Blackbirdhills Andy

Hi Colt, Interesting! I'll try this the next time! Thanks a lot!!!

Hi Michelle, Thanks for the advice, this is actually how I did it, except from the oiling... :-) The Leather is very high quality, and yes I know about Hermann Oak, and I've had it in my hands before. The Leather I am working with currently is very close in quality, handling etc I'd say... I choose every hide by myself and that's how I get the consistency over here...

Thanks again for your kind words monica!

Hi All, I'm "Showing off" my first carvings here... As you might notice, I've only had a beginners set of tools. No different sizes in shaders, backgrounders or whatever... Tipps and criticism that will help to improve my work are always appreciated and I will learn from them, promise!! :-) The Floral design is inspired by very old swiss folk art. Stuff like that was painted on furniture... I wanted something different than the "useual" western-style designs (absolutely NO offense!) :-) Now the stain problem: As you see on pic 2 where I lay out the chinks I'm working on, I'm going for a straight natural look, the deer hide was laying in the sun for 4 days so there's a color-contrast anyway... I love the look, but theres a problem: In my carvings, a couple hours after I finished them with Fiebing's Leather Sheen, there where white stains showing (As on picture 3 "Stains"). Does anyone know why this is? Is there a way to get rid of them without staining/antiquing the leather? Also: If I finish the Carvings with leather sheen (or resolene or whatever), the leather can't take any oil or wax or other conditioners anymore right? I've learned that leather should always be takin care of with good conditioner or oils, so what's about that? BTW: I'm sorry for the bad quality pic and lighting, it's early morning here and I didn't wanna wait for this to post (because of that stain thing, not to show off!... ;-) Thanks for your answers, Regards from switzerland, Andy

Thanks zuludog! :-)

Hi all! I've had the chance to buy this blanchard plough gauge along with some other stuff... As you see, it's one without the head-screw, and I don't find any information about its age... The knife has nothing written on it, so I suppose the original one was replaced... Can anyone give me some information about this thing? :-) Thanks a lot, Andy

Veeeery nice Backpack Monica! I'm thinking of making a backpack for myself since months (especially every time I buy a nice hide at my tanner's) but I can't decide on the design... haha (I want it to be a keeper for years and years, so it's quite a hard decision!) ;-)

Monica, Thanks a lot, that's very kind of you! (Although I think it's pretty hard to get things right with the photos-I think it always looks a lot different on the pictures, and not necessarily for the better) ;-)

Hi Bob, I know, I took a picture of the backside too, but it turned out all blurry, and I saw it too late, after she came to pick the thing up... But it was nothing too fancy-just a simple two straps/4rivets solution... Anyway, thanks a lot! :-)