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go to springfield leather company google it and you'll find some good stuff

your tooling is very choppy... try to hit the tool like a machine gun or a jack hammer it should be about 50 percent overlap of the last strike you hit that will make it appear smooth... and don't worry you can always do it over and over again on the same line and it won't hurt nothing

remember to polish the swivel knife after you sharpen it or hone it.. IT IS A MUST take some jewelers rough the spread on the back piece of leather... then drag in one way the polish will build up on the knife and that is when you know you're doing it right

I am using a figure beveling tool and i'm trying to tip it forward to mat... but i'm getting unwanted marks am i using the right tool or do I need to use a modeler to smooth it out..? help please

SIIICCCCKKKK How do I get my ass on a seat like that love the work hollla

wow dude sweet here's the deal if you matt around the picture it will make it pop like a mo-fo it will bring the picture out alot more and around the picture the beveling is choppy go over it a couple times if need be but when your tooling use a bigger beveler or between blows of the mallet the hits are too wide.. don't be afraid to use a hair blade on the hair dude that's sweet i'm working on getting as good as you on faces these little things will make your work look ballin' peace out playa

i'd matt down her neck a little so it doesn't look like her neck is sticking as far out as her cheeks but I like the left but the right needs a little more finesse it looks a little choppy but i like it good work keep working i'm working on these things myself

I got the book embossing leather by Al Stohlman and he calls them plugs so that's where I got that

Let me know what you think of this it's my first embossing with leather plugs I did the bottom bird first then the top one second

Amazing you are a gifted man and so is your crew of workers

Yeah I was taught to use piping for bags I know you don't have to have them but i think it looks good I was taught in federal prison how to make leather goods I thank you for your feed back and i'll keep on practicing

When you said my binding is to wide are you talking about the welts? I used shoe lace for the welts what should i use? I wanted to also ask if it's possible to do all my sewing with a machine even the top piece which goes around the top of the purse

LOL the sewing machine is my hands haha I used the high embossed fake alligator from springfield leather then for the interior and lining i used the ashton and strutts or whatever calf liner it was the gunmetal color

let me know what ya'll think

How do you get st. peter so their is no stain on it??? Sheen it? i'm a newbie so i'd love to know