manfrommuc

very nice work i am really curious to see more pics greez mfm

@anne you are right he is really a very good teacher and his workshops are great i am proud to have a teacher like him in my area..... greetings from bavaria manfrommuc

@all who are interested on workshops on DVD with Rene Berends !! look here http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3387 greetz mfm

hello this is very interesting for all who like the work of Rene Berends Patterns include...!!!! for infos contact Doris please: email@beargallery.de this is the briefcase i made!! P.S. all DVDs are in PAL Format and all new DVD Player are Regionalcode free so you may have no problems to view this workshop greetings from rainy bavaria manfrommuc

hello clay sounds good to me BUT a little to far away for me greets manfrommuc

looking around for inserts and found nothing only the tandystuff knows anybody a souce for some different pattern thx4help mfm

hello severe this is really fine work did you use patterns for carving?? i want try to use some carving on the backside for a belt greetings mfm

hello beez that is really great i hope you dye it not to dark!! greets from bavaria mfm

hello craftsman here are some pics from the side greets mfm

@all thanks for the flowers @tom this art of dyeing is done by a pice of cloth and the color is saddle tan the important thing is to be very carefully with dyeing not to much dye on the cloth and allways start on the top left corner of your pice of leather and allways make a circular moving with your pice of cloth till no more dye get on your leather and than start this action again with the lacing you are right this art of lacing is going over the edges (-: i hope the declaration is good enough greetings from bavaria manfrommuc

hello to all here are some pics of my first briefcase workshop it was a lot of work but its worth.....puh a big thanks to my teacher Rene Berends he is really a leatherartist greetings from bavaria manfrommuc

hello storm nice cardholder hope you have enough cards for it..... greetings johann

hello tom very nice work so you can go out on sunday for fishing with this outfit greetigs from bavaria johann

hello roger well done and the coloring is perfect I see a lot work you done on the chopper forum allways great........stuff greetings from Bavaria Johann

yes ian this site is great......... thanks a lot johann

hi you can contact the bavarian army museum in ingolstadt sekretariat@bayerisches-armeemuseum.de they have a lot very old stuff there.. johann

thats great..... thx johann

very nice work I planned one of those bag for my bike I like it greetings Johann

to all new members on the board :D have fun and enjoy it johann from bavaria

hello dave, nice reply but you think in american, and I am still here in bavaria (germany) there are no junk yards for harleys here!! if I want a new challenge in my further life its a junk only for harleys johann

here are some pics from old leathertools my favorite are old tools the quality is much better than today and the spirit in the tools are still alive..... hop you like old tools like I like greetz johann from bavaria

hello scouter dont be pissed off............ use kangaroo lace and not that tandy stuff I only use tandy kits as a example to make my own pattern....it is the better way trust me but the life is for learning.... greetz from bavaria mfm

hello have someone pattern for a heritage seat and sissybar?? I try to get some seat on ebay but the price allways riced to high for me only for taking apart and make pattern!! merci mfm

hello chuck I think the same !! **Not only is your leather a work of art, so is the photography!!! The leather color is oustanding. And I love your tooling...simple and elegant. Not too much and not too little. You're one hell of a craftsman** P.s. what kind of colour do you use?? greetz from Bavaria mfm

@all I have problems with the tri-weave stamps! I like this stamps but a clear pattern is for me far away... thanks for any informations mfm