TomSwede

Thank you Tree Reaper! Tom

Here's a wallet I did for someone with many creditcards. Just a simple interior with slots made up out of two layers of goat with fabric pockets sewn to the inside that keeps the cards in position. Eagles are in acrylic paint that has been diluted alot and painted in many layers to make it sink into the leather. Thanks for looking and critics welcome!! Tom

Thank you very much all, sorry for late reply. Things have been hectic lately with holidays and all. Tom

Good luck with it, it may take a few tries before you get the hang of it- I use brushes for small details like lettering etc. Cotton balls in a cloth when I cover areas. Tom

Thanks Henke!!

You dont necessarily need to fit it with stiffer padding but you should compress the soft padding when covering it with veg.tan leather reason beeing that you will get very stiff sides that doesn't compress well when you sit down wich will cause the center of stool to "scallope" and also I suspect that the veg.tan sides will not look all that good after some years use. Another thing is that if you sit and drum for long periods of time the rigid sides might dig into the backside of your thighs especially for heavy metal drummers that doublestomp their bassdrums for long times. That is my instinctive feeling anyways as an old drummer. Maybe others will disagree. When I lace a round object I like to mark up all the lacing holes on the top piece with the stitching wheel, punch all holes and for the sides I just scribe a line where I want the row of lacing holes and then use the awl to mark up the lacing hole on sidepiece and make the holes about 4-10 at a time, lace/braid a few and continue wit 4-10 holes,lace...and so forth. Has given me great results and even spacing. Good luk with it and hope you get it done! Tom

Yup it is a reducer. I also wet the leather a bit before dying to help the dye to spread out more evenly. It is hard to get it even so the answer to yor question is yes and that is why I started thin it out because with an undiluted red that has to apply in more layers to even it out made a too dark red. Tom

GMA Rex "Gauntlet" bracer White covacolor done with washes on black and eco-flo black antique on top. Tom

Thank you very much Tat2!!! I have read your mail and will reply when I can! Thank you Shirley, straps are fun! Thanks Odin!!! I used Fiebings leather balm for top coat on both theese and fiebings Aussie wax underneath. I allways dilute the red with denatured alcohol. Best regards! Tom

Thanks Sis!! Yeah seem like I might get some attention from the fetish society lately :-) Tom

Thank you very much all!! Alex is not a small person but he is the proud owner of the "dog" Tom

A collar that has the D-ring simply slidin on the strap to allow the closure to be centered at the back of the neck at all times per customer request. critiques welcome as allways! Tom

Mycket trevlig bild på din verkstad Knut!! God jul !!! Tom

Thank you very much all!! Glad you like the straps :-) I use Fiebings pro oil dyes and the one with special connection is red dye with Eco-flo black antique on top of it to make a burst effect towards the edges on the thinner strap. Dunno the weight but it is about 3,5 mm in thickness. Tom

Nighthawk: A solution that I find pleasing to the eye but a bit slow to adjust! Tom

Thanks very much guys!!! Tom

This is 2 guitarstraps that I made for a couple of friends. The red and black one is for the band Loch Vostok front man Ted. Totally free hands apart from V logo and black and red. We think alike in many things so I had a great feeling for what he wanted and is now happily touring with the strap across Europe The black and blue one is more a personal thing for Ronnie Ripper featuring a carving from a cartoon style drawing of him that he provided, other than that I had free hands. Split in the back was required and the connecting strap width is matched exaxtly to his wireless transmitter. I saw Ronnie play live with it last saturday, dude was glowing in the dark ;-) Critics welcome!! Tom

RIP drac!! Tom

Very nice work David, I like the bag! Tom

Excellent work Troy, just love the skulls and especially the details around the teeths on the big one, sweeeeet!! Tom

Nice work Roo!!! Love the brown braid and you did a fine job with the limited tool setup. I Don't use alot of tools and love working with what I have in a minimalistic way. Cheers! Tom

Very clean and sweet carving! That is a babe Tom

Thanks much Jazz!!! I had in mind a skull that Tina posted before that was similar in style. Antiquing on top of white is fun to work with Tom

Thanks John!!! Tats was made by me onto others Tats are supposed to be my sidegig to leather but we'll see how far i can take it. need to improve on my drawing skills also. Thanks for tip on vac. cleaner, I will definetly try that, never thought about that you couldn't modify the cleaner into something useful Tom