jessebeckham

Looks pretty good to me. It is tough working in a small space huh? I am working out of an efficiency garage apartment right now. My living room is my shop. I have had the same problems with loose fibers. All I can figure is it was from the cheap Tandy leather i had been using when I first got started. Keep up the good work!

very nice work. I'd love to see a picture of the spine.

it was last weekend Oct 4-5th. It was picked over pretty well when I got there Saturday. I really had to practice restraint to not pick u a cobra 4 while I was there....

I'm going to have to avoid the cobra booth. Don't know if I can trust myself... Gotta leave the plastic at home too.

NOt the best picture, or best knife sheath, but here is my mark.

INcredible work. I like the color. What dye did you use? Its a great even dye job.

the guy here seems to be using something similar to layout his belt design at the beginning of this video.

looks good to me. Are you going to put keepers on them?

need an image...

Luck you, I've been wanting to get ahold of some ostrich leather myself. could always make a nice narrow dress belt. Wallet, magnet money clips, something small to get an idea of how workable it is..

i felt like I had been doing everything wrong before I Started using the copper rivets. Looking back on some of my first projects that I used the little flimsy Tandy rivets, I truly don't know if they are still holding up. The copper rivets do cost a little more, but they add structural integrity to any project, and that is a great selling point for a lot of people. As far as heavy duty thread goes, you can check out http://weaverleather.com/default.aspx I am sure there are many different suppliers of good thread but Weaver has a great selection. Also, check this link http://www.tippmannindustrial.com/needleandthread.php for helpful info on thread sizes and needle sizes.

Yeah I'll be in if for the long haul on Saturday hoping they call my name for the $250. I was kind of ignorant to the leather world when I went last year, this year i am definatly going to have to leave the credit and debit cards at home and just take a responsible amount of cash. It's kinda funny, I posted this thread earlier today at work and had a flyer in the mail forthe show when I got home today!

Very interesting.... The other day I saw some tilapia leather on some random site and though it was rather odd. I think it's awesome you made the entire project leather included! I'm hoping I'll get a good buck this season to do the same.

Remember that's just how I do it, others may have different/better processes... Be sure and keep us updated!