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    For a first attempt it came out great. The wet forming is really good.
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    @OLDNSLOW I do indeed have an airbrush setup, the exact Harbor Freight 20% off coupon struck me about 6 months ago ;-) @midwestislander I think I may try that on future thin leather wallets since this was the beginning of the end for this wallet. If the inside dye wouldn't have been so copious I wouldn't have tried to fix it. Thanks to everybody for the advise!
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    Single-stick guard

    battlemunky replied to Prusty's topic in Art

    Clean and neat! That leather is beautiful.
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    Happy little stitches.
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    Another great looking job!
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    I buffed and I buffed and I blew my arms out! J/k, sorry for a really bad 3 little pigs pun. I did buff the ever living hell out of it. I think I screwed up/made way more work than I wanted to from sealing it. So in a desperate attempt to salvage it I tossed it in some warm water. So far it looks ok having pulled it out but I'm going to give it a good 24 hrs to dry and see. If not, it isn't a huge loss since I can still finish it and gift it to someone else who won't be expecting a mahogany wallet and get a metallic green one instead. And I still have plenty of leather to start from scratch and make a fresh one for the original mahogany wallet customer.
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    Thanks all. Great ideas @mikesc. I think I'm going to remake it so I can get the wallet to the customer and just not over dye it. Then, I'm going to try all the stuff you mentioned except the prismatic paint just because I'm a cheap ass I may soak it in water too and try and leach out some of the dye. *shrugs*
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    Some appropriate sized string with rouge on it? I guess one could cut some leather strips from scrap as well making appropriate sized strops?
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    The middle pic is after I messed with it a little and tried to rub some beeswax/NFO into it some more. It cleaned up a little. It should be noted too that at this point, there is a buttload of dye on/in this leather. I'm going to let it dry for a few days and see if that helps too....ideas are still welcomed.
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    I tried to search for this but only found one thing that wasn't really related. I was almost complete on making a simple wallet and dyed it red on the inside where the money and cards go and mahogany on the outside and then sealed it with beeswax/NFO. I noticed that I could see some of the red had bled through to the exterior giving the mahogany a pinkish hue. I then dyed the exterior mahogany again and it has dried with that metallic green tinge to it. Does anyone know why and what causes this to avoid it for the future and also if the piece can be salvaged now? I dyed the inside mahogany too. If I could get rid of the green it'd probably be fine but rubbing/buffing it only seems to polish the green! Ha! Anyone seen this before and know why and what to do about it? Thanks!
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    Yeah man, it looks really good. I have Fiebing's Pro dark brown and it is almost black sometimes it's so dark.
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    @Rohn, what color is that? Medium brown? It looks great and so does the sheath.
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    Yeah man! That is a really nice piece of work right there. You can almost see the weariness in the cowboy.
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    The Birmingham, AL store is great and the clerks, especially the manager, are knowledgeable and friendly. The ones in the Columbia, SC store are hit and miss.
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    I never thought about it but that dude makes the hell out of that wallet. He's like a zenned out Zachary Quinto.
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    No experience with them but I'm super curious now that you asked about it.
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    Gray, your "you" part of your work is a huge part to highlight. I think I like your work more than any of the other stuff I've seen because it has that differnce. I say to hell with the judges if they don't get it. Your eye for art is great even if it is a bit different. Like, Picasso and Muddy Waters.
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    Another great execution! Very clean!
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    Resolved! Thanks and sorry for hating on the pic poster thingy, it was my fault the whole time!
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    Cool, good to know. Now I need to try and find the "make crap smaller for the web" button. Thanks!
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    A Chromebook. It used to work and I've posted images here directly before.
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    Looks good to me sir!
  24. battlemunky
    Bah! Stupic pic poster....
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    Oh yeah, forgot to mention that credit for the design/pattern goes to Guarded Goods. @ducjes
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