MADMAX22

Looks great for a first attempt. Interesting idea for sure. Thanks for posting the finished product.

Nicely done, turned out very good.

Thats cool, is that a homemade bow you have there as well. Nice looking quiver. Ive gotta get back out to the range, they have a nice walkaround area where you shoot thru variouse conditions at variouse distances and its very fun. Good exercise as well.

Great looking belt and good concept. One thing I did notice was that the part that you fold over for the buckle looks like it allmost started cracking. Are you getting that portion pretty wet before you fold it over?

Well this will take some getting use too lol. Just wanted to add a couple of things I saw that Im not sure if they are bugs or not. On FF it seems to work pretty good but the PM's which you allready know about arent there. On IE8 which I primarily use lots of the post have a long dead space which makes it impossible to scroll down with the mouse wheel like I normally do. It doesnt do it in FF just IE8.

That should be fine to have them split it, its free and thats how they get the different weights. Wouldnt be no different then if you ordered different weights from someone else. Good luck with your project. Oh and remember my way of doing it is only one of a thousand or so. Find what works for you and I recommend reading how everyone else does it then piece together your own way or a combination of all of them, thats pretty much how Ive learned.

WandC does have some nice leather but as we all know every piece will be different and even different portions of the same side will oil and dye differently. Personally I would cut the pieces out, case them then slick them real good. This tends to help even them out a bit. You may need to cut a larger piece, wet and slick, then cut out your pattern as this will stretch the leather some but should help even it out. Once this is done I would oil before I did the conditioner. I like to oil, let sit over night, then condition it with lexol or bick4 then let that sit for a few hours then seal it up.

Thats some good looking stuff Rawhide. Not sure of anything I could critique on it. The only thing Im not sure if I like is the red border. But thats more personal preference rather then something that is artistically incorrect or however you would say. The leather work is outstanding though.

You do some amazing work and allways love checking out your work. As far as eco flow havnt really tried it yet. I dont know if I will. One thing though is how does it hold up to outside usage in not so pleasant conditions? Things like rifle slings, seats, holsters, stuff like that.

Very cool quiver, thanks for taking the time to write up the tutorial as well. Another project that I gotta try one of these days. Good luck with the sale also.

Looks good man, I like that idea for the flower buds, I dont think Ive scene that before.

Way cool, makes me wanna get a half helmet or 3/4

Very cool man, good job

Thanks for the input guys. I understand what everyone is getting at and Ill leave it be. Ill be sure to post some shots when Im finished.

Hey guys Im using Tina's pattern to do a day planner type thing and just to experiment with it a little bit. I tooled then dyed the project so far with feibings dark brown, then went over it with a lightly with a cotton ball filled piece of cotton shirt that was dipped in feibings black dye. It ended up not having the diversity in color that I had hoped for because I did this same technique with a earlier project and used feibings tan as the undercoat, it made the tooling really stand out. But this project has a nice old look to it with a dark and slightly lighter browns that show up (its hard to see in the picture). I kind of like it but at the same time think I would like more contrast. So your opinions just finish it as is and seal it up or go ahead and try antiqueing it just to see how it will turn out. Thanks for your input.

Goodjob Troy that turned out really cool.

Thats a nice looking piece, very good job.

All his mauls look so nice. Congrats with your new piece of art.

Have you looked thru the tutorials on the top of the section. Kevin king's way of doing helped me emensly.

Thats odd, most people that include "move" and "LA" in the same sentence are going somewhere else. Going from NC to la I would definatly try and take a trip to check it out first unless youve allready been there. Sorry I cant add anything as far as leatherwork and sales go.

Excellent looking piece of art work. That horse looks a little pissed lol.

waterhouse has double shoulders on sale for 2.95 sqft and offers us a 5% discount. One of the 7/8 oz could be doubled up and you could still get a couple pairs out of one. Its pretty decent leather as well. That would give you about 14oz for the soles whcih should be plenty.

Good stuff guys, atleast now ill know what to use it for if I get more of it. Thanks for all the good info.

Thanks for the input guys. Tim normally I would probably call and ask but I got this side several months ago and used most of it up allready, it did turn out some nice rifle slings so I cant say I am too disapointed. Interesting about the rawhide, so this basically happens when you pull the leather from tanning a little to early?

For cheap I took a regular pot and filled it half full of water and got that boiling, then I take a mason jar and put the waxes in there and set that in the boiling water and give it a whirl everyonce in a while. Then poor it into molds as suggested. This way I dont have to worry about getting wax in the pot since its kind of hard to get it off .