battlemunky

My wife and daughter, and son for that matter, are all recipients of my handiwork. Phone clutches/wallets, bags for carrying it in. Made many wallets for my son...he's rockin a shark wallet at the moment.

Your snapping turtle work has been a great thing to see. Wicked, all of it.

Great idea for a set of coasters too. Beats the same pattern over x however many...which is where my imagination took me.

I think, from Mascon's POV, that if you are making things repeatedly and using card stock templates, once you get the hang of using bump jigs you can reduce variation and improve your overall quality. It does suck that he is selling such mundane items for such premium money, but that is why I don't have his brand... From Corter's perspective, if you have been using card stock templates and are as good with cutting out with an exacto knife, why waste the effort in time and expense fiddling with bump jigs. After all, his statement about how the leather is going to morph once you stick some cards in it and start carrying it (wallets, specifically but applies to most items too) so being exact to the point of using hundred dollar bump jigs just seems like a luxury. My most sincere hope is that they don't start wallowing in the mud and things get all dramatic. I enjoy both of their channels and have learned a ton from both. I really don't want a "bump jig" rift to form between two crafters I really appreciate. Mascon & ZeeBee's leather ruler has my interest piqued, not gonna lie. So. Much. Money. though...

I have a baseball core and the skin of it sitting in my shop for the last few years so I can make one out of it one of these days. That one looks great!

Looks really good @Gezzer!

Looks really good @Stewart. And you had us fooled into thinking you were a one trick pony!

Good to have you here!

While not perfect, the new one looks fine to me Sir. Did you happen to take pics of the other attempt?

I don't why it never dawned on me to make a strap with a button on it so it could be moved from hat to hat... The work looks good but I have to ask about weight. Does adding the weight of the bullets make the hat start riding lower? Or worse maybe, start pressing into your forehead if the strap is acting like a belt and keeping the hat at proper ride height. Those'd be show stoppers for me.

Looks right nice to me!

Kinda killed it @chuck123wapati. Knife is great and that serpentine meandered itself into perfection. It's a great package.

Makes me want to play RDR again!

It took me a little trial and error to get them where I like them. I took a piece of 3 oz leather and punched a hole in it to make a standoff, I set the rivet and then put the standoff over the stem and then use my side cut pliers flush with the standoff and it's where I like it. As long as the rivet is secure it should be fine so there is a little bit of feel to figuring out how much you like vs how much you don't. I found this to be the case anyhow. Too little is bad and too much is, well, too much...you have to find your inner Goldilocks.

That snapping turtle is wicked! I'm going to have to grab some one day and make a thing or two. Maybe make my brother a wallet...he'd use it because he loves the stuff I make him but it'd be a practical joke seeing him figure out how to do so comfortably

Try Etsy. I grabbed some bi-fold templates from there a while back and they are great. The problem is that there a million to choose from and a thousand vendors selling them. I went generic and then I just add my own flair to them.

I'm pretty sure the road to hell is paved with mallets, mauls, and hammers for me. Those look great @Steveage, thanks for taking us along with you.

Thanks @Gezzer! I'm totally going to rip off your design when it's my turn!

Even pressure from a straight edge along the cut line.

I have both hips being replaced in my future and not looking forward to the rehab so I've been putting it off. I love your carving for your doc, it looks great and captures the hardware quite convincingly.

Good looking wallet and great sentiment as well! Good on you Sir!

This^^^ It's rare that we get hardware that is one size fits all but with bit/burr rivets we can. Just get the long ones and trim them...you'll have to trim them anyhow so no need to stock more types than you need. Last time I bought them they were the same price regardless of length too.

I really like her videos. It's cool that she borrowed their styling on that one. Feels more action packed because of it.

Great looking work @Garyak!

Beautiful work @YinTx!