YinTx

I just ordered quite a pile of leather from there yesterday. I haven't ordered from them in a long while. Now you have me concerned. I guess we'll see when it arrives! YinTx

I am sure no problem, I think for folks looking to buy tools, they are just wondering where they will be listed, and where the will be shipped from as that will affect final cost. Again, sorry to hear of your predicament. Wish you the best with your sale and future endeavors. YinTx

Very cool. YinTx

Even more impressive with the close up! Nice! YinTx

Agreed. And even though I know mimicry is the ultimate compliment, it still always saddens me when it happens because the deceit is unscrupulous. YinTx

Not at all, and thanks for the compliment! Thank you kindly! YinTx

Awesome skull! What kind of skull tho? With such prominant supraorbital foramen bones and sans cranial sutures, surely not human? I like the border work: is it a Barry King stamp? YinTx

I tried to follow @yaklady's tutorial on horse eyes, not that I did as well as her, but I tried. I think maybe since there is no distinction of a pupil, it seems like a blind eye. But, in general, you don' see the white of the horse's eye very often, and the pupil is difficult to distinguish. I could have perhaps added a bit of dye to make the eye all dark, and tried to give it a white highlight as though there were a reflection off of a shiny round object, would make it seem more alive. I haven't done a lot of eyes per se, so lots of room for experimenting and improvement for sure! Appreciate that Ross! YinTx

Thanks so much, @Scoutmom103! YinTx

Thank you, @Rohn, I appreciate it! YinTx

Seems nice, but sadly I can't see any photos because you are using a different image server, which seems to be down for the moment. Usually best to just drop the photos on this site so this doesn't happen. You will notice a lot of older posts are useless on this forum due to this fact. YinTx

maybe this can help... YinTx

Pretty unique! Good colors for an 8 year old. Is that a stamp you used for the winged Pegasus and other horses? YinTx

Well, she's finished in all her flawed glory. Still need lots of practice with horses I think, but many thanks to all those who helped me get this one as good as it is. For a guy who can't draw stick figures, I reckon I'm doin ok... Made this with some of that older Tandy leather like I have in the "for sale leather and lace" section, conditioned with some beeswax/neatsfoot oil blend I've made. Mahagony dye and antique, Tan Kote resist and Resolene top coat. 9 oz outside, 5 oz inside. Heavy Fil Au Chinois Brique linen thread. I'll probably put this one for sale, anyone have any idea what a tooled padfolio goes for these days? YinTx

It was "show off leather work," not "show off someone else's knife," and I did what I could to dress it up. I don't judge my customers, just try to make the best things I can for them. And the shape did present a fun challenge. YinTx

By the looks on their faces, they clearly like them. Seems like another winner! YinTx

Are these chrome tanned, veg tanned, brain tanned or some other method? Also, what is your price, how many do you have available? Thanks, YinTx

Well, took longer than I expected for this to show up on Ebay... I must say the original is still much nicer looking! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Men-Originale-Leather-Crossbody-Bag-Petto-Vintage-Casual-Shoulder-with-All/273147739469?hash=item3f98dfbd4d:g:L-sAAOSwdHtasWXL YinTx

Good steel shouldn't need a stone for a long long time between strops. As someone said, it should be really really sharp. Scary sharp is actually what you should refer to a dull knife as. Dull knives are scary, because they tend to cause injuries. To give you an idea, I tend to sharpen X-Acto and razor blades before I use them for leather work, because they are too dull. Never test a very sharp knife to see if it will shave you - if it is sharp enough, it will as easily cut you as shave you. The paper test is a decent one, - knife should slide through paper without snagging or hanging, with a very clean cut and clean sound as it goes through. Not quite sharp enough requires a bit of a "sliding" action to go through the leather, a proper sharp one will "push" cut through the paper and change directions easily (ie, you should be able to cut an "S" curve through the paper just by pushing it). No matter what, always keep your person and all bits of your person behind the blade. This way, any slip or snag and you are pushing away from yourself, not towards a finger, arm, body, etc. Hope you heal soon. Although in reference to kitchen knifes, Burrfection has some youtube videos showing decent sharpness on knifes, and demonstrates paper cutting as discussed above. You can compare your current knife status to one of his freshly sharpened ones and know if it is sharp enough. Skip to 6 mins to see knives in action. Then you can decide if it was the leather, the technique of cutting, or the sharpness of the blade. YinTx

I would guess at a bleached veg tan. Some of the unbleached leathers like Hermann Oak have a more orange/brown shade to them after a little exposure to light. Imported veg tans tend to look like the one in the photo. I've seen some European and Japanese veg tans with that lighter color as well. YinTx

Nice looking work as always. Any photos of the inside? YinTx

I use a variety of knives for skiving, it really depends on the situation. And as I get used to certain tools, I begin to use them more. For instance, I hadn't really used the safety skiver I have, but when I learned to properly sharpen the blade, it became really useful. But I'm not so good with the super skiver I have. For some instances, the round knife does wonders for me. I have a Barnsley paring/skiving knife, sometimes it works well, sometimes I have to use something different. Also, my splitter works great for lap skiving belts/straps etc. YinTx

Fantastic work, thanks for sharing the process with us. Look forward to seeing the results! I must say, these look as good as some of the older stamps I have. Well done. YinTx

Yeah, I imagine so, lol. I also imagine Barry King is going to sell out of some of his tools on account of this video. YinTx

I have watched a number of his videos, but had not seen this one yet. Just watched the first one on 1.5x speed, and I can GUARANTEE he just took my tooling to the next level. Might be simple stuff for some, but for those of us who haven't really seen great tooling in action, this stuff is gold. Thanks for putting this out there! YinTx