ScotsPagan

Heh, be a while yet, I have a knife-sheath kit sitting looking at me right now, then I want to try a wallet and I think 4-5oz would be too much for a wallet, so it would be at least 2 leather purchases down the road...but thanks...I'm stickied here now so I can refer back..

Hmmm, no I assumed the water from casing it would do the job. Hadn't seen it mentioned anywhere in the guides I was using... I will definitely try that next time...thanks

Beautiful work and I love the horses design.. What thickness/weight of leather was that...I want to make similar bag at some point (with celtic dogs not horses, mind), and I'm new to working leather so I'm unsure what sort of weight I should buy...

Thanks

Neither in Greenock tho...

Thanks Any advice regarding my dye woes?

Wow, small world! Thanks Alas both those places are gone now...

Hi there... I've only really just gotten into leather working - I'm interested in celtic art, as well as being graphics designer, so it's an area I think I can really get into... I've so far completed one leather belt, I'm about to start on a knife sheath, and I have in mind to make a wallet after that...but thought I'd stop in and say Hi!

Hey all...figured here was about as good as any place to post my first piece of leatherwork... Got into this craft about 2 months ago, just in time for the SO to buy me stuff for Xmas...finally got around to finishing the first project - a simple celtic-patterned belt... Here's a pic from an album of photos I took... Aside from not being very good at it, I had no real issue with the tooling (aside from a few mistakes).. The dye was a real PITA tho - Tandy's water-based...the purple didn't want to adhere to all my piece, and after I resisted with super-sheen, the black wouldn't take properly either (I was v. careful with resist!); it's almost like parts of the leather, especially the parts in-between the spirals that I'd backgrounded, didn't want to dye...the dye wouldn't soak in, but just sat on the surface. Maybe I got oil on it from my hands or something. Anyway, it didn't look great, so I dug out the acrylics and gave it a good coat of black, then 3 coats of super sheen and it looks fine now... Then I had trouble with the snaps going on....the 2 backs went on OK, then one of the female caps simply wouldn't - wasted 3 snaps hammering it in till it would sit... OK, so this is turning into a novel. Sorry.