Cameroo

Just curious - Why does the image have to be on posterboard? I've been printing my tooling patterns out on normal paper, placing it over the cased leather, and using a scribe to go over the lines to transfer to the leather.

That's freakin cool man, great idea, and very clean work!

I did the exact same thing on a wallet I just made for my dad. Not to change the color, but to give it some waterproofing. I have made a mental note not to do that again I was not happy with myself!

Chicago screws from Tandy are also a nice alternative to rivets, and don't require any tools. If you want these to look semi-professional, you could buy an edge beveller to give the edges a nicer appearance.

Thanks for sharing, this is a cool idea for a cheap organizer. I was just thinking - for transportation, rather than removing all your tools and putting them inside, you could leave them in the holes, and use the lid from the second container to place over the top, and just use an elastic or some lace to hold it on and keep all the tools in place. Would save you tools from being banged up, and save you having to reorganize a bunch of stamps every time you move them.

Here are a few pictures of a sheath I made for a buddy. His dad had the knife custom made and handed it down to him. I tried to imitate the engraving on the knife's bolster into the tooling on the sheath. I would have colored it differently, but he wanted all black.

Wow, I love it! Thanks for sharing. I remember seeing pictures of it with the tooling started, but it's nice to see it finished up. Good work!!

Sweet. I personally wouldn't trim it much more until after the stitching. I glued mine to the back piece before I punched the holes and stitched it, so the extra material around the edge gave me something to glue up. After I stitched mine, I trimmed it up and ran the edges over a belt sander to even-up the two layers and smooth them out before using an edge beveller to round the corners a bit. There's always more than one way to skin a cat, but this is what worked for me. Good luck!

I would have to say that turned out pretty good! I also like the wood grain stamped into the leather. Gives me lots of idears...

Just don't leave it too long, I had the foam over the top of mine for less than 24 hrs and it was already starting to grow some mildew on the wood.

Cool, let me know how it works out for you.