with red rot? Also, "chuffed". I'm a little confused, a little clarification for the dimwit over here. I've heard this used to describe someone who was pleased. And also used to describe someone that is annoyed. Will your supplier be chuffed/pleased with the good news that the dust is just leather powder, or chuffed/displeased that the "good" news that the dust is red rot?
  22. WinterBear
    Maybe keep it a simple name? Blackthorn Minimalist Duo? That way you can have the Minimalist Wallet, the Minimalist Money Clip, and then this Duo--clip and card wallet combined.
  23. WinterBear
    Maybe try Shelly. She has some "kids" spur straps among the ones she clicks, for very small kids, and then she also has small mens and ladies clicked blanks as well. Better to email her than try and PM here here, as she doesn't always get all her PMs. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=33798 Her email: shelly AT liggettenterprises DOT com Her website: www DOT liggettenterprises DOT com
  24. WinterBear

    Happy Birthday Rayban and chancey! Many happy returns.

    1. DoubleC

      DoubleC

      seconded here!!!

    2. chancey77

      chancey77

      THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. WinterBear
    Maybe this line drawing from the USDA would be of some use: http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=aegl_001_avd.tif Other buckeye photos and drawings here: http://plants.usda.gov/java/imageGallery?category=sciname&txtparm=Aesculus&familycategory=all&growthhabit=all&duration=all&origin=all&wetland=all&imagetype=all&artist=all&copyright=all&location=all&stateSelect=all&cite=all&viewsort=25&sort=sciname
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