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Excellent!

Super cool that you get that chance to make for coworkers. Not only useful but they get a keepsake from you as well. Its not easy to put a price on "my buddy made this for ME".

I think it looks great Yin! Derp is fully recognized so you done well!

Oh wow, that s a great piece right there. Beautiful work!

Nice pair you've made @Rossr. I like that belt pattern too.

Those are quite excellent. Super clean work!

Looks good to me!

Super cool, I completely think that is showing off! I'd love to go for a tour. W&C, HO, or Horween, either of the three. Hell, any tannery really...

I think that is fair. It's not a gouge nor are you doing it for free either. Good on you for having a market.

Good to know @rodneywt1180b, thanks for the reference sir!

Agreed, this one has been fun watching develop. My mom wants me to wrap her cane but I have no idea where to begin...

Congrats though! I've seen things at raffles go for way less than expectations.

Beautiful stuff @TVvoodoo, I'm glad you stopped lurking.

Good save @Rossr! That old thing cleaned up really well and your additions look great without taking anything away from the old identity of the trunk. Well done

Stout sheath for a stout knife. Looks like it should last forever!

It's on the under side below the chin @Sheilajeanne.

Liked and commented. Nice video! I like the snap :-) If only it were that easy, huh? I use the glue spreaders like the ones above and was actually wondering how the foam ones were. I saw Little King Goods use them and it made me curious. I may have to grab a few and see which I prefer. I think the spreader would waste less but the foam thing looks like it may be better controlled.

I really appreciate Tony's patterns and love to make them while following along on YT. That turned out really cool. Best of luck on raking in the bucks on the raffle!

Looks really good for your first piece, congrats. Cheap snaps and too much "oomph" got your caps out of round. Next time you can whack less and maintain the dome better but better snaps will help as well although I've deformed good quality snaps too... Resisting the desire to whack the hell out of stuff is a challenge for me after almost a decade.

Ha! I nuked some wet veg tan thinking I could wet mold it and it turned brown and shriveled and stank. I think I only went for 20 seconds or so.

Thanks! It was pretty fun too.

Interesting. I figured I'd get inventive and tried ironing some leather once. On high. It didn't turn out well. Microwaving isn't good either. I'm going to (gently) fire up the iron and mess around again. I had given up figuring even low'd be to hot but it sounds like further experimentation is in order. Good to know there's still room for adventure!

I know this is an old thread but it is soooo good! First, thanks to @cseeger for the tutorial and the inspiration. Seeing all the different variants of flip flops made me give it a swag. See pics below. I used paracord in the toe-between to avoid the possibility of the 3-4 oz breaking at the chevron over time. I lined the underside of the straps with suede with the desire of keeping undue break-in of the wearer's (my daughter) feet. I cut pretty deep grooves into the soles for grip and then took some inspiration from those offensively expensive bag makers and stamped my mark all over the soles, also with the hope of some more traction. I think next pair I'll either make up some goop or get some crepe rubber or maybe some old tire, we'll have to see. I used the "wax on felt and rub like hell" trick on the edges to "age" it a bit. Fiebings glycerin and canvas on the edges followed by an ebony burnisher. All comments are welcome.

You've improved a good bit @YinTx! I too like the pillowing and I think that both the flower and the leaf look great!

Is pasting the term for making the flesh side smooth? I have also used gum trag and have also not gotten the factory smooth look.