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In fact, i was thinking to made a leather armor with embosse plug. For those who have seen Lord of the ring, i would like to make emboss leather armor inspire by Rohan like armor! So, i would mold thin leather in location i like, an the glue heavy lether under the light leather to make a storng and, i hope, superbe leather armor!

While looking on ebay trying to find a plastic mold for making masks like the one on the Making wearable masks by Cheryl Smeja, i found a person who's seeling solid polymer clay mold like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/CNS-polymer-clay-mold-...4QQcmdZViewItem I was wandering if by using the technique on the other video of Cheryl, it would be possible to wet a small once leather and aplly it in the mold and shapping it with modeler and ball modeler to make thge leather conform to the mold? In order for the leather to retain it's 3D shape, i was thinking about using Rob leather powder to fill the 3D shape.

I wish you a great day on your 46th day! Hope everyone will be nice to you and everything will go right! Happy birthday!

Simply amazing! I thing the only option left to me is to quit leather No way i can make such pieces of art like that! Anyway, it is all chef d'oeuvre!

Thank you for your patience! I will try to dye my leather the way you do. So, you mix you dye/reducer in a large pan, put non-powder latex gloves, take the leather piece by the side( the one that wll be sicked or cover by edge coat), dip or dunk in leather, take it out, wipped the leather of the dye surplus, then let-it dry. Once again, thank you very much for your help! This will improve my dying skills

Not only you have talent in leathercraft, but you are also a metal caster Awesome! I buy 3 of your tool

Wow! very beautiful!

So, basically, you put on latex gloves, hold the piece by the edges then either dip-it or submerge the whole piece? But, what about the leather where your fingers was? It must leave a blank spot? Do you change side and dip the part you where holding the moment ago? Sorry for being so stupid, but i can't figure it

Hi! Hi really like this concho and stone snap: http://vanamburgleathers.com/blogpics/0222...ith%20Stone.htm Can someone knowing a plcae where to buy some of those?

Great tip BUT, how do you hold the article you dunk in the dye solution? Did you drop the item or do you hold it, dip it and get it out? I can't figure... Perhaps because of an exhausive day at work, and because english is my second language Anyway, could you explain it a bit more to me?

:biggrin: My client just came up today and guess what? He loved the product! Even thoug the leather was far more darker, he love it! Finally, everything went well! But rest assure that i will dilute my dye next time! Thank's again for all of your tips, and rest assure that i will put them to the test! I'll be sleeping well tonigth, better than teh lats time that i wrote my first post

Go to this web site: http://www.revivalclothing.com/ They have child cloth, but it is more medieval like. I've already order boots from them and still have them,. Very ggod products!

Could you explain what do you mean by ''stress the qualities of leather''? I don't understand what you are saying

I foud a place near Montréal wher they sale preval spay unit in a box of 12. The kit contain' the power unit and a 8onces bottle. For a box of 12, the price is 84,50$ candian, and, if paid cash, i'm not paying taxes So, you can be sure that i'll be heading to this place monday evening!

I'm a bit limited when it comes to order chemicals products form USA. I'm not full time in the leather industrie and don't have a tax number, so, i can't import everything. So, my only source is Tandy Leather in Barrie Ontario. If you can give the name of the dye remover Wildorse, i would appreciated it! The guy i'm making is order is comming sunday or monday. I'll show what the piece look like and he will decide if he'll all the thing!

Maybe this software is what your looking for? http://www.wildginger.com/products/wildthings.htm It's free, but if you look on there wesite, you'll find that there selling software for making pattern! Hope this will help!

I finished a order for a customer, but the color on the belr, leather buckle and belt bag is far to dark, than it was supposed to be Before a re-do de whole order again, is there a way to fully cover a belt (1 1/2" wide), a belt bag and leather belt cover on a ligther shade? I don't have a airbrush, only dauber and sheep wool scrap. The guy want Fiebing dy "British Tan", but even if i try to used the least dy on the dauber, it's alway doing a job with streaks. When i want to do a more uniform finish, i'm ending with a piece of leather far more darker than i'm expecting. So, i would like to know what can i use ? I'm willing to buy paint brush too... I read back and forth The art of coloring leather from Al, but it seem that i cannot achivied a ligth color finish So, please, help me I don't want to re-do the whole thing 5-6 times P.s. I'll be posting pictures tonight or tomorow morning.

I wish you a happy birthday and hope everything will goes smooth today! Take good car of you! :biggrin:

Sorry to hijack this thread, but here's what my mom's got: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...DME:B:WNA:US:12 She own's the same exact sewing machine. I was wondering if a qualified sewing machine tech could modified my mom's Necchi to sew the same material as the seller on ebay? I would like to know what you think about such modification :biggrin:

Really? Outside cegep class? Wow! I would like to know more about those classes for beginner! I'm working for CSDM (Commission Scolaire de Montréal) as professional, and working 35H per week. So, i cannot attend full time study. But, if you tell me that i can attend beginner courses, i apply right now! Thank's fois information!r th

:soapbox: Even if i'm a newbie in leatherwork, i would like to share a tip with you. When i'm dying a piece of leather, and wish to have a even coat of dye all over, here's what i discover. First, i'm cleaning the leather with Fiebing's deglazer, then, i'm using the black foam like brush. I'm not fully fluent in english, so, i'll attach a pic of the brush i am talking of. I dip my dauber in the dye container, then apply a ligth coat ont the foam brush. Then, i drag the brush in a long stroke. When most of the dye is out of the brush, i recoat the brush with the dauber. So far, i have only try this technique with Fiebing's light brown Oil dye, but it give me a uniform finish. I'll try to post a pic of the piece of leather that i dyed this week-end (using my girl friend cam). Until then, take a look at the brush and experiment with different kind of dye.

Johanna, Clay and Regis, thank's! Before cutting the leather with the S-knife, i stroped it on a bussines card cover with rouge. I'm using a angle ceramic blade and find it to be more easy to cut in leather than a standard metal blade. I'm thinking about buying a 1/4" angle filigree ceramic blade. Any comment about this kind of blade? I case my leather with Pro-Carv mixture and each time, i'm amazed how the leather cut and stamps well. This mixture really help me! After i finished my two order, i'll return in class and practice with the S-knife. :book:

As the title said, i would like to improve my skills with the swivel knife! I have the Leatherwork Manual, Tech-tips, Stohlman step-by-step, Stohlman Portfolio volume 1, Carving figure and Pictorial carving and Inverted carving. I learn valuable lessons, but still need to improve my skill while cutting with the :censored: swivel knife. I try to do the exercices cut as teached in the Leatherwork Manual, i do not make my joining cuts fully touchs, but, my curves and cuts done with the swivel knife really sucks. It seem sometimes that instead of making good progress, my skill are regressing. So, when you first learn how to cut with the S knife, what kind of exercices did you do? And how often did you practice each day? I really like to work with leather, but, it look like i'm not progressing much right now :ranting:

Bienvenue Marie! Je suis aussi du Québec! Je demeure à Montréal et j'aimerais bien aussi, un jour, suivre des cours au Centre des Métiers du cuir de Montréal. J'ai vu vos pièces sur votre site web et elles sont magnifiques! Au plaisir de voir d'autre de vos créations! And a translation for all of you who don't speak french Welcome Marie! I'm also from Québec. I live in Montréal and would like, someday, to go to the Montréal Leather Related Jobs. I saw your pieces of leather you make and there are gorgeous! Hope to see some of your creation soon!

As usual, your board is a piece of art!