TomSwede

Great looking shields!!! I agree with Ray, In Sweden we have the same restrictions!! Welcome to the board!! You're allready off with a good start but I'm sure you can pick up something here anways. We love pics here!! Tom

Chicago screws for me too.

Great looking seat David!!! Clown is looking very good, like it alot!!! Too bad the rear fittings is a bit chunky and you have to go with those big square holes!! Tom

Hi and welcome to the board!!! Alltough there are lots of variety in what we do with leather here there should be more shoe and bootmakers. I hope you can find what you need, otherwise...ask questions, espicailly on the way as you progress. Good luck and hope to see you work someday soon!! Tom

Smooth and very elegant Roo!!! Love the coloring, very rich and lustruos!!! Tom

Most people seem to agree on kangaroo lace being the strongest lace...also most expensive!!! Tom

I totally agree!! Looking really good!! Welcome to the board!! If you get stuck, don't hesitate to yell for help but from what I can see it looks like you got it figerd out! Tom

Great looking seat, the Koi is beautiful!!! Tom

Looking really great!! Taht border is well planned and meet perfectly in corners!! Clean and pro looking!! Tom

Skulls!! Love'em!! Very slick and cool design, the font looks great on leather too!!! Tom

Aaaaw haha very very neat looking thingies!! Love the blue python!! Well done!!!!! Tom

Hi and welcome to the board!!! Good looking seat and nice toolng!!! I like the clean lacingjob but it'd be a good idea to learn the mexican roundbraid (if you don't allredy know it??) It takes lots f time but looks awsome. It can be ssimplified by skipping the step where the lace goes under/over wich reduces production time and give it another cool structure. Tom

I have used cova white on fiebings pr oil black and also had probs with lift when buffing but never flaking off. I dilute the cova very much and paint it in many layers. This was from the beginning because I wanted it to sin into the leather to preserve the good leather texture but also because I was worried about craking and flaking off with time and age, bracers get bent when you take them on and off so I figuredit waqs the best way to go BUT have admit...it takes so much time to get the paint that i almost cry when I hear customers mention black and white. Tom

I got some fine results when I used ecoflo black antique on the fleshside. I only used a sponge and smeared it on in one direction, think like combing the fibres down to visualize. Then I put on some leathersheen to bind it further and keep it from rubbing off. Tom

Very cool!! The inlays enhances the nice shape on the seat. A tooled design takes away the attention from the actaul seat design sometimes so definetly a thumbd up for bautiful leatherdesign. Edges are black....very nice!! xcellent job!! Tom

That is an excellent looking briefcase, nice swiveling and impressive (!) tooling!!!! I have one minor concern and that is the silver spots/rivets where the handles are attached to the bag. Are they really necssary?? I'd like to remove or streamline them better into the design as of now they drag things down a bit BECAUSE this clearly is the work of a true craftsman and they look a bit like they were thrown in just because. The KISS rule (keep it stupid simple) tells me you'd been far better off without them or having a more discreete spot/rivet. Hmmm I also use some photography rules when looking upon things. Another solution could be to have silver conchos or other beautiful details to balance things incorporated to the whole designconcept wich is working a bit away from the kiss rule and make it awsome kinda blinged look to it. Just my .50 cents. The work is absolutely great and I envy those floral skills!!! Don't wait two years for next post, I love the bag!!! Tom

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.... Tom

DO IT!!!! I just love seeing your work in progress Clay. Looks just like you are molding clay and not leather ;-) Can't wait to see it finished with Kates touch to it. Tom

Hi and welcome to the board azcowboy!!! Good looking stuff!!! This board is a great place to pickup skills no matter what level you are on. Look around and discover all things and the massive wealth of information here. Dont hesitate to ask questions, people are most willing to help and even share their secrets of the trade. We love pics so keep em coming. Tom

That looks absolutely great!!!The antiqued has the best overall apperance whilst I like the outcome of the rams head better on the more natural one. The ramshead is absolutely gorgeous in both cases anyway, love the detail, great carving and tooling!!!! Tom

Hi and welcome to the board!! True that this must be the friendliest place in cyberspace. Th wealth of information here is liberally shared amngst our member and most questions get their answers. Leatherwork issues seem to have just as many answers as there are leatherworkers so be prepared to sort through liberal amounts of answers to questions aswell ;-) We love pics here so whenever you get going and have sometihng you wanna show do mind if you are not totally happy with it. We are all here to learn and share. Tom