Talltales08
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About Talltales08
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- Birthday 09/22/1957
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Akron, Ohio
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The basics of Leather working
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How did you find leatherworker.net?
google search
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Nope, elbow is fine...lol Thumb finally returned to normal so I'm going to pay close attention to how I'm holding the tool next time.
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I can only hope not.
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Everyone around the table was talking about hitting their fingers, at that moment I nearly hit mine..lol
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DOUBLE U LEATHER: Glad to hear you have so much work in front of you, congrats. As of a few seconds ago, the pain in my thumb is all but gone. I'm sure, as many have suggested, I was holding the tool wrong. You know how it goes, we all have to find our own comfort zone. I'll take your suggestions and not put a death grip on it in the future...lol Thanks everyone
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It's still an hour drive to get there but it's free so.........................One day I'll buy a camera and post some stuff.
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That may be it, as it wasn't going anywhere..lol My first class I had a bad case of the "bounces". Second week we did a Celtic Knot and I need a lot of work with the cutting tool. This week it was a flower of some sort. Still need work with the cutting tool but a little better. I have a very long way to go, but love the look of tooled leather, it's a real art form.
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I had my thumb down on the shaft of the tool as close to the leather as it could be (as I recall). To me, this gave me the control to avoid the dreaded "bounce" and also to help guide the tool where I wanted it. I'll take a few days to let it stop then keep you posted as to the results.
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I was thinking along those lines...it'll take awhile but I'll figure it out in time..thanks
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Like most of you, I've seen some pretty awesome leather products on the net. A few of the things that I'm interested in making is leather armor, bracers and corsets. I'm a slave to intricate detail and would want to incorporate that to future projects once I get the basics down. The question is: Do you do the tool work first then water harden/mold or after you have the leather in the shape you want?
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Talltales08 started following My First Leather Class, Molding/tooling Leather, What's Up With My Thumb? and and 1 other
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Saturday is leather class day at my local Tandy's. I went to my third class, and if I wasn't hooked before I am now. I finally felt comfortable holding the stamping tool just right, or so I thought. I didn't notice it till later in the day, but there's a slight "tingle" in the tip of my thumb on my left hand, the one that holds the tool. The tingle is still there, and though not painful, I can't wait for it to go away. Is this some sort of nerve damage that goes with this craft? Will it go away? I'll be gratefull for any input you have.
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I figured there was. It just seemed to me we had went to all that trouble to "purdy up" that square then covered it up at the end...of course, I haven't looked at it since it dried so I maybe changing my toon ...lol
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After tooling for the first time yesturday, I liked the looked of the tooled leather. We were asked to pick a color of dye and we each picked a different one. I chose a light brown but didn't like any of them as much as I did the plain tooled look. Is there away just to go with that look?
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That's what instructor told us...That was probably the toughest thing to learn so might as well get it started on it.
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Hi, Just got back from my very first leather class. We learned how to do the basket weave...or should I say that we learned that it's not as easy as some of you make it look...lol
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I get the itch from time to time to get back into it. It's a fairly cheap craft to get into if you have a good craft shop near by. I think even at today's prices you can get started for around $50 bucks. The burners rarely go bad and you don't need all the tips they have. In fact, I used the shader tip for everything, and found that the thinner the the "blade" the better I liked it. The only thing I hated about it was transfering the pattern onto the wood. I've posted a few of the pics of the pyro work I did on wood in the gallery. The thing I did on Ebay was Tarot boxs which at the time (around 2000) did very well.