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Hello, I like your ideas a lot...simple stuff you just don't think about. To add something here that I learned from another member is about leather storage. A simple tip is to be sure to store like leather and colors together and even more specifically your oiled leathers away from veg tan. Otherwise, you may get some color bleeding or oil stains where you don't want that wont come out. Too easy to chuck everything on the same shelf without thought. There are lots of ways to store.....rolled, folded etc that is personal preference and space dependent. Hope others post some tips.

I have a couple pics in my gallery of making a strap pad, it is super easy I really like the stitch size and contrast in color that you got going on there....big bold look IMHO

I can see from your photos you put some thought into it and did some great planning in the construction of this bag Great job!

Looks great!!

Love the Japanese flair to it Great wallet

Cool, I love the spots on his tongue

Hmmm maybe we need a "show us your dog" thread I had to button stitch a new nose on Wilbur today and she chewed some wood trim downstairs...ahh the preteen years of doghood

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Actually Swiss...she is a Bernese Mountain Dog not an Aussie Shepard. They do look alike Fortunately she is scared of the deep dark scary workshop as is only 7 months old... so lots of time to learn rivet distribution and tool stealing.

The Culprit and her bad influence friend, Wilbur the farting hedgehog The crime The joys of dog ownership. Luckily just a simple bookmark was harmed in this crime It could have been worse; considering making her into a rug or vest now that she has the taste for leather Darn dog

You guys handled that well, no need to turn this into something else. It is all about learning and getting better.

Beautiful inside and out ! Great to see you posting some of your work again

Good find for you and great to give an old machine a proper home. It looks like you cleaned it up well! A little sad the seller couldn't make a go of his business, but at least the tool didn't go into the hands of creditors

Great first bag and courage to post and ask for critique I agree with all the above, especially lining the flap at least to cover dye and stitch it down for a finished look The dude above,Andy, makes some smoking nice bags, have a look at his posts and keep plugging away at your own. It gets better and better

Welcome to the website. There is a ton of info on here and you may want to spend some time searching and reading the wealth of info on here. OK I will take a stab at this, it is all just my humble opinion Lambskin is pretty soft and flexible and will be difficult to skive by hand unless you have a super sharp knife and a steady hand The good news is your leather is already pretty thin so you may not need to My suggestion is to take some lamb cut offs and test out your edges to see how bulky they might be and practicing. I am assuming you are folding over the edges to get clean edges A good thread is here for that technique http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=30270&hl= I hope this helps Cheers, Scott

You make the coolest things! This looks straight out of Mordor

Ahhh, it is all so cool!!!

Good to see you turning out such fine work again after your house fire I hope all is well

Hello, Cool project, I am sure you could find a local leather worker to give you a hand I have seen the "Guild" ads in Road and Track

screwing up snaps is a good one too....just major brain fart tripping over the finish line of a project