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    Thanks so much. It gets a lot of compliments. My hubby says that I am my worst critic. I think that is in part because things never quite meet up with the mental vision of the project. But it is all a learning process so I am having fun with it and hopefully I don't make the same mistakes on the next projects :-)
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    Thanks so much. The original plan was to stamp a bracelet but she had seen my orange purse in progress, so lobbied for a purse and bracelet. Quite the negotiator. She helped with gluing the liner in and deciding which part of the leather pattern should be used. She built one in paper that she had done art work on while I was doing this and actually had a great idea for a belt closure, that I may have to use on another project.
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    I got this leather on sale at Tandy a while back, because I loved the colour and the softness of it. Had no idea what I would do with it, but found a purse at Value Village with these handles so went from there. I used the old purse for a pattern but made it a little deeper and reinforced the bottom but had some huge issues when it came to attaching the handles. I still sometimes think of the leather as a fabric and expect it to do things it can't. Mostly I would have done better if I owned a bell skiver but that it way out of my budget and this leather is really soft so manual skiving wasn't a happening thing. Some mods had to be made on the fly and it is not my best stitching but it is usable and orange is supposed to be the in colour at the moment. lol
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    I had 2 hours to get this done before her sister woke up and considering I had to glue a lambskin lining to the faux crocodile, they don't look too bad. She loves purple and I had some of this faux crocodile, so she ended up with a pretty stylish purse/bracelet combo. I had to cheat and use a strap from a Value Village find that I had purchased for its hardware but that didn't bother her any. Got me lots of granny points. lol
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    I'm with you Troy. Totally amazing but more than a little disconcerting. lol
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    Beautiful work!
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    Totally amazing!
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    I like this a lot. Thanks for sharing it.
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    Very nice. I may have missed it (or I have forgotten ), what are you using these on?
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    Very nice. I was wondering about the size of it, it's a bit hard to tell from the pictures.
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    Thanks, Wild Bill.
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    Thanks , Wild Bill. The embossing folders are double sided plastic templates that are normally used in a die cut machine to emboss a particular design on cardstock. You put the paper inside and the folder has both a positive and negative side so it gives a deep embossing when run through the die cut machine which applies pressure. I found out it works just as well with light weight veg tan leather that has been cased. Hopefully this explanation helps rather than confuses.
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    Thanks Eccho.
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    Thanks guys. The blue and purple are ecoflow hi-lite color stains. I'm not sure if Tandy still sells them. I think they only carry the traditional leather colours now, like browns and tan.
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    Thanks, Charlie and Rohn. She tells me she loves it which is what I was hoping for. Also, some of her friends asked if I was selling them, so I think they liked it too. :-)
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    I was really interested in joesnuffle's posts on using an embossing folder to make the leather for his card wallets. Since I have all that stuff from my previous life as a rubber stamper, I decided to give it a go. I used one of the cuttlebug folders and one of the Tim Holtz ones in my original Spellbinders Wizard die cut machine and used veggie tan leather. I am really impressed with the depth I got on these. Thanks for the inspiration, Joe.
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    My daughter had requested a new purse as hers had gotten rather disreputable. She requested it as a crossbody bag. I used some designer lambskin I got a while back at Tandy, but used a dyed veggie tan for the strap. It is lined but the pic I got of the inside before I gave it to her is too dark to show much detail. Does anyone know what the longevity of these specialty leathers with the smooth finish is likely to be?
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    http://www.tanglefoottraders.com/#!__tangleboss_swivelknife I don't know if this would help but I find it easier to use than a regular knife. It seem to take less pressure when cutting.
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    Pefect Leather says on their website that they carry caimen, which sounds like gator to me.
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    Marius, it is a special paint that is smoothed using a heat tool. The closest I can get here, is the Tandy professional edge paints made by Fenice, no heat tool. Maybe some of the others can chime in as there have been some other threads about the best way to achieve the look by a hobbyist.
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    I'm not sure but I think it has to do with copyright laws and registered trademarks. When I was working in precious metal clay, I did some looking into how you could stamp your product. In jewellery, you are supposed to register your mark, particularly if you are stamping it to be a specific content I.E. 18 K, .925 SS. I think it is a way to ensure the quality of the item and for recourse if the content did not match the specified precious metal content. Of course, your actual signature is something different. I seem to recall reading at the time that the leather makers mark was treated like a signature.
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    The Sandal making book that Tandy sells as an ebook in the library has instructions for molding the sole using sole bend leather. The patterns in it are really dated ( like me,,,,,I remember these types of sandals from the first go round lol) but the basic sandal making info is good. The only problem is locating the cobblers nails. I haven't been able to find a source for them.
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    earthling 33, I'm with mudruck on this. I have 2 bearman mauls and really like them. I have issues with my elbow and these mauls allow me to work longer with less pain. I emailed with Ed and based on the things I was planning to do, followed his suggestions as to the weight. Mine are 15 and 20 oz. On top of that, they are beautiful :-) Hope this is helpful.
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    Perfect Leather says on their website that they carry snake. Perhaps if you give them a call you can see about the other exotics you were looking for. http://www.perfectleathergoods.com/index.html
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    Thanks, Wild Bill. It was a goat skin leather second that I picked up at Perfect Leather in Toronto. I think it was originally meant to be a shoe leather, from the sticker. It has the most incredible hand. It is strong, thin and very pliable. Made it almost impossible to skive manually. Beautiful stuff though. I used it for both the interior and exterior. The stitching was done on a vintage Singer 153W100.
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