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I can't believe I missed half of these posts. Thank you all for your compliments! Coiledup~I am sure yours will come out just as well indeed! -
Barge cement is what was used in the process of making my sandals. It was rubber bottom sole to leather top sole.
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I laugh because the first time I did it with the drill press and put a hole in the bottom also lol. I use the drill press for that also. Attached with screws thru the leather into the handle.
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I just dyed the one with flames on it black. Oh, I can't wait to see that one assembled!
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You guys are making me feel all warm and cozie (keep it up) LOL. Adam...The very first mug I made was last year for my husband to play with at the renn faires. I did watch a tutorial for that one, but it was all leather. I think I found it on youtube. However, I have changed it up a lot. For instance, I don't make a leather bottom for 2 reasons 1. being I am not so good at sewing on an angle and 2 it has to be perfectly flat to sit right. I have a drill press and a 4" hole saw attachment that I use to cut 4" circles out of wood as my bottom. The handle is pretty heavy so the wooden bottom also helps balance that weight out.
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Thank you Cheryl! I think I need to break down and finally order a makers stamp. Kind of sad that I have so much money invested into leather working and never got one lol.
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Thanks Ray! I dye the inside first and then use an epoxy resin to seal it. It takes 2 coats to get a really nice seal and just enough weight to balance that huge heavy handle lol.
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http://s1301.beta.ph...ry/Leather mugs I made a mug for my brother in law who took it out to sea with him a few weeks ago. I have had MANY orders flowing in since then. Here is a link to a few of the mugs and a few that are still in progress.
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I don't know Double C, I think you doing stuff like this is what makes you so unique! Your work always give me a warm, cozy, vintage, rustic feel. I love your stuff. It's probably the fact that you get an idea and bang it right out how you see/feel it that makes it so cool to me.
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Oh man these orders are rolling in! Who's idea was this again LOL!?
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sounds fascinating...would love to see some photos!
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As soon as I am finished with these next 2 I will post pics of a few all at one shot. Thanks
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Cannot wait to see the finished product. It sounds like it will be amazing.
I wish someone would order something big for something so detailed. I bet if you did the seal on a peice of leather about 8x10 and got it framed then showed it to the sailors they would all want one to put on their "I love me wall".
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Cool! Did you use barley or sand? I did this with barley because I was affraid of not getting the sand out lol. Very well done, and I love the shape!
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I have been using the Eco Flo dyes mostly because that is what the Tandy near me carries. They have spirit dyes but very very few. I notice that when I make big things like bags or armor that it is fine, but when I do something that is worn and bent a lot like a belt that you can actually almost see the natural leather coming thru where it is bent. I have tried using it with the leather slightly damp to let it seep into the pores, dry, and any other way I could think of. Is that just natural with the eco flo? Almost as if it is just surface coating it. It looks great until you bend it lol.
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Cute Can't wait to see it when finished. That design cracks me up!
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Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I tried Blockout instead of Resolene that I usually use as a resist. I put two coats on and let it dry for 30 hours. The least I can say is I am so PO'ed right now. It bled thru so much. When I wiped off the antique it was natural in blotches and dark as even in others.
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Thanks Murray. This last project may be more than I can chew. I have made steampunk leather mugs with propelers that spin, real pipe handles, and a bunch of tooled gears. The orders are rolling in like fire. I should have bought the gear stamp LOL.
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you gonna post pics of them, sounds pretty cool. Also, didnt you do some Navy chevron thing? Got pics of that? I'm retired Navy and have been thinking about doing some Navy themed stuff.
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Murray you can check out www.facebook.com/alteredleather there are pics of a few of them on there. I have 2 more dryind and ready to ship out Monday.
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Thanks! Got it...I just didn't believe that it would actually hold it in place that tightly. It did.
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I know this is probably a silly question, but I am just not certain. I have a friend who said he had a buckle and would like a belt to go with it. Well, since he line dances with me I assumed it was a western buckle. This is what he gave me last night. It doesn't have any screws or anything like a belt tip or a lot of those other types of belts have. It just has teeth. My guess is that you would skive down the leather to fit in the top slit where the teeth are and close it on the leather? If that is correct, will that really hold it forever? It just doesn't seem right to me. I have to be missing something. Thanks for your help in advance.
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Very Special Guitar Strap Destined For The Fender Center
ReneeCanady replied to Cyberthrasher's topic in Guitar Straps
Funny!! I LOVE that song. I know exactly what you mean by "people who know how to spot the mistakes" because I will show my family something and they are like omgomg so nice! They can't understand why I am mad. Then when "I" point out something, they are like, "oh who the hell will see that". PEOPLE ON LW.NET! -
Very Special Guitar Strap Destined For The Fender Center
ReneeCanady replied to Cyberthrasher's topic in Guitar Straps
Beautiful work as always! I am loving that blue on the black also! -
Haha thanks everyone....my first motorcycle was black with red flames so i am bias to those colors as well.
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Thank you all! The fringe was already cut and was extra from the "chap bag". That clutch was built around that fringe lol. The more I played with it around the fringe the more it just worked out. It's 6 1/2 x 5 pretty cute. I aways get rammy and want to take pics before something is done. Usually for FB but this was too cute (i think) not to post here.
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So I went up to the leather room so I could finish sewing my new and improved version of the chap style handbag and while I was up there waiting for my contact cement to dry I started looking at all these small leather peices laying around. Needless to say the chap style bag still isn't sewn yet because I got distracted making this. I have to tighten the D ring up, I just got excited and wanted to post
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I am probably going to be in the poor house after my trip to Tandy today. That or divorced LOL
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Buy while you can. Replacement value for tools and supplies I purchased more than a decade ago has probably doubled or more. I keep reminding my wife to make sure she gets a good price when she liquidates my leather stuff after I croak.
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LOL That's what I tell our kids. Don't you dare nickle and dime my leather tools or this house full of antiques!
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What type of Navy related items are you going to make them? I am a former sailor too and have lots of friends stationed in VA. Probably could drum you up some business lol
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You are my idol! This is amazing (and right up my ally)!
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Ouch! Thank God I still have a thumb!
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Oh nice! I'll have to check it out. It's such a weird shape or I'd run it thru my knife sharpener lol
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Maybe i am Renee. Always wanted to have relatives in te USA, that i could visit, lol
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A great way to sharpen an edge beveler is to rub some jeweler's rouge on a piece or cord or a thin strip of leather and pull the beveler along that at as low an angle as possible. I do that a couple of times before every project and there are no hang ups even on soft leather that wants to crawl.
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Thanks Ryan! I did see that kit and was very curious as to if it would work well, now I know! I think I will pick one up for that price shoot. Then maybe I will use resolene more like I should lol. I resolene most of the time unless I am using it as blockout. I either use tandys spray resolen or sometimes even just use the Aussie Conditioner. I know that the Aussie really isn't a "finish" but it repels water, doesn't take off the dye, and it has beeswax in it so it kind of is a finish (girl thinking). I only see an issue with the Aussie being that you would probably have to apply it later to continue its purpose as to where resolene is there forever.
