thefanninator

Thanks, I'll check it out.

I have this hand press too. Do you know if there are dies for the press snaps (Made by Prym) in the top picture?

Yes.

Yes. Not sure what shipping would be to Australia.

What leather do you plan on for interior? Send it out to be split. A couple places have band knife splitters now. Ask these if they'll split it... Rocky Mountain Leather Supply (Utah) District Leather Supply (Georgia) The Hide Shop (Canada)

I finally finished a Dulles bag. I bought The Book of Dulles Bag Making about a year and a half ago. Even though it's in Japanese there are so many photos that help you figure things out. It also comes with full size patterns. I used some Bridle shoulders and from Maverick and pigskin from Springfield Leather. The front and back panels have a stiffener in them. The handle is all leather with several layers sculpted and then covered. I made the frame from some aluminum bar stock and wrapped it with some grainy calf from Maverick. Hand stitched with Lin Cable @ 7tpi. Lots of mistakes but happy with it and glad it's done.

Great work.

Cool.

$100 + $5 to ship.

Yes, you can do this. You need a band knife splitter. They're very expensive.

Wayne Jueschke also makes a lot of stamps like those.

Thank you.

That's the trick, you can't really do a search for an item or browse for things and find a shop. It's more like having your own website. You have to market your shop yourself using your site's address. I used it for a while and posted my link to my facebook and instagram pages but it didn't get much traffic. At one time there was a directory of sorts but I've read they shut that down.

I give it at least 30 mins but it depends on the temperature in my garage.

Thanks everyone, glad you like it.

Thanks. Yeah it beats the plastic box I had it in. Makes the shop (garage) look a little nicer.

I recently commissioned a friend who does woodcraft to make a box to hold my linen thread spools. The base is made from Cherry with Wenge corner pins. The top is a 39-piece mosaic made from wenge, sapele, maple, chakte, zebrawood, purpleheart and rosewood.

Great stuff. I was in Juneau from 2000-2010.

Looks pretty good so far. I use Fenice and paint just about all of my work now. When using paint: I don't burnish at all - cut or sand your edges as even as possible. I do not bevel my edges. I use a Regad electric creaser. I do about 4 coats with sanding in between each coat. Using 220, 400, 800 and 1500 grits. Paint and sand until you have no visible seams, bubbles and cracks. I finish with paraffin wax and buffing. I prefer a matte finish paint. Hope this helps some, keep experimenting.

Nice work. You've got a style all your own.

I'm carrying this right now. Marine French goat with navy alligator pockets. It's fully lined with goat split to .5mm. Fenice painted edges and I restitched it with Yellow Lin Cable.

I have one that I designed and he made. I don't use it much anymore but it's good. I think it would look better if I had tweaked the design a little more. I have 3 Barry Kings. I think they leave a deeper impression but that could just be that my leather was cased better or I hit the tool harder. I'll have to try the Clay Miller again.

Big Cartel has several options for a shop, the lowest level is free. https://www.bigcartel.com/pricing

Nice find.

I've done a similar clutch and I fully glued the lining. With some other types of bags the lining can be glued to just the edges.