Basically Bob

Sorry Dan, not interested.

Great work!

Yeah! Great job!

Yup, looks good.

Nice, clean work! Thanks for sharing

Glad you enjoyed youself, here! That was an amazing time, for sure. If you are ever in the area again, look me up. For edges, I use a variation of Hidepounder's tutorial in the "how do I do that" section. In terms of wax, I find that parrafin works better than bees wax for edges, but some leatherworkers use a 50/50 bees wax/parrafin blend. Others use straight bees wax. I, personally, haven't used a blend of the two. The difference is that bees wax is soft and sticky. Parrafin is harder and slippery. I use an acrylic paint (Edge Kote) for guitar straps (this reduces, substantially, the risk of dye transfer if the player sweats a lot). I started doing this after seeing a belt has been worn, almost daily, for 15 years with edges that still look good. It took me a lot of messing around and watching Sean Dalgetti at Tundra Leather (Hamilton) apply it to find an application method that works for me. Edge finishing is one of those things that you just need to play around and find a method that you prefer. Hidepounder (Bob Park) is a highly respected leatherworker in the Western style and if it works for him, in that application, it'll work for me. Let us know how you make out with resolene, Monica.

Looks nice .... give us a review after you have used it for a while

Looks great, Nick. It has a nice, clean look with simplistic character and the natural colour looks great! Did you finish/condition it with anything?

I like them, both. Agree with Monica re the edges. I especially like that Canadian passport. ;-)

Looks great! Everything works well with the theme, including the stitching. Just curious - what did you use for the stitching?

Nothing fancy here, for sure ... just a simple, molded sleeve that will be left in a purse to help protect one of those super thin, super big iPhones. I find working with natural coloured leather a bit of a challenge. Little mistakes seem to pop right out at you and keeping the leather clean is an effort for me, also. 5/6 oz veg tan, hand stitched at 7 spi with 5 cord linen thread. Finished and conditioned with Montana Pitch Blend. (My apologies. I really do not understand why most of my pics are appearing upside down. When you click on it, it will appear right side up)

Nice ...

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

Looks great! Lots of planning and work in that, for sure!

Nice work!

Great story, silverbullet ... that's the good stuff that money can't buy

Looks great! I really appreciate the effort you put into this.

Thanks, Jon!

Yup .... Nice work!

Thanks, guys, much appreciated!

Nice!

Here's a shot that shows the back and edge. I am really happy with the edge on the main body but not so happy with the edges on the strap.

Thanks, Plowboy73! I had a lot of fun making it. I put it together for a close friend of mine, who lives in northern Ontario. Her father gave her the knife when she was 11 and means a lot to her. it has seen a lot of use, for sure, and she still takes it on every canoe trip. It's a sweet little knife, just 7" from the butt to the tip of the blade. I am going to post a couple more pics, separately.

Thought I would share a photo of my latest project. 7/8 oz veg tan Welt No rivets other than the snap The stitching for the strap and belt loop are protected with an inner leather patch to protect the stitching The inner snap hardware is covered with a leather patch to protect the blade This was my first belt knife sheath. MAN, that's a lot of fiddly work

Good work