TomSwede

Oh yeah! Will you be joining me in the spirit colouring class;-) Tom

Looking good! Tom

No need to comment on this really, just thought I'd say I need an emoticon depicting me rolling over dead;-) Fancy fancy stuff!! Tom

That looks very good, Neighbour! Good job on the molding part too! I'm not sure your bikerfriend made the right design choices here but if he know what he want's all one can do is to put his boots on and collect. Did you check out the swedish supplier yet? They have a nice golden colour spirit dye that can be painted on top of any spirit dye, if you've seen any of my bracers I think you now know where my choice of design here would have been going at. BTW, did you see Leatheroos post about an Aussie guy who used carpaint to airbrush leather? Might be worth checking out with the kind of skill you have with that paintgun. Tom

Very nice! Great woodenplank feeling just like the other guys produce. Can't wait to see it finished. I just love it when we get sort of a trend to do just this or that and a bunch of people catches on. Good way of learning I think. I'd like to call it leatherwork pingpong. The ball is just going back and forth yet it's very entertaining to watch. Tom

Very nice cases! I really like them both but thought I'd mention something bout the colouring on the flying "goose". The green colouring on the tree thingies (watcha' call 'em?) is done in a way that reminds me strongly of the out of focus and motion blur that branches and stuff get's when a photo is taken with big tele lenses and panning inflight birds so I really like the way it provides some dynamics into this motif. Maybe it's just me but I think often paintings are a bit static when it comes to wildlife. Couldn't choose either one of them, they are just so nice and I really like black swans too. Great jobs and excellent idea with a build off! Tom

Very nice and clever Tom! I saw some stuff like this in Scotland for the luxury items at the destilleries. The bottom closure is what I usually call a "viking style seal/closure" since it's a method they used to close strap loops and such. It looks good and is really a good way to close things. Tom

Yeah, better keep those skeletons in place. I was referring to that egypt themed note book posted awhile I go. Maybe strip the inside out and redo it as a wallet instead but probably better of making a new one, if I get the time to do it?? Tom

Welcome to the board Dux! Nice holsters! Tom

Welcome Bryce! Looking good so far so I second Frog on practising. You're on your way so keep it up. One thing I notice is how very clean and straight lines you made on the toolbox item, that's one thing to be good at if you're gonna do more belts and want to carve borders. Tom

Beautiful skinwork Roo!! You sure are good with that airbrush. Tom

I agree with Ken, this IS getting exciting. I'm very glad to be able to see such an elaborate work of art take form and that you are taking time to show pics and explain all steps to us. This one's really opened my eyes more on how to work with plugs. Looks to be a masterpiece! Tom

Are you into scotch whisky PeterD?? To the original post I'd like to say I come back on this subject. Very tired since I just returned from a trip to Scotland and have just unloaded my stuff and are chilling down with softbrowsing. Tom

Thanks and WOW, THAT IS SO OUTSTANDING!!! Love it! Tom

Very cool and nice coffin wallet Spider! Looks good as a wallet so perhaps I give that a go or redo the one I have. Good looking planks as usual and love that cool skeleton on the back. What's he peeking in about, stealing your money? Tom

Thank you John! Bye Tom

Thank you all! I'm not a leftie but placed the notepad like this to have some more support to my right hand when writing with it in my lap. Good idea with the lining Ken! Think I've got it. Just didn't have ant time to work more with it it. probably redo it later. Well, I'm off to Scotland now! See you all next week!! Tom

Excellent!! Tom

Oh yeah Tom! That is so lifelike and very well done. SPLAT!! in your face!! was that the thouht behind? Don't know what else to say, comments unneccessary.. Tom

Thank you all. I most often mention my errors to you guys. For this one i tried a new method. I took a circular cut piece from one of those childrens playmats of some semihard foam, sometimes used in motorcycle seats shown here. It's about 3" in diameter and just wrapped my damp cloth around it. The saddle tan was dried to solid state and I just started rubbing the pad around (watch out for wrinkles in the cloth) soft at first and as the cloth got more dirty I rubbed it harder. Never cleaned out the cloth, just rubbed it around until I was happy with it. The sealer had only dried for about one hour so it's possible more than normal passed through. I should mention that the leather was not very good quality and pretty wrinkled to begin with so there's alot if cavitys for the antiqueoil to sink into where the pad woudn't reach. Tom

Very exciting, looks beautiful and I can't wait to see the rest. Tom

I just love those old school tattoo's. Very good looking seat. Tom

Just found this one. Some cool rotten toons and some skulls too. http://www.rottentoons.com/ Tom

This is a quickie I threw together so I had something to look at if I'd miss my shop to much when I'm in Scotland next week but I'm sure all the good whisky will cure that too.The lining got a tad to narrow so the edges were fraying up when lacing but it holds together and I also made some errors with the triple loop braid but it doesn't show much to an untrained eye. I might tear this one apart when home and perhaps use as wallet. Need a practice piece and I love the look about it alltough I usually prefer to be a loyal servant of my Norse gods and godesses and keep things vikingstyle or heavy metal, off course. I might have been Egyptian in passed lives, who knows?Sealed it after tooling and then antiqued but no sealer afterwards since I like the look it has now. Will be interesting to see how the antiquing holds up after a while. Creds to Freak for sharing this excellent pattern. It worked like a charm but has a spell on it... I also forgot to tape the back and got a sore neck from lacing...woohooo...creepy Please feel free to critize, I know there's some issues since I just rushed through every step on this one. Tom

Maybe the one I found can have something for you. There is an option a bit down on the menu that'll take you to frames, borders and stuff. Perhaps you can use any of it. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?s...amp;#entry46966 Tom