MonicaJacobson

Ha ha, the market will be suddenly and inexplicably flooded with them . . .

Thanks, everyone! I can't take credit for the idea; I saw a beautiful journal someone had made in this style, but I couldn't find out who had made it or if it was for sale anywhere. Maybe it was someone on this forum!

Hi all, I just finished using the rest of the Austin leather I had. I had just enough to make this decent sized purse, or whatever you want to call it. It's 9 oz. Austin leather, and I hand stitched all of the details. Thanks for looking! Monica

Sweet! I especially like the indigo color and leather. It looks awesome. The football style leather is sweet, too, and I'm not even into football.

LOL, WS. Nice! I really like the scabbard. And the knife. I drool.

That looks like a very nice case. I'd love to have one myself.

Etsy works okay for me because I'm a hobbiest and can only work on things for an hour or two a day. But in general, I've heard that if people can actually hold your work, they'll pay considerably more for it. Art Fairs, etc. I have three kids and no time for that sort of thing, so I do etsy. It's a bit slow. It probably takes me 6 - 9 months to sell things. However, I never pay for advertising. I suppose if you do, and actually market your stuff, you'd probably have no problem.

Wow, that's a ridiculous first project. Really nice! You should get some good years out of that one.

Wow, that's awesome.

Now this is sweet. Really cool, both the iron mounts and the scabbard.

Thanks! Yes, as he's only five years old now, that sounds like the wait would be just as well.

Thank you guys! I'm trying to be less impatient and a bit more thorough. Scoot, thank you, and it's called "Austin" leather, and I got it from Tandy. They also have it in black and a rather gorgeous gray that I really want to try. I know there are some good online sources for leather, but I haven't had the gumption to order something sight unseen yet.

Beautiful knife. I want one. Alas, for money. And a very nice sheath, too, though I'm no expert on those.

That's a cool box. And I like the closure, very rustic.

Just finished this bag, except for the maker's mark, which my husband says he's making for me. I guess I'll add it later. It is really bad form to sew it on? I had hoped to stamp the simple text into veg tanned, sew on one of these little machined buttons my husband made for me, and sew the lot onto the bag. Bad idea? Anyway, this is Austin 8 - 9 oz leather, over the shoulder backpack style. Thanks for looking, Monica

Dude, that's awesome. My son was begging me to make him some alligator armor. . . I told him it was unlikely to happen with real alligator. Welcome to the forum! I'm from Atlanta, GA.

Beautiful work! I like how you managed the center divider. Very nice indeed.

Wow, I can't wait to see how that one turns out. Thanks for the pictures!

It looks really nice! As you say, you could probably use some carving practice. Your stitching looks great, though. As for price, that's kind of a loaded question. When I make mistakes, I just subtract a little from the price and sell it anyway. I think you just have to decide on what it's worth to you and try to sell it. You can sell it for a higher price (by $100, I've heard) if you can sell in person, say at a craft fair. I sell all of my leather on etsy, and it's much harder to sell things to people when they can't handle it. So much to say, with the tooling (which increases the price), the really nice hardware, and the nice stitching. . . I would charge $200.00 - $250.00 for it. Some people might say that's high, others might say it's low.

Oh yes, that is really nice. Especially the dye-job.

That's cool! It looks like a Tempur-pedic showroom or something.

Very nice! Are those two different colors of bison?

Cool! I've been wanting to make something with fringe. Looks like you've got it covered, though.

Very nice! Especially the belt buckle. How did you make it? Everything else is really nice too. I especially like briefcase. If everyone started out making it look that easy, leatherworking would be a great deal less expensive.

That is an extremely nice bag.