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  1. Chief Filipino
    Thanks Snubby! 6. if you're using anything but beeswax or paraffin, sand with 400 grit, again taking care to sand the grain and flesh in a straight line — you're just knocking the sheen off and finding divots and high spots you may need to carefully re-sand with 240 Well that didn't work.... Nuttish what do you mean by #6. What do I do if I am using beeswax?
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    Awesome work Colt! Thanks for the info Bob! I think I will have to pick up an air brush from harbor freight.
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    When would I burnish my edges when I am using the acrylic? Before or after or both? Do I also need to seal/finish the acrylic with like Resolene or something?
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    That's exactly what I have. I'm ok with more \work for right now.
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    Thank you Red Cent! Looks very nice Nuttish! Aside from aesthetics are there any other benefits to burnishing an edge? Burnishing helps to seal it correct?
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    Awesome! Thanks for the input. I don't have the money to purchase new paints at this time but I do have some acrylics I was going to try.
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    I have some regular acrylic paint, not the stuff designed for leather like Angelus acrylic. Will it work on leather? If so, when should I burnish my edges? I am going to be painting the entire piece up to the edges and I am worried that burnishing will ruin the paint... thoughts?
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    Thanks Chris. I've loaded his channel and will be trying to figure this out. Red Cent, in the first photo what's the difference between the burnish on the piece in the front and the holster in the background? Halitech do you use an edger or do you just use the nail files? Why do you prefer beeswax over gum t? I mean beveler... not edger
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    So I don't understand the difference between what I am doing and what I've seen in the tutorials here for burnishing the edges. I guess my question is more," What does a superb finished edge look like?" I've been using gum t and a burnisher, it takes only moments for it to go down and I like the look/feel of it. But I've posted pictures in the past and that is often one of the critiques. Does anyone have a series of progressive photos for burnishing an edge? I read the pinned Edge Finishing by Hidepounder but I'm too much of a novice to really understand what the finished product should be like. Any help you could provide is appreciated! I don't have any photos right now of my most recent works to show what I'm doing. My phone decided it didn't want to have a camera anymore.
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    Looks good. How did you do your background?!?
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    Looks good. I would love to see it in all its glory though, perhaps another picture of it not rolled up?
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    Good job!
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    veedub3 I'm with you on that one I thought it was two separate works. Nicely done. I haven't made one of these as of yet. Did you cut it as one large rectangle then cut slits towards the center rectangle?
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    Are you sure you aren't a machine? That stitching looks like it was done by one! That is great work! I'm not a big fan of the plaid wool straps, but the rest of it definitely makes that disappear for me. Stunned.... wow!
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    Perhaps you should make these to sell.....
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    Looks good! Is there a way to make your tooling stand out from the rest of the bag? Overall it is a really nice color but the tooling gets a little lost in all the black, unless of course that is what you were going for. This isn't quite so much a comment on your bag, as more of a general comment for my learning experience.
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    Nice!
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    Keep working at it! It looks good! Just a personal preference of mine would be to extend your second line of stitches around the whole thing if possible. That way it looks intentional. Also it looks like you have some clip marks or something on the bottom, just be aware that any clamps/clips you use can leave marks. I have also been convinced by many on this site that finishing your edges is the way to go. It makes it look cleaner, if that is the look you're going for. Keep working at it man! Overall it looks good! (also a personal preference is that the thing actually functions! I can sacrifice looks for function.)
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    Looks pretty good. I agree with Colt though, it needs just a touch more "POP"!
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    Ah ok. I was wondering what the design was for. Nicely done!
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    I love when a mistake is made into an amazing piece! Nicely done!
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    Nice work! Question: how did you do the cross hatching under (or around?) the stamped letters?
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    Nice!
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    Coasters

    Chief Filipino replied to eransh10's topic in Art

    Not bad. I haven't tried this yet so I can't really comment much. Did you use an antiquing gel on the leather?
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    I really like the sunset one. Is the dark patch part of the chromexcel processing? I know nothing of this.
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