RustyMelton

I saw a post in the leather tools section and a member here is selling motorized burnishers on ebay, his member name is Ivan. Its the same type with the wheel and wax. I ordered one earlier this week and recieved it today. It works great.

Wow that's cool, I like it.

I ordered one of the burnishers with the motor monday, I can't wait to give it a try.

Thanks John his work is fantastic. I love it when he posts.

Those are so good, I love them!

Thanks for the positive comments everyone. I kind of like the way the color turned out also, its just medium brown with some antique on it. I don't do my woodwork, I had a old worn out looking directors chair with canvas so I thought I'd replace it with leather. I got the idea from a chair I saw at Springfield Leather. I'll post some pictures when I get it finished.

I thought I would show a couple of pictures of a chair back I've been working on. It's going of a folding directors chair. It still has some things left to do on it but I thought I'd show it anyway.

Really nice work.

Thats fantastic work!

Wow, thats really nice work!

Thanks for the kind words everyone, its really nice to hear. Art it really is my first project to use some carving. I did practice for a few weeks before giving it a try. I was worried at first to start off on something so big, I didn't want to waste leather. But I figured what the heck it was going to be for me, so if I goofed up oh well. I'm really glad I did though because I learned stuff that I wouldn't have learned otherwise. I see many things that I'll do different next time but it was a great learning experience. My hat goes off to anyone that can do this sort of work and make a living, because as slow as I am I would surely go broke. Thanks again Rusty ps... Tom it was very humbling

Thanks, its guys like you,Jack and all the other case makers that made me want to try and make one. I'm just glad I tried because I love messing with them. I posted the last one I made if you want to check it out.

Here's a couple of pictures of a pool cue case I just finished. It my first try at using some carving on one.

Sweet case John, I see your work on az and really love it.

That's so cool with all the skulls in the flames. I love it!

Wow that's fantastic! Did you do the painting? It might be called a fanny pack but I'm not sure. Very nice work. Rusty

Thanks Don I apreciate the compliment and the welcome, I've got a long way to go. Bill, thank you for the info and the pattern. Now I know what to call them, instead of the birds . I'm going to give one of them a shot, I think they pretty cool. Rusty

Welcome, very nice work! Rusty

Bill your work is great. I really like the the tribal birds. The 2nd one down and the 5th one down are my favorites. I will would like to give something in this style a try. Thanks for the idea! rdb, it is kind of like a hard case, its got pvc tubes in it with cordura material in them. It's pretty protective, or at least I hope. Thanks for the nice words everyone.

I just want to say thanks to all for the warm welcome here. And I agree Jordan this is the best leather place anywhere, I'm completly blown away with it. Some of the leather work here is outstanding! I've gotten so many ideas I can't wait to start something else, but I better finish what I've got started first . Rusty

Here's a couple of pics Bill. I really didn't have any carving patterns so I used that one borrowed from tandys website. I really would have liked to of had one that looked more like one long flowing carving instead of it being the same pattern over and over. It's pretty crude but it's only for me anyway. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I'm really glad I found this site, there's some great stuff here! Rusty

thanks Ian, It turned out pretty nice, Its 10 oz. leather and all handsewn. I'm working of one now thats got carving all the way down the back, on the lid and on the pockets. I'm really new to carving but figured what the heck I'm never going to learn if I don't try. Thanks Rusty ps I'll try to post a few pics of it.

Hi everone I just wanted to introduce myself. I found this website while searching for info on leatherworking. I've been messing with it for about a year now, mainly making pool cue cases. I'm hoping to get better at carving, I've mainly been stamping patterns on them. Anyway I just wanted to say HI. Rusty Also I'll try to post a picture of a case I made.