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thanks for the reply, it really got me curious. the work looks really nice as in "tradition meets hi-tech" looking forward to the rest of the pieces

what material did you use for the inlay in the bottom piece? or is it just stamped to look like a mesh???

I've been wanting to make a minimalist wallet like that for a while now. thank you for the pattern. Just a quick question, if I were to print it, what size would give me a full pattern to cut?

Thanks for the help man, I really appreciate it. I'll give it a shot.

And how would you attach the elastic? Rivets? Saddle stitch? The liner is pigskin if that makes a difference. I don't want the elastic to tear up when I stretch it. Thanks for the help

Thanks for the suggestion 25b. I might just use the elastic idea on the other liner of the sporran and that would work great with the smaller items I want to keep in the sporran like a pen, lip balm and a swiss army knife, but I want something to hold my wallet in place. For some unknown reason I found myself constantly reaching for it at the last festival I went to. I just don't want to fish for it when I need it.

Hello everyone. I'm currently trying to make a sporran but I would like to have some inner organization in ​lieu of a black hole. the idea that I have in my head is to make a pocket similar in shape and size to that of regular t-shirts. So far, the best I've come up with is the design in the attached pictures but I'm still not too happy with it. Wondering if anyone can give me some pointers as to how improve the pattern and get rid of the exposed edges or if anyone already has a pattern they are willing to share with me. Thank you in advance ​

First major blunder I'm guessing the coat of resist wasn't thick/even enough so when I got the antiquing on it penetrated too much and made it look blotched. When trying to fix it by adding more antique, the saturation erased some of the details in the carving. Oh we'll, I guess ill chalk it up to lessons learned. I wonder if using undiluted resolene as resist would give me a more consistent coat

That's pretty clever. I would've never thought about stamps. Thank you for sharing. Niece piece by the way

Thank you Ray and Monica. I appreciate it. Really learning a lot from this place. This is the wallet for my other brother. When I first painted it, the colors were way too bright and vivid so instead of letting the resist dry over night I only gave it a couple of hours. The antiquing penetrated just enough to give the whole helmet a somber look

More presents My two younger brother are really into video games so I wanted to use their favorite characters What I like: the warm colors, the stitching on the outside and my edges are looking a tiny bit better. Paraffin definitely makes a difference but I need to get some sandpaper What I don't like: inner stitching! I guess I didn't measure the liner correctly and the leather ended up being a fraction of a inch to big. Chewed up the edges in some parts

Thank you tom and thank you wild bill. If I have improved is because I found this place. So much information, tips, examples, critiques and so on and on, just trying to absorb as much as I can

Christmas is coming up and i started thinking about what to give my brother in law. He is a bit of a cowboy so i thought a western belt might be appropiate. Besides it gave me an excuse to try something different. I think both my tooling and stitching are getting slightly better but im still struggling with the edges. Definitely have to try hidepounder's tutorial I'll post my projects as i finish them.

I got a belly dancing sword for my girlfriend but it came with no way to carry it around so it got me into my next project. Still struggling with the stitching and the overall shape is not right. Cut too much on some places when trying to even all 3 layers I decided to go back and make another flask holster I got a craftaid from tandy and it gave me more confidence with the toolling. Almost like painting with numbers

Next project First time wet molding leather, first time hand stitching and first time slicking the edges and first time using a swivel knife.

Hello everyone. First of all, I want to thank you all for so openly sharing your wisdom and insight to newcomers like myself. I got into leatherworking roughly about two months ago when looking for a belt pouch for a festival. Every pouch i saw fell into one of two categories: it was either wrong shape/right price or right shape/wrong price so i tought I could make a simple pouch myself. This was how the hobby started I was to generous with the pattern and the pouch ended being too bulky so tried again I was pleased with this one and decided to take step higher and make purse for my girlfriend, that way i wouldnt have to carrry al her stufff during the festival. Bear in mind that up to this point i hadnt found this forum and didnt know anything about leatherworking. I was working with what i thought could work and from looking at pictures so the pouches and purses looked functional, but, as i later discovered during the festival, not structurally sound. The dye rubbed off, the edges were fraying, the rivets were not set properly and the suede lacing came loose. When we returned from the festival i decided i could do better and started to really look into the process of working with leather and i came across this place. Big eye opener.