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Thanx for all the compliments! Storm

Thanx so much for the kind words! Storm

Thanx everyone!!!!! Storm

Primo Case as always. Love the colors and textures in this one. VeryNice!!! Storm

A different approach but just a funky Bingo Ringo!

Your people do some very nice work. How many do you have working for you and is it like under one roof? Storm

Very Nice! I especially like the work on the lettering but clean all the way round!! Good One! Storm

You are da man! The seat and bike are made for each other!!!! Your seat is the icing on the cake!!!!!! Storm

David...Awesome doesn't cover it! This is going to be a collection of magnitude! Storm

Hi Richard, First let me say that your purses are very nice for someone just starting out. I like the pattern with the oak leave and the Dogwood flowers. So I hope you do not mind but I amde up a pattern from the photo you supplied and changed it a bit here and there and then carved it in leather. D'abord laissez moi vous dire que votre porte-monnaie sont très bien pour quelqu'un qui commence juste dehors. I like the pattern avec l'autorisation de chêne et les fleurs du cornouiller. J'espère donc que cela ne vous dérange pas, mais je Amde un motif dans la photo yu fourni et changé un peu ici et là et puis l'a sculpté en cuir. Forgive my French as it rather sucks! As Bryan noted, you need work on the backgrounding. Practice on some scrap leather until it feels comfortable. While I think that a pattern is not unlike sheet music and everyone plays it differently there are usually common approaches to stamping. I will cut the pattern with a swivel knife and then I use my Pear Shaders. After that I use an Undercut Beveler followed by my Smooth Bevelers. Then the Flower Center or Seeders and Stops inside the flowers. I then use a hair Blade on the leaf stems and ad my decorative cuts. Last I will do my backgrounding. Pardonnez mon français car il aspire plutôt! Comme Bryan noter, vous devez travailler sur la semi-finition. La pratique sur certains cuir gratté jusqu'à ce qu'elle se sent confortable. Même si je pense qu'un modèle n'est pas sans rappeler les partitions et tout le monde joue différemment il ya des approches souvent communs à l'estampage. Je vais couper le motif avec un couteau pivotant puis-je utiliser mon Shaders Poire. Après cela, j'utilise un Beveler Undercut suivie par mon esmeriladoras Smooth. Ensuite, le centre de la fleur ou des semoirs et points d'arrêts dans les fleurs. J'utilise ensuite la lame d'un cheveu sur la feuille des tiges et des réductions d'annonces décoratifs mon. Enfin je ferai de mon semi-finition. You need to try and feather out your pear shader as you walk it slowly forward. Use a modeling tool to smooth out the areas that do not feel right. I like the pattern and as I have not seen it before feel you must have created it yourself. Attached is my version of your pattern. Vous devez essayer de plume votre shader poire comme vous marchez lentement vers l'avant. Utiliser un outil de modélisation pour lisser les zones qui ne se sentent pas bien. J'aime bien le modèle et comme je ne l'ai pas vu avant sentez que vous devez avoir créé vous-même. Ci-joint mon version de votre modèle. All The Best, Storm

If you want to buy a finished one F995 smooth matting tool you can got to the following site. http://www.beckleather.com They are quick and the service is good. You might want to get a Tandy catalog and check out their tools. It is a good quick referanxe source. Storm

Now you are talking my language! I RATHER DRINK IT THAN SIT ON IT BUT.....I really like it Rick!!!! Waiting to see how it turns out as you go along. Storm

Really very nice piece of work. Like the carving in combination with the wood. Keep it up and enjoy the process. Storm

Hi Steve, I have thought of that but it would be like the last supper of rock and roll. It would be a fair chunk of change and most people don't want to pay what a things worth anyway. I might do it for a few K. I will think about it though. I need to think about an older Mick. HA! For crying out loud Keith turned 66 this December 18th. LOL! Thanx, Storm

Hey Bro, After you have beveled a cut you will notice that the leather rises up and away from the cut you just beveled. By using a smooth or lightly checked matting tool you are flattening out that one sided valley; helping to increase the feeling of depth and making the carving look like it is laying flush to the leather. Gives it that stand alone feel. For figure carving Tandy once had the F995 and F996. These are both smooth matting tools and very helpful with figure carving. They have been dicontinued by Tandy...once again their reasoning fails me, but the still have a checkered patterned one, the F901. You can still find F995s out there but I have also created one for a large nail prior to getting the real deal. Some have even purchased the F901 and carefully ground the face down to achieve a tool similar to the larger F996. Considering that the F901 is on sale right now at $3.33 it is worth trying to smooth it out. Hope you found this helpful. Storm

Very good! That would be Ronnie Wood! Storm

A few hours work and half a bottle of Irish Cream. Thought about the Jack again but then I thought it more of a Bailys direction. Three down and one more to go!

Elegant is basic black! All you need is some pearls and you could go to a coctail party. Clean neat and sweet!!! Good one Rickey!!!! Storm

Thanx much Rusty! All the best in the New Year! Storm

You're a lucky Grandpa! Please display some photos of the girls when they are out riding with their new gear. Great work! Storm

SEE IF THIS MAY HELP YOU! Good Luck, Storm

You might want to try and drag the images from your gallery to you desk top or copy them to your desk top. I=Once you have them there them when you are on the page in which you want to place them go down to the place where it says attachments. The clisk on the Choose... buttoen and the navigate yourself to your desk top and select the image and hit the open button and then once you return to your topic hit the "Attach This File button and it will then load it up. Storm

I had problems before similarto yours. First you need a good solid bench or desk top. Second a big thick slab of marble or granite. Third I don't us backing like X-Ray fim and rubber cement. I take my bone dry leather and apply wide strips of clear Scotch Long Lasting Storage Tape. I will use a roler or a spoon to burnish it down. When I moisten the leather I use a sponge and use only enough water to get the job done. Then let your project dry completely before you pull off the tape. You want to pull the tape off the leather rather than trying to pull the leather off the tape. These are just guide lines and with time you may come up with techniques of your own. I always had problems with the rubber cement adhering to the flesh side of the leather. Sometimes you have to experiment to find out what best works for you. Good luck! Storm

Very cool strap! I know he's going to love it. Storm

Thanx everybody for the kind words. I really had fun with this one. Merry Xmas, Storm