kiwican

Clean and simple.! Great job

Certainly better than my first attempt! I find that keeping the same tension when pulling the threads closed can really help the look of things.

Great Father and Son project. Well done!

Very nice

Thanks for the update !. I went ahead and made 2. One for me which is just a plain seat. Dyed. No tooling. I use it everyday and love it. The second one a made for my boy. Bigger seat. Oak legs and a tooled Tongan turtle as a reflection of his heritage....I should have taken pics.... I used the tri bolts from Tandy. About 15.00 bucks a pop up my way. The bolts can handle up to 198 pounds according to Tandy. I went with saddle stitching vs rivets and didn't include the strap as I think I'd use a different leather other than veg for a truly folding stool.

Just to add my 2 cents here. I think it's a mistake to confuse craftsmanship with marketing and spin. Many many fine and skilled people don't do well in any number of fields simply because they are not spin doctors or skilled in marketing. I love to go to fairs and such like. I was at one this winter and a lady was selling her father's hand made belts. Starting at about 120.00 for the plain ones and drifting north of 200.00 for the tooled ones. These belts were shocking. Uneven unfinished rough as guts. I asked how long the maker had been in business and was told he had been doing it for 39 years. I'm not skilled at leather work but the first belt I ever made was considerably better than these. These belts were selling like hot cakes too. Spin matters. Words matter. Seems that skill often takes a back seat

Very impressive

This is really cool! Great job and totally and completely matches the sport! Great job

Looks good to me. I Iike the peacock too

I like the sheaths. But I'll let you in on a little secret cause you are new here. Ya gotta show the blade out with the leather! And I really do like the sheaths !

Really great shoe!

Not sure about your experience level so I'm just throwing this out there. Have you polished them?

Great job!

Great work!

Great job!