barney1023

Ok I know what u mean by marks lol im sleepy. Yea I stamped it before I sewed it like I said the veg stuff dont like tools. Sorry also I reread your originsl post and seen u want zig zag lines yea im no help there I do use the 4 prong cutter and pre punch my holes for sewing there not fancy at all but they do come out straight.

Yea on the hobby lobby thing my wife worked there and the stuff that has been in the media was never heard of from her and we never experienced any problems with them. On the lettering man I made that cause I was bored sitting at a craft fair and I was tired of seeing my wife pull a bundle of business cards out of her pocket so it was I guess my prototype I did make a pattern from that one because as far as the cards fit its perfect. the lettering isnt perfect because I pretty much free handed it was a quicky thing and I really shouldnt have even tried to stamp anything on it the tandy veg tan stuff is kinda junk like u said I tried to make bracelets out of it but found that unless I soak it in water and let it sit the stamps want to cut instead of just leave an impresion. I do though like the thickness and and feel of it for items like this but will not be tried to tool it again. Not really sure what u are meaning by marks. And the dark border is dyed black thr rest of the leather is the color it came in I got several bags very cheep anf it was several diffrent colors from light brown dark brown redish color and white. I dont use neatsfoot oil I use leather balm with adamwax. The case looked alot better when I first made it about a month ago it has been in my wifes back pocket everyday since I made it so its got scratched and scuffed quite a bit. Hope I covered everything im no pro by any streatch of the imagination I dont really try to make show quality peices there no market for it in eastern ky. Lol. Had to sell a hand tooled leather belt or hand sewed card case for 20 bucks when someone can go to Walmart and get it for less than half the price. Dont get me wrong im getting lots of ideas and learning a lot from the stuff on here but im just applying to my product to make it better.

Heres a business card holder I made my wife. Its from the veggie tan leather from tandy but I bought it from hobby lobby. They sell bags of scrap but u can get some pretty large pieces in the bags and there only like 8.99 but on there web site they have a 40% off coupon and they can get the code right at the register from your smart phone so the price is like 5 bucks and leather is great for small projects like this or small pocket holsters like I make quite a few of. But anyway I use the smaller thonging tool and make nice straight lines and I contact cement the very edge and hand sew with the wax covered thread. Darn thing should like never come apart lol. Hope that helps.

Looks pretty sweet

Heres my first few tries at 1911 holsters.

I use a thonging tool to cut my holes for sewing probably not the best way or most profesional way to do it but it works and my stitching looks good and pretty even.

There not burnished at all I was going to lace the edges but the roll of lace I had was dry rotted so I laced it with the heavy wax thread I use for sewing. I burnished the first few holsters I made but I make stuff for friends and sell some stuff at craft fairs theres no way I can make enough off a peice to justify spending that much time on it so I just let id dry and sand the edges some and call them done.

I have a bunch of pics but the files are too big only the last few pics will work where I adjusted the size down on my phone.

Hay yall just joined. Been looking at stuff on here and theres alot of talented work on here. Im just getting back into leather work as a hobby and part time business after about 20 years of being out of it. Well heres a few peices hope u like.