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JAZZMAN

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  1. Hey leatherwytch i really like this great work, thanks for sharing.
  2. JAZZMAN

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    I do not know why this wallet wrinkled like this, maybe it was a poor or softer part of the shoulder i am not sure.
  3. From the album: First projects

    This was my attempt at turned edges, not perfect i know.
  4. Hi everyone, i have just made a wallet and dyed it with eco flo medium brown dye, when i have come to bend it for the first time the inside middle section of the wallet has wrinkled up, i have used very good quality veg tan 1.5mm leather. Has anyone else had this problem and can it be avoided? I am quite new to leatherworking so any help would be great.
  5. Hey thats pretty nice, i too have only just started out with tooling and i am finding it to be a lot harder than it looks, you seem to be off to a great start keep it up.
  6. Thank you for your kind words calait and navyvet, i belive that creating things is a basic human instinct which might even come from a survival point of viewi, i also think it is in danger of being lost as many of the handcraft type skills are slowly dissapearing ,Take care my friends.Peace.
  7. For those who are interested in the 10,000 hour rule, there is a very interesting book by Malcolm Gladwell called outliers where he sudies many of the high achievers in the world(Beatles, Bill Gates, etc). It really is an interesting book and i highly recommend it to any one interested in what makes some achieve more than others.This is a subject i have spent a lot of time researching, i have been a musician /jazz guitar player since i was eight years old , i have been very dedicated to this to the point that when i was still working i would get up at five in the morning so as to be able to get a couple of hours practice in before work, when i got home from work i would try to get another four hours of study on the evening, i did this for over forty years. What always used to make me smile to myself was when people have said to me they would love to play guitar like i could but they do not have any natural musical ability, well i believe i also do not posess any inbuilt ability or special talent , i have merely put in more work than a lot of other people, in fact i think considering how hard i have had to work at it just to reach a level of competent musician i might actually be a bit slower in learning than some other people. So to sum up i believe that most high level talent is as i think Edison said is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, in my own opinion of course. Due to a disability i am now unable to play guitar in a group and hae recently taken up leatherworking to fulfill my inbuilt urge to create, and i hope to apply the same dedication to my new found craft as i have to music.
  8. Hello papaw, that sums it up for me, finding peace, i belive that sometimes calling certain things hobbies almost does them an injustice, something like this can almost replace medication, take care my friend hope to talk more soon.
  9. Holy cow, that really is impressive then, great work man.
  10. Hi Juan, yes growing near sheffield nearly every knife or fork or pair of scissors you used would say made in sheffield on it, again it is something you take for granted until someone like yourself points it out, take care my friend. Peace.
  11. Hi twisted that wallet is out of this world man, you must feel very proud, how long have you been doing leathercraft please?
  12. Wow Bob, you are truly blessed, what a fantastic place to raise your kids, i live in a place called Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in England i wonder if you have ever heard of it, It used to be a thriving textile town, sadly now all the mills are now closed down and work is not so easy to find for many, but it's home for me. Here is a link to a song on you tube by a local folk musician about my home town.Hope you like it. Peace.
  13. Hi colt, i love that coloured piece, please can you help out a complete beginner and tell me are those colours dyed in stages using a resist type of idea or are they painted with a paintbrush and then sealed. Please remember you are talking to a complete beginner who knows very little about the types of products available just yet, thanks. Peace.
  14. I am retired due to disability, but when i did work it was as a construction site labourer, i wish i could say something a bit more exciting or glamorus than that but there it is, it did pay the bills and feed my familly though but as far as job satisfaction and excitement goes there was none of that.My dream now is to become good enough at leathercraft to maybe sell some pieces one day, but as i have discovered i have a lot of learning to do before that is going to happen but at least i have hope.Peace.
  15. Hello Bob, nice to meet you, i just looked up where you live, am i right in thinking you live right next to the roosevelt national forest, if you do that must make you a very lucky man indeed from what i can learn on the internet it looks like one of the most beautiful places on earth, you are so lucky, any chance i could come and live in your garden shed please.
  16. Thinking about it, i am suprised that manufacturers of inks and dyes don't make the bottles cone shaped, they design cat and dog bowls that way so they cannot tip over with tapered out edges, this really does suprise me they don't make their bottles harder to knock over. Mind you i suppose they would sell less ink that way.
  17. I hear you zulu.
  18. Hello juan, nice to meet you, yes making something out of nothing is a big part of it,how long have you been doing leathercraft for? I see you live near the sea that must be wonderful for you i love the sea but sadly live in a town away from the sea. I woulld love to be able to go and be next to the sea any time i wanted.
  19. Thanks bearman, i will take a look.
  20. Hi hobbihorse, i am not able to post pics yet for two reasons, one i have not even finished my first project yet(i really am brand shiny new) and second i am such a dinasor i do not think i would know how to do it anyway, i promise i will try though.
  21. Hi Gafer , that looks strong enough to hold an elephant what a great job, please could you tell me as i am new to leatherwork is the point of lining leather for comfort or just because it makes a nicer look on the inside?
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