Adam,
You may want to get this book "Florid Victorian Ornament" from Dover.
There are a lot of engravings that are adaptable to leather.
and vines
Johnny
Darryl,
Thanks - we both know about trying to fit the design within the confines of the "area" and still make it look right.
Thanks Tina, hopefully someday the designs will flow as good as yours.
Johnny
I have been trying to come up with my version of designs for some of my projects.
This design was influanced by James Jackson's work in the Sheridan style book.
Additional Thanks to Hidepounder for critiquing the initial design and insight on design flow.
Johnny
Tina,
That is some Awesome work!
The rattlesnake on the bottom may suprise a few unsuspecting lookers, if you give them the chance to pick it up and look at it.
Johnny
A Big THANK YOU for the people behind the scenes!
For those like me that joined after the Crash,
Check out the RESOURCES section, a lot of good information.
Another thing to use is chrome polish, I put "Semichrome" on my strop and it works well.
You do have to "reload" more often, but it is not as thick as the rouge and goes on very easy.
Johnny