Sylvia

Hey! That is really good CC! Now go form it into a tray for your TV remote, keys, and trinkets, since you think it will be too small for your stool and laptop tray.

Hi shooter: I make guitar straps from some rather thick and stiff leather. In order to soften it... somewhere during the process after tooling. I use either leather balm or neatsfoot oil and work the leather, bending it toward the flesh side over and over until it becomes more supple. . Now... I have had issues with some dyes not taking, so I recommend you try a few things on some scrap pieces and see what it does and develop your own "best practice." BTW... I never introduced myself to this forum... never will. If they don't know me by now... they will never never never know me.... or so the song goes. Welcome to the forum. Let us know what you learn from your experiment. Syl

Have you tried a small tine pricking iron?

Well, I tried to do an analysis of the image using a graphics program, turning it black and white, inverting the colors, changing it to a pencil sketch... etc. The problem is, ... I can see L, Co. and Maker but the flash glare obscures the part that identifies the maker. I don't know if the image will help... but I'll include it just in case.

Well, If it were me... I would take this horse head, and capture the tracing image, put it in a graphics program... size it up or down... and put the clock face around it. Can you describe, exactly what the pattern you are looking for looks like?

Thanks for the explanation! I deal with the smell of pine things but man after about 20 minutes of that smell... I'm ready to quit and move on to something else.

Well, here's a horse head pattern from tandy Library https://www.leathercraftlibrary.com/p-1462-horse-head-how-to.aspx? Shouldn't be too hard to find the clock too. S

Hi Chief: Thank you! That's very cool. I've seen that type of work before and thought... "Dang!" lol Applique is correct btw. Syl

The green chili's are near the bottled Salsa. Ortega is the brand I see a lot in Idaho. You could also do that trick with a tuna can if you needed to. I've made oodles of pin cushions with clean tuna cans. If you want something pretty small Viena Sausage cans are about the size he's talking about.

They look fantastic Chief! Can I ask what the black lines are on the back side of the belt? I can't tell from the picture. Syl

Jax... way down toward the bottom is an area for selling things. Under that is a place for hand tools and stamps. What do you have you need to get rid of? BTW... I found a place with the rose leaf stamps you were looking for but they want 16.00 usd plus shipping and I"m not sure they ship out of the USA. Let me know if you want the link.. I'll pm it to you. Syl

Ha! I am afraid my impeccable grammar and punctuation fall by the wayside on forums. What's worse is that the more fatigued I am, the more likely I am to think one thing and type another. Usually, it's words that are completely unrelated to the original thought too!

LOL I'm afraid they would let you take it unless it was in those little shampoo bottles. A friend of mine sent a bottle of expensive wine with his friend who was returning to England... they make her throw it away. You could have some shipped I suppose...but wow that would be expensive.

Well, they do! ha! I guess I am alone in this. Oh well.

Very nice find, Jon. bookmarked.

I'm sending you a PM

Pardon me? That didn't make a bit of sense to me. Care to rephrase for me?

Interesting. Did Oregon Leather tell you whether or not they had seen this type of thing before? How much color came off when you buffed the the balm?

Good job! You might want to try smoothing out those beveler marks with your modeling spoon. Overall I think you did awesome for your first challenge. Bravo! S

Do you have a US military base near you? If so ask someone that has access to get you a bottle. S

Uh... that is a Vinegaroon recipe. It produces a black color on veg tanned leather. It is NOT an antique but a type of dye.... well not really because it works by a chemical reaction between the Tannin in the Leather and the V'roon. It does produce good results if you want something black. Watch this to see.

I might be interested in the skirting if it's large enough pieces.

Hmmm... anyone else who doesn't have a broken smeller want to help me out here?. I can't afford to buy things and can't use it because of the smell... would it help if I say "pretty please!" ??

LOL I thought you might get a kick out of that one. I'm full of ideas. Pick one. if you have enough leather. Rubbish bin toilet tissue cover remote control tray toaster cover guitar pick guard. spats Hat/visor First aid bag sewing kit sporran Beer can cozy Flower pot cover mouse pad desk blotter three legged stool Milking stool (the one legged kind) Lamp shade umbrella holder Book ends and of course the usual things wallet, purse, cigarette case key fob, belt, etc.