MonicaJacobson

Really nice guitar strap. Love the art work.

Cool!

I don't think you'd have any trouble if you don't include any of the key names in the description.

These are awesome and imaginative. Thanks for the pictures!

Buy buckles from buckleguy, not Springfield. They have a lot of good stuff, but their buckles don't compare to Buckleguy.

Awesome, as usual. I love the broken basket weave. Way cool.

Wow. That is crazy cool.

This bag is so great. Thanks for taking all the in-depth pictures, they are always informative and cool, too.

Sweet!

Wow, so cool. Did you form it from underneath?

Nice, Tom - did you have to do lots of skiving?

Cool, that fish leather looks pretty awesome.

Thanks for the extra pictures, it really looks like a nice bag. I bet your daughter loves it!

You might also be punching your holes too vertically - I think they should be a little more oblique. If your awl is tearing the leather, you might need to sharpen it.

Nice, thought I'd be interested to see a few more detail pictures. One question - are those rivets, holding on the handle?

Amazing. I love the desert scene belt.

All of those are really lovely. I wish my wallet making looked that clean.

That holster is really pretty. Good pictures, too.

Nice bag, I didn't realize you could tool latigo. Was it pre-dyed?

Really nice job, Kai. I'm with chief - I'd be wary of putting fabric that can pill or stain on the outside of a bag, but I'm pretty sure someone will think it is totally awesome. Great job, it looks pretty perfect, to me. Is the zipper-pull leather, or something else? Not stitched?

Nice job!

Very cool!

Thanks, I'll take a look at your blog again. I'm really not that great at my leather carving yet. I stopped practicing until recently, so I'm still at a fairly early level with it. Proper casing is the most important thing, and after that, sufficient knife-depth, which means a properly sharp swivel knife. I've been meaning to pick up a few Barry King backgrounders. I think they would help a lot.

@MY63 - Nice, I've seen that bird image several times, and wondered how it would look carved into leather. It works surprisingly well. The red cylinder case is sweet. I've been wanting to do something like that, but have chickened out for various reasons. What kind of leather did you use on the refit of the gladstone bag? Did you mean the leather foxes I've done or the tagua nut ones? If you mean tagua, I never got beyond beginner carving, and I used a dremel. My lack of skill with perspective got in the way. @Chris - thanks! I did crease that one piece of horse - I keep meaning to send you a bunch of creasing questions, since you have the actual tool. About lining the catch piece - I don't think you can. Until you bend the piece, it won't even go into the clasp. I don't think you could add lining to it and have it fit. I did wonder about that, though.

Btw - I got stuck looking through your site. I really like the work you've done, especially the gladstone bag. Did you ever finish that? It was looking pretty sweet.