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Tina Tina bo bina banana fana fo fina mi my mo mina - Tina!! and maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany more!!...my singing voice is well errrr ummmm ahhhh...put it this way you'd be glad i type it darryl

misleading thread title tina!!...i seen "sneak peek" and i thought i was gonna see some skin...should of known...cuz its not in the adult section darryl

the only critique or issue i can see with the flask...is that i don't have on me right now full of scotch darryl

i bet he didn't drink too much coffee when he did it lol

toms definately the guru of the black & red =0)...another kick @ss looking bracer bro!! darryl

"purdy" ...if that one is going in the boo boo pile...you can send that boo boo to me...and i'll put'er on the wall darryl

i think they really got a fresh look about'em...appears ya got a good thing goin there =0)

"classy" just radiates off of that case

i'm sure you guys are right with the double swivel blade for double borders...then possibly that swivel guide attached??... but now i'm really curious...look close at the line i pointed at...its looks grooved to me...not cut and beveled...and the color is muted in that line/lines like it would be when the grain is removed...

well heres my test piece of that pattern...on the inside grooves i went over them 3 times so i could get the center area to appear more raised... the groove lines will be lighter than the rest...but if your going to dye or antique it...it should be fine...if your just going to oil it etc...not sure if theres a way to brunish those lines a bit before you border stamp them...i know i wouldn't have a steady enough hand to lets say...run some light stain down them without screwin something up hehe i didn't have his other matching border stamp...anyways, is this pretty much what your lookin at?? also run the modeling tool after all stamped along all the lines/edges etc...

yes 4 times...just practice on a piece of scrap and see if its what your looking for...then it looks like the border stamps are then lined up with the outer edge of the outside groove lines...so the line doesn't actually go through the bottom of the stamps... i'll give it a try tomorrow and see if i can match it... darryl

what it looks like to me...is he used a stitch groover on the inside edge of the 2 border lines...leaving the center raised...then going over that center area with a mule foot stamp tool...also looks like on the outside of the border edges were also done with the groover then border stamped...cuz you can see the lines that run through the border stamps...versus if it were beveled first then stamped... darryl

hear hear!! darryl

its a mexican round braid...with most likely roo lace...heres a link to a tutorial...practice ;0) http://www.btinternet.com/~kingsmerecrafts/page100.html you'll need to punch or drill holes...a dremel works well...same size as lace and same distance apart... darryl

cool patterns on the ostrich legs...kinda looks a bit gator'ish...sweet rig dave

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!! darryl

since bob douglas name came up...i got his versa groover...spendy gizmo but worth it...its real groovy ;0) darryl

well i should of said above average lol...i had a couple of regular cheap cheap'os at first and they'd piss me off ...then bought Al's...which just that was a drastic difference...i strop each and every time before i carve...and it cuts smooth like butter...so i'm happy with it thus far... i got the barry king 16oz tapered maul & to add i really dig the barry king edgers as well... darryl

thats exactly what i said when i bought a highend swivel knife... darryl

i think its a nice touch adding the leather wrap...good id'er darryl

lookin super as always bud!!...maybe on the engagement bracers you can put in a fine print clause...that if it goes sour...they must be returned to the maker hehe darryl

cheers tom!!...the changes will be minor to the main design...hard to explain but more pronounced/exaggerated curvature along the welt line essentually more flow to it...and i may do a whole different tooling/stamp patterns on it...i kind of want to keep this first one for myself just for future reference etc...and imo its nice, happy how it all turned out overall but lacking just a tad...ya know that little extra something that sets it off...or maybe its all in my head ya ummm errrrr ahhh sure on the makers stamp buddy hehe...even though you know tom...i'll point out that daryl (ironic) aka dbarleather made that one for me...he did a great job and a cool cat to work with...even showed plenty of patience when i kept changing my mind back & forth with it darryl

nicely done...love the skull/leaf combo darryl

looks real smooooooooth!!...and looks like a very time consuming process with all the knots as well darryl

much appreciated dave & spider...i should of took a pic of the welt as well...all i can say is that its thick brother hehe