Slim Pickens

Hearthstone! :D Awesome work!

This looks great! If this is your first go at it you may be on to a speciality of yours!

Look great!

Awesome work, Slimcut22! I really like the look of them.

Heya! Fellow Firefighter. Would love to see your work. When ya get a chance, post 'em up!

Samalan, it isn't my original artwork. We have it on the side of Engine 2 at work. Just thought it would be neat to make a shield with the station mascot for practice. :D Thanks for the kind words! I've got to get a handle on keeping my edges lined up... maybe I'll leave the back a bit larger and dremel it down to match after it's sewn? I also need some more tooling experience... but it'll come with time. :D I'll attach the pic from Engine 2.

Checked into matting and actually picked up some new tools. Thanks for the heads up on the post! It is taking some practice but I'm getting there... Here is an update on the bulldog shield.

That is what I've done so far as well... would love to have some sort of striking plate made or a technique of cutting multiple blanks at once!

Heya group... thought I'd post my first two projects. I got into trying leather work so I could make fronts for our fire helmets. The skull is my first attempt for a friend. I definitely made quite a few mistakes but I learned quite a bit. I'm now tinkering with a second project and already learning more. I prefer to say I'm learning instead of messing up. :D Advice more than welcome... this place is a wealth of information! -Slim

Very nice! I'm a huge fan of sugar skulls! :D

I just wanted to say thanks as well... I'm going to use this as a starting point!

Was wondering if you guys were still around. Just started making fronts here... wondering what you guys were using for templates, cutting blanks, etc. Also, just looking to chat about making shields.

Hello all, thought I'd say hey. I'm very new to leather work but have taken an interest so I can learn to make my own leather fronts for our fire helmets. I'll most likely mainly just work with them and smaller projects, like glove straps, etc. I've been skimming the posts for a few days and thought I'd say hello. Any pointers or other folks that make fire related leather products please feel free to offer advice! I'll be lurking around and learning! :D

Hello from MS, Lieu. I just started doing leather work so I could make custom leather fronts. Decided I could tinker with it between calls as well. I've got a ways to go! Stay safe.