MADMAX22

Getting better, are you still just using your bevelers and not a knife to cut around the edges? Looks pretty good for the process that your using. One thing I wanna ask though are you doing the bevel edge with the tool mark on purpose or is that just how you have been doing it so far. I think if you try making sure that the tool is at 90degrees to your work that you can get rid of the edges that you are getting and smooth it out a bit. Did a pretty good job on the painting though.

Looks like Terry is gonna be getting a new sheath.

Looks great Rusty. Thats alot of hand stitching but that thing should last ya for a very long time.

Sent a message, not sure if it went thru though. Ill try again in a bit if I dont get a reply.

Agreed very good job on the sewing. Looks very clean.

Hey guys just wondering if there are any lefties that own a buck 110 that would be interested in a free sheath. I wet molded the top portion for my new knife but messed up and did it back wards for what a righty would normally prefer. Not finished with it yet but once it is done would prefer to send it to a good home. Preferably only US since I dont want to pay a big shipping price on it, Ill cover shipping to the lower 48 and maybe canada but I would have to look into it. I will post pics once I am done. There is a tiny very faint line on one side where the stitching wheel caught the edge of it but you cant hardly see it however it is enough that I wouldnt want to sell it on ebay to avoid someone complaining about it. This is for someone that actually will use it or knows someone that will use it. First come first serve. Thanks for looking.

Only thing I can think of is lining them with something as Hilly mentioned. Must say 70k miles is pretty good considering the abuse saddle bags go thru.

Hey Esantoro did you ever get ahold of any of those leathers you were after? I was thinking of picking up some of that crazy horse leather that waterhouse leathers had on sale, just wanted to play with it a bit. Was wondering if you had any input on whether you liked that kind of leather or not. I think its the same stuff thats on the my boots and it has some cool effects after being worn for awhile.

That turned out excellent David. I think it still managed to show the tooling just fine. Do you think there is a chance you will get a pic of it on the bike?

I originally hail from about 45min north of ya. I must say the only thing I dont miss about that place is the summer heat lol. Wanted to add that I believe that goat is really good for book binding, liners, various projects requiring thin leather. Also wallet innards. Things of that nature.

Looks excellent, wonderful tooling and lacing. Took me a second but noticed the little screws that you have tooled into the label plate. Thats pretty neat (dont know why, guess Im a little weird), gotta ask did you use a phillips head for the center of them.

Wow that turned out pretty darn nice man. I can see you being employeed to make a few (probably more like dozens) for friends and family. Looks like alot of work went into it, I can see why you say finally finished lol. What did you use for the background around the cross, I cant really see from the pics. Overall looks great to me, nice natural finish that will just get better with age. The only thing I would maybe look into trying is the front floral under the cross, maybe try to run the background that you do over the whole thing up to the floral and keep the regular backgrounder that your using on the floral just to within its boundaries. Hope you understand what Im saying. Thats just a little artsy thing that I am nitpicking at, it really did turn out good.

I think (I dont know for sure) that Christian uses bevels and modeling tools to get the effect that he is after. He is very good at it to lol. David is also another self taught carving guru and he is here on this site. You could maybe pm him if you have specific questions or need help. As far as the paul barnett stuff just if anything kind of keep it as a foundation of a way to do it. You dont necessarily have to do it that way but it may help some. Good practice is the key though. Im sure your next one will look even better then this one did. Dont forget to post it up when you get it done.

Bob's guide is about as good as it gets. I could be wrong also, could be just the leather or maybe any number of other things. Maybe the more experienced guys will chime in. I just had issues before when casing and not letting it sit long enough the cuts would show how you describe and or would kind of split sort of down inside the cut (hard to explain) and just not look good overall. Good luck figuring it out. Maybe post a pic if you can, pics usually help alot in figuring this kind of thing out.

Those look great. Love the colors and great job on the tooling especially the lettering.

Those turned out nice, like the designs you came up with.

Why not throw it on your bike, may as well until you get ready to do another one. Get a feel for it on the bike. Plus then you can start showing off what youve done, maybe some of your buddies or passerbuyers are looking for there seats to get redone.