YinTx

Appreciate it! Thought about your idea when I designed it, but opted for the huge gap on the top to allow gripping it easily. Maybe best apparent in the first photo, you can tell where the stitching ends for the back and the top of the case. A bit over an inch. Working on version 2 that may or may not work that will completely cover the phone.

Thanks, and I hope so, about to get it shipped off, will find out soon enough!

Easy open/close and access for arthritis, etc. Opinions welcomed!

I was expecting the logo from the Toyota MR2! Nice work tho!

I was thinking the same thing. Make a small piece with a number or web address or whatever, attach it to the lower right section with a snap or rivet or clip or whatever! Nice work, great idea!

Thanks, and if you are referring to the knife, I agree, but it was free and I am using it to form the sheaths, so wasn't too worried! Not very photogenic tho unless you like that patina thing... I think it was worked over as a hammer in a past life.

Thanks, this post had crickets so I was wondering if anyone was able to see it! The edges are beveled, sanded, dyed and burnished. It is not a heavy bevel, I think I used a size 0 or 1 on it.

I still haven't finished studying the work they left behind to spend time reading a 400 page biography from them! Would be surprised if anyone outside of the leather world would read it... but go for it, lets see what you got!

Lots of references to "decorated" "incised" "carved" "tooled" etc., but nothing I have found yet about nail carving in "Packing Iron" that I can find.

You might want to move this to the for sale section...

needle and awl machines. Campbell Randall, etc.

Still formed, and as clean as I could make the aesthetics. Lined on the outer shell to protect the knife from the snap hardware, and a flap closure for extra security and protection. Should probably use a line 24 snap next time, but otherwise I think it came out ok. The lining added some nice rigidity to the top shell. Realized after the photos that I hadn't tapped down the stitching, which I have now. This was even more fidgety to make than the previous, as I had to ensure the snap was centered and the lining stitching was centered etc., but it all worked out well enough I hope.

Agree on not wanting the rivets to make any contact with the gun. A lining might help there. Having the flat side as you do facing the gun helps, but not 100%. I do knife sheaths like this and it seems to work ok there, but most knives are not as expensive. Sometimes I just stitch. Would not expect a rivet of that nature to ever pop out when set well, and they look set well. I really like the way the leaves fade into the back without a border. Cool holster!

Thank you. I do try, but don't always manage!

Thanks! it is what I was going for, glad I was able to deliver!

Thanks much! Agreed.

Thanks! I was concerned the loop might not hold up, but I used heavy 332 thread on the whole thing, so hopefully it is good to go. Interesting thing, aesthetics. I've not been a fan of round holes myself, and I've loved slanted stitch work going around large curves and circles, like on briefcase locks, etc. I may give them a try on something small like this, maybe I'll change my mind! Thanks for the suggestion. This one actually didn't come out too tight, kinda just about right, which actually has me worried for long term retention issues if the leather stretches too much. I probably should have made it from heavier leather than I did. I think this was about 5-6 oz, 9 oz would have probably alleviated that worry for me. At that point, I may need your trick! This is the gotcha I suffer. So many projects never finished because I haven't perfected it in my mind yet. I was telling a friend of mine that perfectionism really gets in the way of getting anything done. And even when it is done, still not perfect. Thank you, and yes!

Thank you, and it seems to be working pretty well! Good to hear, thanks for the compliment! appreciate it. And yes, overanalyzed for 4 days while I made it. Might be able to make the next one a bit faster.

Not the best view...

Thanks. Getting cement where I needed it, and not where I didn't want it, keeping wrinkles out, making sure the knife would come out when I wanted it to and not any other time, getting the stitch line right, making sure the belt loop was as wide as possible without interfering with the stitch line, etc etc. Probably more of my incessant need to get it all correct more than anything else.

Thought this would be a lot simpler than it was. Straight forward enough to make, but pretty dang fidgety to get it all correct. This is just a prototype, fits a Buck 110 that I was given by a customer that was happy with my work. Think I'll send it his way as a thank you, and for him to field test!

And if you were asking me, I cut with a swivel knife, then a modified screwdriver that I made into a lifter to really get that 3D effect.

Also to be fair, your bar grounding borders on perfection, which had me thinking it was maybe embossed for a moment as well. But studying your work closely it was clear to me at least that it was impeccably hand carved and tooled. Thanks for sharing such inspirational work!

It all looks carved and beveled to me, not sure what you are on about? Embossing plates don't really leave a sharp clean cut edge on stems, leaves, flowers, and borders, which it seems to me all the pieces have. Also, embossing will give exact results, if you look very closely you will see this is not the case. Here you can see the cut for the stem is in different places on two similar pieces. All in all, very nice work in my view. And the color scheme is awesome! YinTx

Wow. That is a lot of stitching in perfect lines! Nice!