YinTx

If ya can't tell it ain't a pancake.... Anyhow, yeah, I am sure there'd be interest. YinTx

Thank you! YinTx

Thank you! YinTx

Oofah! That's sharp! Did you use anything on the back of the alligator, or just use it unlined? What weight was it? YinTx

I've been itching to make a replacement sheath for mine, but haven't felt the inspiration hit me on the exact design I'd like to do. Yours came out nice! YinTx

Nice work Those thumb breaks are on the opposite side of most holsters, aren't they? Does it work well on the outside? YinTx

Thank you. As I mentioned, it is a Don Gonzales pattern that I modified, I liked it as well, enough to tool it out! YinTx

Not too sure myself. I've wanted to do the same, but the book moves in the cover when you open/close it. I think some of the other method may be better, maybe something more attached to the book instead of the cover. Yep. Actually have some of the same frustrations that a lot of others have, so I mix up my own to get a much more subtle result that I can apply only to the areas I want, instead of the whole piece. Now, what to do with all the jars and tubs of antique I have left over.... Thanks much! Glad you like to see my stuff, I enjoy sharing it. Thanks for the compliment! YinTx

Thanks! Appreciate it! YinTx

It's a color I mixed up myself, trying to get a close to natural look. Surprised you weren't unhappy about the "ant-streak!" There is some camo stamping around the perimeter of the cross, and considering I am trying to make a low cost cover, I spent as little time as possible to get semi decent tooling. I agree, it could have been smoothed out a bit more for my preference, and the angle really does catch the light wrong and highlight the issue. Glad you like it otherwise! Thank you. Honestly, spent a lot more time on the border than I did on the cross and spine. It is all beveled, no cutting. Might consider carving it in next time to help out with the definition. This was only 5-6 oz leather, and I didn't want to compromise the strength at all. Here's a close up of a corner...don't mind my lack of experience causing the machine stitching to be a bit out of whack.. Appreciate it! I agree... now if I could only get some others to agree enough to send me their hard earned $$ for one of these covers, I'd be a happy guy! I took it to a market last weekend, and everyone ooohed and aaaahed, but it seems $125 is still a bit too much, so I still own it. YinTx

Finished up another Bible Cover, kinda like the way this came out. Still need to get the machine stitching down pat tho... Used Wickett and Craig leather this time around. YinTx

Trying to improve each time. If I recall, that was an Angelus color, Winetone. Tried to get close to the tumbler color. YinTx

So, I left the large needle in there, and stepped the thread down to 138 top 90 bottom. Stitched the next bible cover, and lo, knots akimbo. Thread path is fine, coming off the spool fine, nothing that should have been interfering with the tension that I could find, but there it is. Every other stitch the knot is on the bottom. And aren't these ginormous holes for the thread? What am I doing wrong this time, lol?

Right? Not sure why I have to compete with that, but in the customer's mind, I do. Thanks. I actually have an entire thread on this for the machine I used to do this work, including the video you mentioned. @Uwe's contributions have been very useful. YinTx machine thread:

Used a Don Gonzales tooling pattern, modified and adapted for the shape of the tumbler. YinTx

That is a whole lot of tooling! Nice work! Kudos for doing your own drawing! YinTx

Ahhhh, gotcha. I like it. Why didn't I think of that. Maybe on the next one... third one already in the works, about to be stitched, so not happenin on it! YinTx

Thanks! and you mean stitched outline on the letter? Cuz I did "antique" with pearl blue... stitchin would be a trick tho... YinTx

Thanks! I'm always happy when someone orders something other than black on black on black. YinTx Edit to say the pearlescent blue on the initial looks much better in person, as does the blue thread.

Thanks, and I hope so! Going to Taiwan... one of my farthest shipments. ! Thanks! Thank you. IIR, 9.5 x 3.25 inches Was a mere guess on my part... I believe this was one of Northstar Leather's clips. Appreciate it! YinTx

I like it, but I'm sure I'd figure out how to impale myself on some of those implements. YinTx

I kinda like the design.

The aforementioned commercial cover...

Thank you much! Jim is pretty easy going and complimentary, so he might, but I suspect he'd be dyin inside. Appreciate it! Thanks! Thank you. Keep in mind this particular font works best on thicker leathers, or you have to put a compressible backer for thinner leathers. I went and looked. The one for $20 wasn't so nice imo. Spongey leather looked like plate embossed, whip laced single layer. I'll drop some photos. Regarding the rub, that is why I went and bought bibles to go with the covers, folks look at the covers I've made, and say thats nice, but I don't know if it'll fit my bible. Well, no more excuses. Get em for gifts! And if you get too many orders, send a few my way, I'll crank em out. Can't take too much credit for the design work, I've seen several patterns, read Stohlman's book - couple of times - seen Don's video, etc, enough repetition that somehow the knowledge leaked into my brain and got applied when I sketched out my pattern. Nothing new in my design, heck even the tooling pattern was Jim Linnell's. Thank you for the compliment and the photo showing the fabric lining. Yours came out well. I've not been happy with my own attempts using fabric. So for the second version of this same style cover, I've burnished the inside of the leather with Tan Kote, it is much slicker, and I hope it works well. Time will tell, I hope to finish it up tomorrow! YinTx

As promised the inside images. sorta. Anyhow. Forgot to reply re the finishing process. This time around I think I used Fiebings Saddle Tan Pro Oil. It came out a lot darker than the last time I used it, which I thought was highly unusual. I really wanted a lighter color. But as it turned out, I really liked the end result. Leather does leather, not what I tell it to do! If I recall, I used 50/50 resolene as resist, and some Fiebings highlighter for the antique, and resolene as a seal coat. YinTx